Hudson Valley Foie Gras
Poultry farm · Liberty ·
Gourmet foie gras, duck bacon, and heritage chicken products
Gourmet foie gras, duck bacon, and heritage chicken products
"I note that Hudson Valley Foie Gras, an upstate farm that joined the lawsuit against New York City's 2019 foie gras ban, was likewise permitted by a court injunction to keep selling foie gras to New York City restaurants for the time being while the case moves through the courts; the farmers cited economic hardship and argued the City Council overstepped by regulating farming practices outside the city." - Melissa McCart
"I report that Hudson Valley Foie Gras is planning to challenge the city’s foie gras ban in court, and advocates say the ban could cost some 400 small New York farmers their jobs." - Serena Dai
"At the 37-year-old Ferndale farm Hudson Valley Foie Gras I learned that foie gras is its biggest and most lucrative product, generating about $35 million in annual sales; Marcus Henley says the farm brings important outside money into Sullivan County, invited city council members to visit, defends the gavage process as "not harmful, and comfortable, with a tiny little tube the size of your finger," and predicts, "We’re pretty confident this law won’t be enforced and [will be] overturned in court," adding, "We’re not gonna let 400 people lose their jobs without a fight." - Caleb Pershan
"I observed that Hudson Valley Foie Gras, also an upstate producer, held a short protest at City Hall from noon to 12:15 p.m. as the City Council considers a foie gras ban." - Carla Vianna
"I reported that Izzy Yanay of Hudson Valley Foie Gras invited city council members to visit his farm in the Hudson Valley before voting on a potential citywide foie gras ban, saying he’d lose about $12 million — a third of his annual sales — if the ban passed; the piece notes there are only three farms that raise foie gras in the U.S., two of them in a rural Catskills community that employ 400 people." - Carla Vianna