Month: October 2013
Are you a farmer with a new idea you would like to test using a field trial, on-farm demonstration, or other technique? Are you an educator looking to conduct research…
The 2013 Local Fair November 21, 2013 at Albert R. Mann Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Pre-register deadline October 31: http://localfair.mannlib.cornell.edu/subpages/registration.html The 2013 Local Fair @ Cornell is sponsored by the Albert…
Clinic on Caring for Garden Hand Tools Before Winter LIBERTY, NY— Gardening season has concluded for the year but before being stored for the winter, hand tools should receive some…
NOFA-NY’s annual photo contest celebrates the beauty, diversity, and productivity of our state’s organic farms and farmers. Photos will judged in four categories: Bringing in the Harvest Daily Life on…
Are you looking for ways to farm profitably without getting bigger? Do you like to read about families who are living a good life on a small farm? Are you…
The final Farm Energy Field Day is this Friday, October 11. If you’re interested in finding out how you can use solar energy on your farm, this field day is for…
Molly DellaRoman manages a pasture-based flock of 300 laying hens alongside a sizable vegetable CSA, a farm stand, and a regular supply of farm visitors…and this is only year one.…
The summer of 2013 brought me to two farms on completely opposite ends of the dairy farm spectrum. By William Mathew Cain Growing up on a Connecticut angus farm seemed…
Dave Dolan of Flying Rabbit Farm creates syngas out of locally produced grass pellets. “VRRRRRRRMMM….” As the engine on Dave Dolan’s tractor sputtered to life, I stood by, watching Dolan…
With over thirty years of combined agricultural experience, Matthew Goldfarb and Petra Page-Mann co-founded Fruition Seeds in 2012 to improve and develop our regional genetic resources. Currently growing over…
