• Postponed – Farm Tour: Small Scale Farrow to Finish

    299 Yule Corners Rd, Jordanville, NY 13361 299 Yule Corners Road, Jordanville, New York

    This event has been postponed. If you are interested in being contacted once the event has been rescheduled, please email Nina Saeli at ns963@cornell.edu.  Top Notch Livestock & Meats houses […]

  • American Ginseng Cultivation: Site Assessment Workshop

    2320 Centerline Rd. 2320 Centerline Rd., Varysburg, NY, United States

    Gain practical, research-based insights from Tracey Testo and Ashley Schoenborn, Agricultural Educators at CCE Columbia-Greene. With over a decade of experience, they specialize in working with and teaching about this important native crop of New York State. Are you interested in: Exploring alternative forest-based income opportunities? Small-scale ginseng cultivation for personal use? We will focus […]

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  • Urban Agroforestry Summit

    Solar One Environmental Education Center 800 FDR Dr Service Rd East, NY, NY, United States

    Learn and network with urban agroforestry practitioners, service providers and city government partners on ways to scale agroforestry in NYC Join the Cornell Small Farms Program and Harvest New York for the first annual NYC Urban Agroforestry Summit. Begin the day by learning from invited speakers who will explore the evolution, current landscape, and future […]

  • Hands-On American Ginseng Site Identification, Management & Planting

    The Learning Farm 272 Enfield Falls Road, Ithaca, NY, United States

    Continue learning in the field through a hands-on workshop where participants will explore practical aspects of American ginseng cultivation and forest site assessment. Participants will apply concepts introduced in the previous online session while learning directly from field conditions and peer discussion. Topics include: ● Identifying suitable forest conditions for ginseng cultivation ● Evaluating soil, […]

  • Learning from our Farmer Neighbors: Raising Pigs & Broilers

    Van Noble Farm 90 Podunk Rd., Trumansburg, NY, United States

    Thinking about starting a farm business? Want to support local farmers?  Join Devon Van Noble of Van Noble Farm and José Luis Aguilera of Four Leaf Farm for a farm field day to explore how farmers can build viable operations through small-scale pasture-raised broiler and pig production. Themes will include starting a farm business from […]

  • Organic Field Day

    Rodale Institute 611 Siegfriedale Rd, Kutztown, PA, United States

    Join Rodale Institute’s researchers and expert staff at our annual Organic Field Day to learn the latest results of our farming trials and visit nearly 20 demonstration stations on our 386-acre experimental farm. Participants will have the opportunity to interact one-on-one with Rodale Institute experts and learn about a wide variety of research and demonstration […]

  • Twin Oaks Dairy Silvopasture Walk

    Twin Oaks Dairy 3214 State Route 13, Truxton, NY, United States

    Join us at Twin Oaks Dairy to learn about how they are incorporating trees into their dairy grazing systems (aka silvopasture)! Here’s what you can look forward to: Learn about Twin Oaks’ rotational grazing system Hear about the farm’s motivations for planting trees into pastures, lessons learned, and plans for the future Tour two silvopasture […]

  • Spawn, Seedlings, and Silvopasture: Agroforestry at Dilmun Hill 

    Dilmun Hill Farm 705 Dryden Rd, Ithaca, United States

    Join us at the Dilmun Hill Student Farm for a field tour of our expanding agroforestry practices. We will walk and talk as we tour our pawpaw orchard with sheep grazing, air pruned raised beds for growing tree seedlings, and log-grown mushroom projects. Hear invited speakers from Cornell Cooperative Extension, the Cornell Small Farms Program, […]

  • Cornell Food Connections – Jefferson County

    Are you an aspiring or early-stage food and beverage entrepreneur looking to grow your business and bring new products to market? Cornell Food Connections, a partnership among Cornell AgriTech, Cornell […]

  • Pest Management for Small-Scale Growers

    Food Link Community Farm 607 Lexington Ave., Rochester, NY, United States

    Join us for a hands-on field day exploring integrated pest management tools for small‑scale growing spaces and the opportunity to build community with local growers! This event will focus on best practices for using row covers, biocontrols, trapping, and more. We will highlight a CCE demonstration trial using insect exclusion netting and entomopathogenic nematodes to […]

  • Soil Health 101: Why Soil Care Matters

    Groundswell 100 Rachel Carson Way, Ithaca, United States

    Join Groundswell Center for a hands-on, beginner-friendly workshop exploring the fundamentals of soil health and its role in productive farming and resilient ecosystems. As part of our Intro to Farming […]