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Cornell Small Dairy Team Produces New Resources
The Cornell Small Dairy Team has released a series of 6 new resources to help small dairy farms. The team, whose members include farmers and Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) educators, received a grant from the Cornell Small Farms Program in 2011 to provide new educational resources and tools to small dairy producers. [Read More]
Announcing Small Dairy Field Days!…Posted April 24th
Are you interested in how small dairy farms across New York are improving profitability, sustainability, and quality of life? Whether you are a farmer, educator, homesteader, or just curious, the Cornell Small Farms Program has teamed up with educators and dairy producers to offer you a series of idea-generating on-farm field days. Topics include everything from incorporating new value added products to improving nutrition to producing on-farm biodiesel. These small dairies vary in location, but share a common size; each farm milks between 35 to 75 head [Read More]
The Small Farms April Update has arrived!….Posted April 17th
Latest news, events, funding opportunities, career opportunities, and resources, all for small farms! Click here.
Summit Resources Posted Online….Posted April 17th
If you missed the statewide Small Farm Summit on February 29th, you can find meeting hand-outs, a complete video ofthe morning session, links to news articles, and results from the pre-Summit survey at http://smallfarms.cornell.edu/projects/summit. We were very pleased with the overwhelming response to the survey we issued prior to the summit. A total of 573 people responded; 92% of respondents were from New York and 59% were farmers. The top three priority areas selected across the state included: creating stronger food distribution strategies, documenting the economic impact of small farms, and developing new livestock processing facilities. We will issue a complete report in early June.
Workshop Highlights Opportunities for New York Cheese Makers, Small Dairies….Posted April 17th
The Cornell Small Farms Program recently cosponsored a celebration of New York cheese making along with Paul Smiths’ College Culinary Club. The event had two purposes: to educate culinary students on the varieties of cheese available to the young chefs as well as let artisanal cheese producers know what consumers are looking for when they buy specialty cheeses. Fifty-three cheese producers and culinary students heard why New York cheeses are in great demand…Read More
Spring Edition of Small Farm Quarterly!…Posted April 2nd
Hot off the press. Read it online or click on individual articles in the Table of Contents! http://smallfarms.cornell.edu/quarterly/
Small Farms and Beginning Farmer Websites: Restoration Update…Posted March 25th
We are pleased to announce our restored websites have gone live! We still have much work ahead of us to repopulate the sites with all the great resources you rely on. We will be working hard over the next two weeks to phase back in the content areas. Thanks so much for your patience during this very frustrating period!