Posts by Steve Gabriel

Steve is an Extension Specialist focused on specialty mushroom production and agroforestry. Throughout his career, Steve has taught thousands of people about the ways farming and forestry can be combined to both benefit the ecology and economies of small farms.  He is also a farmer, author, hiker, and musician.

Learn all about Maple Sugaring (online course)

By Steve Gabriel / December 21, 2015

Introduction to Maple Syrup Production (BF 151) Tues. Jan 12 – Feb. 16, 2016. Webinars will be on Tues. evenings from 6:30-8pm EST http://www.nebeginningfarmers.org/online-courses/all-courses/introduction-to-maple-syrup-production-bf-151/ This online course explores the possibilities…

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Cornell Small Farms Update Fall 2015

By Steve Gabriel / October 5, 2015

Message from the Editor The growing season has largely come and gone, and now famers around the region move into a new phase: getting ready for winter. This can mean…

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Cornell Small Farms Update Summer 2015

By Steve Gabriel / July 6, 2015

Message from the Editor Summer is the time of year when things can’t seem to get any busier. I know for myself, being a part time farmer and part time…

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New Camp Mushroom Class Offered June 7

By Steve Gabriel / March 31, 2015

SOLD OUT – email sfg53@cornell.edu with subject “camp mushroom waitlist” to be placed on the list for cancellations, or another offering in 2015. Camp Mushroom #2 Sunday, June 7 from…

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10th Annual Camp Mushroom teaches basics of forest mushroom cultivation

By Steve Gabriel / March 18, 2015

ITHACA, NY — Camp Mushroom is Cornell University’s annual two-day event for farmers, woodlot owners, and hobby growers who want to cultivate their own shiitake, oyster, lions mane, and stropharia…

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New survey for commercial forest mushroom growers seeks to catalog a rapidly growing industry

By Steve Gabriel / February 12, 2015

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 12, 2015 CONTACT: Steve Gabriel Agroforestry Specialist Cornell Small Farms Program sfg53@cornell.edu 607.342.2825 Cornell University, Ithaca NY — a new survey has been released by the…

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Cornell Small Farms Update 2016

By Steve Gabriel / July 5, 2012

Message from the Editor Summer is upon the farm and this always means sweaty long days where we often push our bodies and minds to their limit; sometimes not leaving the…

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