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Be Well Farming: A Retreat Experience for Farmers
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How do we feed and care for ourselves while we feed others? What types of practices and connections support us to be our best selves in the challenging work of managing a farm business? Most farms focus on two of the three pillars of sustainability: economic and environmental. What is often overlooked is the third…
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Whacking Weeds in Organic Apples, Grapes, and Hemp
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Organic produce is a lucrative niche for growers to enter, the market having broken $60 billion in 2020. This makes organic weed control methods more important to perfect than ever — especially in perennial crops, where weeds cannot be controlled by tilling. Instead of tilling, Cornell researchers are looking at a different solution: electricity. Cornell…
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How We’re Building a Strong NYS Agricultural Industry with Current and Future Programs
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As the Winter season approaches, we would like to share information on existing and upcoming programs currently available to fruit producers. We welcome the opportunity for collaboration and adaptation to NYS’s vegetable producers and service providers. The Cornell Small Farms Program is currently recruiting for the Winter 2022 Futuro Financiero course! The Futuro Financiero course…
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A New System for No-till Soybean Production
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In an organic setting, soil health is integral. However, current organic systems rely heavily on tillage and cultivation to keep weeds down; both of these techniques disrupt soil structure, which can cause soil to erode and nutrients to run off. They also cause compaction, which can hinder plant root establishment. A new guide to growing…
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Grow Your Farming Skills with Our Production-Focused Block Two Courses
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This week marked the official launch of our online course season, as block one courses began live instruction. There’s still time to join in those courses, or you can starting planning ahead for our upcoming block two courses. With webinars starting at the beginning of November, our second block of courses focuses on production strategies…
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In the News: Our Agroforestry Educator Featured in “Sweet Talk” Podcast
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In the latest episode of “Sweet Talk: All Things Maple,” a podcast by the Cornell Maple Program, the Cornell Small Farms Program’s specialty mushroom and agroforestry extension specialist, Steve Gabriel, shared his expertise on diversifying maple production through forest farming. This was the eighth episode of the podcast, which focuses on the latest research, news,…
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Talking to Plants: The Future of Crop Monitoring
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The future is now with the introduction of a new field called Digital Biology, where researchers aim to achieve two-way communication with plants, in order to learn what the plant needs — whether it be water, nutrients, light, or another factor — and respond. Digital biology is being pioneered by a brand-new Center for Research…
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Don’t Miss the Start of Our Online Course Season, Live Webinars for the First Block Start Next Week
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The first block of our online courses begin live webinars next week, and we can’t wait to get started! Our suite of online courses is offered on a user-friendly platform, which grants registrants permanent access to their course content. Also, courses have tiered pricing based on household size and income to make access to the…
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Distance Learning for NY Food and Farm Workers Supported By Renovation of Cornell AgriTech
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Long a central hub for research and innovation related to New York State’s food and beverage industries, Cornell AgriTech is growing to offer even more opportunities to these industries. A recent $3.5 million renovation of Jordan Hall on the Cornell AgriTech campus in Geneva, NY brought great expansions in digital technology tools that can be…
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Fighting Feces with Fire: Research Shows How to Transform Manure into Dry Fertilizer
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Managing cow manure has historically been a hassle for farmers, but new research shows how it can be transformed into valuable dry fertilizer. By using a process called pyrolysis, which “burns” organic matter at temperatures of 700 to 1,200 degrees F without oxygen, researchers from Cornell and Bio365 found that the nutrients from manure can…
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