Month: April 2023

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Smart Marketing for Specialty Mushrooms

By Steve Gabriel / April 3, 2023
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Results from a 2021 survey of specialty mushroom growers around the USA offer an interesting glimpse into this growing industry. By Kristen Park and Steve Gabriel  In January 2021, the…

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Cornell, CCE Responding to Farming Mental Health Crisis

By Melissa Jo Hill / April 3, 2023
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As the nature of farming can lead to feelings of social isolation, it is important that farmers feel like they have people to talk to about their issues.  Nicole Tommell…

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Stress Management Through… a Decision-Making Framework?

By Erica Frenay / April 3, 2023
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Farmers are particularly susceptible to both chronic and acute stress, and one underappreciated strategy for reducing this stress load is our mindset and approach to decision-making.   What causes you to…

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Outreach Supports Black Rural Landowners in Northeast

By James Dean / April 3, 2023
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Black land owners account for just ~1% of private Northeast forestland.  For Sydney Antonio, a love of forests took root during childhood summers visiting upstate New York, where she and…

News from the Cornell Small Farms Program, Spring 2023

By Kacey Deamer / April 3, 2023
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Welcoming a New Team Members to the Small Farms Program   The Cornell Small Farms Program team continues to grow, and we recently welcomed our newest team members, Sarah Bassman and Tim W.…

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Farmer Veterans: Starting at Square One

By Nina Saeli / April 3, 2023
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Military service generates multiple transitions points for veterans, and these experiences can support a veteran’s transition into agriculture.   The life transition into the military begins the day individuals raise their…

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Give Stocker Beef Cattle a Chance

By Rich Taber / April 3, 2023
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In part 12 of our “What’s Your Beef?” series on raising cattle on small farms, we share how stocker cattle can provide a quick, easy way to get into the…

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Tarps, Mulch, and Timing: No-Till Tools to Rob the Weed Seedbank

By Stephen Stresow / April 3, 2023
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Research shows how the legacy of tarping and mulching can lead to fewer weeds in no–till vegetables. By Stephen Stresow and Ryan Maher The Woes of Weeding  One of the…

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Establishing a Vibrant On-Farm Market 

By Avery MacLean / April 3, 2023
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Marketing at Red Wing Farm grew from a farm stand into a community corner-stone.  In the first segment of this three-part series, I wrote about how my partner and I…

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Growing Latino Leadership in Suffolk County with Futuro en Ag

By Mildred Alvarado / April 3, 2023
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Something peculiar was happening at the Cornell Small Farms Program’s Futuro en Ag farm management skills course in Suffolk County in January. The flowers set out in the conference room…