

Bill Zittel, Chair
Owner/Manager, Amos Zittel & Sons, Inc.
Appointing Authority: Majority Leader NYS Senate
County of Residence: Erie
Board term ends 2028
Owner/Manager, Amos Zittel & Sons, Inc.
Appointing Authority: Majority Leader NYS Senate
County of Residence: Erie
Board term ends 2028
Bill Zittel is an owner/manager of Amos Zittel & Sons, Inc., a family owned and operated 5th generation farm. Zittel’s grows wholesale fresh market vegetables, hand harvested on 400 acres, as well as rooted liners and a potted flower crop in 3.5 acres of greenhouse. Currently they harvest peppers, broccoli, brussel sprouts, squash, grape tomatoes and sweet corn marketed primarily through Eden Valley Growers. The rooted liners are sold through Ball Seed Company as well as other brokers. The finished flowers are direct marketed to local independent garden centers. Bill also serves on the Board of Directors of Eden Valley Growers and the Town of Eden Planning Board. He is past president and trustee of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church. Bill graduated from Cornell Ag & Life Sciences.