Posts by Violet Stone
Are you satisfied with your current marketing strategy? Looking for new or better ways to sell your products? The Cornell Small Farms Program is seeking farmer input to better understand small farm marketing trends via an online survey. This survey will take 8 – 14 minutes and is primarily for small and mid-sized farmers. Take the…
Read MoreMessage from the Managing Editor Happy 2014! I’ve been advised by older relatives that as we age, time speeds up, and the years pass more quickly. This was especially true for me last August when our first child, Julian, was born. I thought nearly 3 months of being disconnected from work and the outside world…
Read MoreNearly a million people have watched the videos on our YouTube channel demonstrating how successful small farmers grow food. Now you can help the excellent videographer behind these clips, Peter Carroll Productions, produce more videos by contributing to his Indiegogo campaign “Small Farm Videos: Learn How Successful Small Farms Produce Good Food.” He has uncut footage of all…
Read MoreAs a small farmer, finding the time to look up the latest agriculture research and extension projects unfolding on the Cornell University campus can be a challenge, especially during the growing season. Yet, while you’re putting in long hours in the fields, faculty, staff and extension at the Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life…
Read MoreSmall Dairy Educator Fay Benson and the South Central Dairy Team have scheduled three pasture walks designed to show how New York Farmers are using management practices to to mitigate summer challenges.. Farmers who graze their livestock know that May and June are the best months for grazing in the Northeast. Grazing is still good for…
Read MoreMessage from the Managing Editor Happy Summer! Here on the agriculture quad, students have left for summer internships, faculty and technicians are in the fields doing research, and the campus gardens are the most lively place to be! This Spring we hosted a writing workshop for farmers and agriculture educators called “Telling Better Stories.” Over…
Read MoreA one-day workshop, “From Recipe to Market” for new food entrepreneurs will take place Monday, July 22, 8:30am-4:30pm at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County, 615 Willow Ave, Ithaca, NY. Presented in collaboration with the New York State Food Venture Center. Is your recipe ready to go to market? If your goal is to launch a specialty…
Read MoreGreenmarket, a program of GrowNYC, is soliciting proposals from fruit and vegetable producers in Orange County, NY for a funding opportunity to build new or improve existing produce washing stations. The aim of this funding program is to improve labor efficiency, enhance food safety and increase profitability through enhanced on-farm infrastructure. Up to $2,500 in…
Read MoreRainy day? Watch Sustainable Farm Energy Webinars Online Anytime! Need a break from Spring planting? If you missed any of the lunchtime webinars in the “New Generation Energy: Sustainable Power for Your Farm & Homestead” series this past March-April, you can stream them online anytime by visiting https://smallfarms.cornell.edu/resources/farm-energy/. Learn more about passive solar, radiant heat, solar…
Read Moreby Kara Lynn Dunn If you’re thinking about starting a farm enterprise focused on growing berries, Elaine and Karl Guppy will tell you to go to back to school at Cornell University first. “We have taken almost every production and business management workshop offered by the Cornell University New York Berry Project,” Elaine says. “The…
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