Every year, Chuck commits to traveling to all62 counties in New York to meet with constituents.
\nOn January 21,2014 Schumer toured Worm Power in Livingston County and launched his plan to secure federal grant dollars to help develop a new line of products and grow their business. Worm Power takes animal waste from dairy cows, composts it, and uses an innovative process to feed the waste to millions of earthworms to create a fertilizer that doubles as a crop disease-preventing additive; thus eliminating the need for synthetic fungicides that can be harmful to the environment and consumers. Schumer explained that their businesses is a win-win for two of Upstate New York's largest industries - dairy and agriculture - because it helps the dairy industry manage their waste- particularly as volume increases with Greek yogurt production - and turns around a product to growers that increases crop yields and organically protects against crop disease. Worm Power employs 8 workers in Avon and Schumer hopes that helping them develop new value-added products could increase their jobs footprint in Livingston County.