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From Business to Beef, Our Online Courses Help Farmers Learn New Skills
Are you looking to improve your technical or business skills to benefit your farming operation? Consider joining one of our more than 40 online courses during live instruction this upcoming online course season. Whether you’re starting to dream of farming, or are looking to take your operation to the next level, there’s a course designed…
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The Value of a Student Farm: Small Farms Radio Discusses 30 Years at Dilmun Hill
In 1996, a group of students got permission from Cornell University to start a student farm on campus. They called it Dilmun Hill. Their thinking was an agricultural university should have place where students could practice what they were being taught. Many faculty agreed with them, one of whom was Cornell Small Farms Program Director…
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Raising Pollos Under Elderberry: Small Farms Radio’s Bilingual Conversation with Wilber de la Rosa
This month on Small Farms Radio, we are sharing a conversation with Wilber de la Rosa, who runs Jubilo Farm in Minnesota, a regenerative poultry operation. He also recently started Tortillas La Mayzteca, a vertically integrated business that produces traditional tortillas. He talks with Tim Shenk, from the Cornell Small Farms Program’s bilingual Futuro en…
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Small Farms Radio Launches New Mini-Series: Wisdom of the Elders
As the age of those tending the land continues to climb, a great transition is unfolding across rural America: land, infrastructure, soil, and sore backs are all being passed onto the next generation. But where will the retired farmers go? What will they do? Is there any wisdom for the next generation that can be passed on? These…
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Opportunities to Gather Together and Learn about Agroforestry this Month
As we head into the busy summer season, Cornell Small Farms is excited to announce the start of our extensive lineup of summer workshops focused on agroforestry, forest farming, and specialty crop production. Join us throughout June to explore topics including shiitake mushroom cultivation, woodland mushroom management, American ginseng production, agroforestry practices, and growing seedlings…
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Discover the Power of Pee-Cycling for Plants on Small Farms Radio
Recycling just got a whole lot closer to home: your bathroom. In the United States today, human waste is collected and disposed of, transporting valuable resources and nutrients post-consumption away from agricultural areas. While farmers import manure, compost, and fertilizers to their land, human waste is sent to wastewater treatment facilities and landfills. Is there…
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Grow Your Farm Dreams with Our Online Courses
Do you want to take your farm business to the next level? Enroll now in this season’s final offering of online courses from the Cornell Small Farms Program to invest in the long-term success of your operation. Learn to expand your scope of production with courses covering season extension with high tunnels, integration of uncommon…
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Small Farms Program Hosts Agroforestry Summit to “See the Farm for the Trees”
On a wintry January day, while the trees and landscape lay dormant, one meeting space on Cornell University’s campus in Ithaca, NY, was alive with vibrant activity. More than 100 committed and passionate advocates for “trees on farms on purpose” gathered on campus for a first of its kind agroforestry summit. The Cornell Small Farms…
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Small Farms Radio Shines a Spotlight on the Power of Trees
If you’re selling 25 million trees, New York State is looking to buy. In 2024, Governor Kathy Hochul began an ambitious reforestation goal, aiming to plant 25 million new trees in the state before 2033. While the effort has been supported by policymakers, conservationists, researchers, and agriculturalists, a key issue remained — what kind of…
