The board of directors of New York's economic development arm approved $2.5 million in grants for a planned food processing and distribution hub in Madison County Friday. The grants from Empire State Development Corp. will help Growing Upstate Food Hub LLC, a consortium of farm businesses, build the $4.2 million shared-use facility in Canastota. The facility will contain food-processing space, refrigerated and frozen product warehousing, and office space. It also will have a farmers' market and a year-round retail store. For the rest of the story see: http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2013/04/state_approves_25_million_for.html
