Posts by arw225@cornell.edu

Register Now: High Tunnel Program for New Growers

By arw225@cornell.edu / November 24, 2014

High Tunnel School: Best Management Practices for New High Tunnel Growers This program is targeted for commercial growers new to high tunnels. NRCS cooperating farms are particularly encouraged to attend.…

Veterans in Ag Summit Registration Open

By arw225@cornell.edu / October 6, 2014

Are you a veteran farming in New York State, or an organization serving farmer veterans? The Cornell Small Farms Program is pleased to announce an interactive meeting just for you…

Wholesale Market Enables ‘Roots’ of Change

By arw225@cornell.edu / October 6, 2014

  Darren Maum, vegetable and storage crop grower and self-professed “soil nerd,” is owner of Salvere Farm, located 25 minutes southwest of Syracuse, NY in Marietta. Positioned on the eastern…

Small Farm Grants Program

By arw225@cornell.edu / September 11, 2014

For several years, we awarded grants of 3-5K to organizations in New York that presented compelling projects to serve and support small farms. Unfortunately, there is currently no funding available…

Story Share

By arw225@cornell.edu / September 11, 2014

Welcome to our Story Share page!  Attendees in the Telling Better Stories Workshop have submitted articles and photos to show off their new journalism and multi-media skills.  Thanks to everyone…

Telling Better Stories

By arw225@cornell.edu / September 11, 2014

Journalism Training for Small Farm Educators Are you an agriculture educator or service provider who tells stories of the farmers you work with to the public?  Do you write articles,…

Anaerobic Digesters: Up and Coming for Small Farms?

By arw225@cornell.edu / July 8, 2014

Making energy from food waste and reducing the odor of manure with one device might sound like science fiction, but research in engineering technology is making it a possibility with…

Interested in diversifying?

By arw225@cornell.edu / April 30, 2014

Explore how to diversify your small farm this spring! Could pigs be the value-add you’re looking for? Check out “Plotting an Oink Between the Chicken Coop and the Hoop House”…

Spring 2014 Small Farm Quarterly Has Arrived!

By arw225@cornell.edu / April 8, 2014

  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…

Ducks with a Purpose

By arw225@cornell.edu / April 7, 2014

Two-year SARE grant funded the investigation of cost-effectively raising slug-eating ducks in a shiitake mushroom yard. What is SARE? SARE (Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education) offers grants to farmers, educators,…