Kacey Deamer
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Join Our Team: Cornell Small Farms Hiring Bilingual Educator
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The Cornell Small Farms Program team is growing! We are excited to share the application for our newest team member, a Bilingual Small Farm Educator to be based in Cornell’s Hudson Valley Research Laboratory (CHVRL), located in Highland, NY. Through the efforts of the Futuro en Ag project, our farmer audience has grown to include…
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Cornell Small Farms’ Growing Online Course Offerings Begin Live Webinars this Fall
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Your mind is one of the most important tools on your farm. Just like upgrading your equipment, continuing your education can make all the difference in the growth and success of your farm operation. If you want to enhance your business and technical skills to progress toward your farming goals, consider joining one of our…
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We’re Hiring: Two New Admin Positions Open at Cornell Small Farms
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Join Our Team: Cornell Small Farms Seeks Program Coordinator The Cornell Small Farms Program team is continuing to grow, and we are hiring! We are excited to share that the application is now open for our newest team member, the Program Coordinator. For more than two decades the Cornell Small Farms Program (SFP) has engaged…
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Join Our Team: Cornell Small Farms Seeks Program Coordinator
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The Cornell Small Farms Program team is continuing to grow, and we are hiring! We are excited to share that the application is now open for our newest team member, the Program Coordinator. For more than two decades the Cornell Small Farms Program (SFP) has engaged in research and extension projects that support small farm…
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Farm Transitions and Transformations: Small Farms Radio in Conversation with Northland Sheep Dairy
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Starting a farm is difficult. But what do you do when you want to retire from one? In the newest episode of our Small Farms Radio podcast, our Associate Director of Distance Learning Erica Frenay discussed farm transitions and retirement with Maryrose Livingston and Donn Hewes of Northland Sheep Dairy. Through their story of farm…
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Founding the Commons: Small Farms Radio Dives into West Branch Land Access Project
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The last episode of the Small Farms Radio podcast spotlighted West Branch Commons, an innovative land access project that allows beginning farmers to lease affordable farmland with built-in market logistics support. We heard from Tom Hutson, whose family owned the West Branch land for four generations, and why he chose to stop dairy farming and…
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Editor’s Letter
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Dear farmers and friends, If you have a story to share, we want to hear from you. As the Cornell Small Farms Program has grown, so has the agricultural landscape of New York and the Northeast. Small farms are changing, and the farmers cultivating them are more diverse than ever. We want to know what…
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West Branch Commons: Small Farms Radio Explores an Innovative Land Tenure Model
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One of the greatest challenges facing a new farmer is the search for land. It is difficult and costly to find quality acreage with the infrastructure needed to support a budding agricultural operation. However, there are many organizations trying to change this. The second episode of our Small Farms Radio podcast explores the founding of…
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Who Is A Farmer? First Episode of Small Farms Podcast Explores Farming Identities
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What comes to mind when you imagine a farmer? Is it someone navigating a combine across thousands of acres of wheat? Perhaps it is someone in a dense city, managing a small plot of a community gardening space? Is it the painting, American Gothic? The conceptions of what a “farmer” looks like are different for…
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Welcome to Small Farms Radio, Our New Podcast
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We are excited to share that the Cornell Small Farms Program has launched a monthly podcast, Small Farms Radio. For more than two decades, the Cornell Small Farms Program has supported small farms across New York State and beyond. We have seen how farmers work tirelessly to keep their farms viable in a system that…
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