Year: 2011
Message from the Managing Editor I am writing this note just days after Hurricane Irene caused disastrous flooding to many areas in our readership. We at the Cornell Small Farms Program send our deepest…
Bill and Joanne Casey of Apulia Station, NY own a 60 cow organic, grass based dairy farm. Management intensive grazing is essential to feeding the herd. Pastures, which are both…
The first things that come to mind when starting a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farming operation probably relate more to the what, where, when, and who of growing crops than…
You’ve heard all the hype: supposedly everyone is using social media these days. But as a small farmer, how can social media help you and your business? Creating an online…
The practice of Silvopasturing is causing quite a buzz these days. It was a fairly new concept to me until a year and a half ago, a concept that brings…
We are pleased to introduce the community supported fisheries model in this edition and to feature two of the producers and one distributor who are creating the roadmap for direct…
My Dad used to tell about working on his aunt and uncle’s farm in the summer. Doing some rapid math, that may have been in the early 1930’s. He didn’t…
“Change brings opportunity. ~ Nido Qubein” This can be said for the transition made by R H Rhodes & Son Inc, of Penn Yan, NY, when they stopped farming vegetable…
On most wooded properties, the owner will recognize the presence of at least a few undesired plants species. In some cases, these plants become sufficiently abundant and interfere with the…
It is rare to see a group of all women circled in a farm field, kicking at the dirt and talking about the weather. But across the northeast for the…
