Food movement passing upstate NY by?

The image above is a detail from a map from the USDA, showing growth and decline in farming between 2002 and 2007. Each red dot represents 20 farms lost during those five years; each blue dot is for 20 new farms.

What are Massachusetts and Connecticut doing that New York isn't?

More data from the USDA's 2007 agricultural census is available from the agency's website.