Small Farm Events

Looking for a small farm training, class, field day or conference? We are pleased to bring you events from our network of Cornell Cooperative Extension partners and other small farm organizations around New York State.

If you have an event you’d like to submit to our calendar, please send an email to smallfarmsprogram@cornell.edu. Having difficulty with the calendar loading below? Visit the Cornell University calendar to view our events. 

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  • Christmas Tree Farming 101

    CCE Albany 24 Martin Road, Voorheesville, NY, United States

    Are you interested in Christmas tree farming but not sure where to start?  Are you just starting to grow Christmas trees but not sure if you are on the right […]

    $6.00

  • Starting Shiitake Mushrooms

    Cornell Cooperative Extension of Warren County 377 Schroon River Road, Warrensburg, NY, United States

    Cornell Cooperative Extension of Warren County will be holding a “Starting Shiitake Mushrooms” workshop on Friday, July 10, at 3:00 pm. This program is perfect for the very beginner as well as the enthusiast who might want to learn other techniques of raising shiitake mushrooms. There will be a limited number of bolts available for […]

    $20

  • Postponed – Farm Tour: Small Scale Farrow to Finish

    299 Yule Corners Rd, Jordanville, NY 13361 299 Yule Corners Road, Jordanville, New York

    This event has been postponed. If you are interested in being contacted once the event has been rescheduled, please email Nina Saeli at ns963@cornell.edu.  Top Notch Livestock & Meats houses […]

  • American Ginseng Cultivation: Site Assessment Workshop

    2320 Centerline Rd. 2320 Centerline Rd., Varysburg, NY, United States

    Gain practical, research-based insights from Tracey Testo and Ashley Schoenborn, Agricultural Educators at CCE Columbia-Greene. With over a decade of experience, they specialize in working with and teaching about this […]

    Free

  • Urban Agroforestry Summit

    Solar One Environmental Education Center 800 FDR Dr Service Rd East, NY, NY, United States

    Learn and network with urban agroforestry practitioners, service providers and city government partners on ways to scale agroforestry in NYC Join the Cornell Small Farms Program and Harvest New York […]

  • Hands-On American Ginseng Site Identification, Management & Planting

    The Learning Farm 272 Enfield Falls Road, Ithaca, NY, United States

    Continue learning in the field through a hands-on workshop where participants will explore practical aspects of American ginseng cultivation and forest site assessment. Participants will apply concepts introduced in the […]

  • Organic Field Day

    Rodale Institute 611 Siegfriedale Rd, Kutztown, PA, United States

    Join Rodale Institute’s researchers and expert staff at our annual Organic Field Day to learn the latest results of our farming trials and visit nearly 20 demonstration stations on our 386-acre experimental farm. Participants will have the opportunity to interact one-on-one with Rodale Institute experts and learn about a wide variety of research and demonstration […]

  • Twin Oaks Dairy Silvopasture Walk

    Twin Oaks Dairy 3214 State Route 13, Truxton, NY, United States

    Join us at Twin Oaks Dairy to learn about how they are incorporating trees into their dairy grazing systems (aka silvopasture)! Here’s what you can look forward to: Learn about […]

  • Spawn, Seedlings, and Silvopasture: Agroforestry at Dilmun Hill 

    Dilmun Hill Farm 705 Dryden Rd, Ithaca, United States

    Join us at the Dilmun Hill Student Farm for a field tour of our expanding agroforestry practices. We will walk and talk as we tour our pawpaw orchard with sheep grazing, air pruned raised beds for growing tree seedlings, and log-grown mushroom projects. Hear invited speakers from Cornell Cooperative Extension, the Cornell Small Farms Program, […]