LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION honoring Queensboro Farm Products upon the occa-
sion of its 100th Anniversary

WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body to honor businesses in
the State of New York which distinguish themselves through outstanding
professional behavior, corporate innovation, and enduring commitment to
their community; and
WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern and fully in accord with its long-
standing traditions, it is with great pride that this Legislative Body
honors Queensboro Farm Products Inc. upon the occasion of its 100th
Anniversary, to be celebrated on June 24, 2009; and
WHEREAS, Now proudly based in Canastota, New York, Queensboro Farm
Products Inc., founded in 1909, grew out of a dairy store run by Sarah
Miller in Harlem; and
WHEREAS, Sarah's sons, Louis and Samuel, started a milk business sell-
ing pasteurized milk, dispensing it from cans with a dipper and deliver-
ing it by horse and wagon; and
WHEREAS, Known originally as Harlem River Dairy, then Queensboro Dairy
and subsequently as Queensboro Farm Products, the business grew over the
years, acquired Coney Island Dairy, and began its ever-increasing fluid
milk distribution business in New York City; and
WHEREAS, About the same time, Queensboro began acquiring, opening, and
operating milk receiving and manufacturing plants throughout New York
State and Pennsylvania; its independent farmer base grew, as did the
number of creameries and milk plants it operated; and
WHEREAS, Before milk could be transported long distances in insulated
tankers, Queensboro operated 13 plants; with technological advances, the
need for plants diminished and, today, Queensboro has its major manufac-
turing plant in Canastota, New York, 20 miles east of Syracuse; the
same, now updated, plant it purchased from the Canastota Farmers Milk
Cooperative in the 1930s is the focal point of Queensboro's current
operations and is also the site of a dairy store it operates for local
residents; and
WHEREAS, Still operated by the third generation of the Miller family,
Queensboro produces a full line of fluid milk and skim and cream
products, including condensed milk, in addition to cream cheese,
cottage, pot and farmer's cheese; sour cream; yogurt; buttermilk;
specialty butter; ice cream; and milkshake and frozen soft-serve yogurt
mixes; and
WHEREAS, Many of Queensboro's products are Organic and the company is
justly proud that its entire raw milk supply is certified rBST hormone
free; and
WHEREAS, Committed to meeting its customer product, quality, service
and pricing needs, Queensboro also produces a variety of ethnic products
for the Kosher, Russian, Middle Eastern, Indian, Asian and Latin Ameri-
can markets, provides private label packaging, and develops new products
and custom formulations for new and existing clients; and
WHEREAS, Queensboro's customer list includes such well-known and high-
ly regarded clients as Good Humor-Breyer's Ice Cream, Ben & Jerry's
Homemade, Unilever, Kraft Foods, General Mills, Kozy Shack, Fage Yogurt,
Yoplait, Oak Tree Dairy and Elmhurst Dairy, and when they operated in
New York State, included as well, such other companies as Haagen Dazs,
Dannon, Howard Johnson, Food Fair and Grand Union; and
WHEREAS, To accommodate its Metropolitan New York Area customers,
whether they be small or large order clients, Queensboro operates a
distribution facility in Queens from which it runs a fleet of trucks
providing delivery six days a week in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The

Bronx, and Nassau County and offers its "route customers" an extensive
Product List featuring a broad selection of food items in addition to
the dairy products Queensboro manufactures; and
WHEREAS, Steadfastly committed to excellence and success, Queensboro
Farm Products works diligently and creatively to build, nurture, and
support its customers, employees, farmers, and local communities helping
it to sustain a respected and welcome presence throughout the Canastota
area and New York State; and
WHEREAS, Throughout its proud history, Queensboro Farm Products has
been characterized by an impressive commitment, an unbridled enthusiasm,
and an uncompromising standard of excellence in all its endeavors on
behalf of the company, its clients and community; and
WHEREAS, It is with great pleasure that this Legislative Body acknowl-
edges Queensboro Farm Products' success, recognizes its contributions,
and extends its highest commendation to the company and its employees,
fully confident that in its future it will enjoy the same success which
has characterized its past; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
honor Queensboro Farm Products upon the occasion of its 100th Anniver-
sary, to be celebrated with a community event to be held on Wednesday,
June 24, 2009 at the company's home and dairy store in Canastota; and be
it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to Queensboro Farm Products Inc.