Posts by arw225@cornell.edu

Quinoa Curiosity

By arw225@cornell.edu / October 7, 2013

Farmers David McClelland and Mei-ling Hom used SARE funding to trial the increasingly popular grain quinoa on their rural New York farm. Nestled on the eastern edge of rural Allegany County,…

Organic Cover Crop Workshop and Tour

By arw225@cornell.edu / September 4, 2013

USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service, Cornell Cooperative Extension, and NOFA-NY will host an Organic Cover Crop Workshop and Tour of Cover Crop Demonstration Plots on October 17, 2013 from 9:30 AM –…

Celebrating Organic Ag Field Day – September 8

By arw225@cornell.edu / August 27, 2013

Sunday, September 8, 2013 Homer C. Thompson Research Farm 133 Fall Creek Rd., Freeville, NY Join us at Cornell’s Thompson Research Farm for a Field Day hosted by Cornell and…

Marketing, Adding Value, & Ag Development

By arw225@cornell.edu / August 7, 2013

Marketing, Adding Value, & Ag Development Research The following is a sampling of research projects relevant to small business owners. If you have a specific interest that is not addressed…

About Cornell Small Farms Program

By arw225@cornell.edu / August 7, 2013

Our mission is to foster the sustainability of diverse, thriving small farms that contribute to food security, healthy rural communities, and the environment. We do this by encouraging small farms-focused…

Beginning Farmers

By arw225@cornell.edu / August 7, 2013

Beginning Farmer Extension Resources The Northeast Beginning Farmers Project This program works in cooperation with a team of extension educators to enhance and coordinate training and resources for beginning farmers…

Small Dairy

By arw225@cornell.edu / August 7, 2013

Small Dairy Research The following is a sampling of research projects relevant to small dairies. If you have a specific interest that is not addressed here, contact Alan Bell, Chair,…

About Cornell Cooperative Extension

By arw225@cornell.edu / August 7, 2013

Cornell Cooperative Extension consists of an integrated network of professionals that includes campus-based faculty and staff, regionally deployed specialists and county-based educators and professional employees provided literally thousands of different…

Farm Energy

By arw225@cornell.edu / August 7, 2013

Farm Energy Research The following is a sampling of research projects relevant to sustainable farm energy. Click on a title below to navigate to the specific project. CELLULASES AND BIOFUEL…

Integrated Pest Management

By arw225@cornell.edu / August 7, 2013

Integrated Pest Management Research IPM FOR SMALL PONDS AND LAKES Over the past decade researchers have developed an integrated pest management approach for dealing with weeds in small ponds and…