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  • Rare Opportunity: Apply for Leadership Embodiment Workshop Held Late February

    Would you like to navigate the impact of stress and intensity in your work and life more skillfully, with curiosity and compassion? Would you enjoy connecting with others from diverse backgrounds wanting to bring more conscious leadership to our work and lives? Join educators, organizers, farmers, and earth-workers for an introduction to the practices of…

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  • Grow Your Farm Dreams and Cultivate New Skills with Online Courses

    Do you want to grow your farm dreams in the new year? Register now for our next block of online farming courses, which begin in live instruction in January. These courses cover a range of topics any farmer needs to succeed, such as access to capital​, ​holistic financial planning​, ​sheep production​, vegetable production, and so…

  • Join Us for the 2025 New York Small Farms Summit: Stronger Together

    We hope you will join us on December 5 for the 2025 New York Small Farms Summit: Stronger Together! This is an opportunity to meet other farmers and ag supporters, learn about research and education projects, and set priorities for future efforts to grow small farm success. Small farms are managed by diverse people integrating multiple…

  • Learn How to Grow Your Agricultural Business with Our Courses

    A diverse farm is a resilient one, and there are many ways an agricultural business can expand and grow. Whether you are a beginner or a seasoned producer, our online ourses can give you the confidence to incorporate and scale vegetables, berries, mushrooms, poultry, maple, or cut flowers in your operation. Join our second block…

  • Head, Hands and Heart: Hidden Pearls Farm & Healing Center

    I was so grateful to spend a summer afternoon sitting with Brett Grant in his farmhouse kitchen, learning about the spectacular emergence of his dream, and to share his story with all of you. Brett Grant first heard whisperings of a calling toward growing food, community and healing back in his childhood on a trip…

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  • Save the Date: New York Small Farms Summit This December

    We hope you will join us on December 5 for the 2025 New York Small Farms Summit! This is an opportunity to meet other farmers and ag supporters, learn about research and education projects, and set priorities for future efforts to grow small farm success.  Small farms are managed by diverse people integrating multiple enterprises…

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  • From Business to Beef, Learn New Skills with Our Online Courses

    Interested in improving your technical and business knowledge? Enroll now for Cornell Small Farms Program online courses to gain valuable skills on countless topics, including finances, cattle, pigs, mushrooms, land health, and stress management. Live webinars for our first block of courses will begin next week. Our online courses are designed to be flexible and…

  • Join Our Team: Cornell Small Farms Hiring Bilingual Educator

    The Cornell Small Farms Program team is growing! We are excited to share the application for our newest team member, a Bilingual Small Farm Educator to be based in Cornell’s Hudson Valley Research Laboratory (CHVRL), located in Highland, NY.  Through the efforts of the Futuro en Ag project, our farmer audience has grown to include…

  • Cornell Small Farms’ Growing Online Course Offerings Begin Live Webinars this Fall

    Your mind is one of the most important tools on your farm. Just like upgrading your equipment, continuing your education can make all the difference in the growth and success of your farm operation. If you want to enhance your business and technical skills to progress toward your farming goals, consider joining one of our…

  • Fungi on the Farm: Small Farms Radio Explores Indoor Mushroom Production

    What does it take to grow mushrooms indoors? To answer this question, our agroforestry and mushroom specialist, Connor Youngerman, takes podcast listeners on a tour of Queens, venturing into nondescript buildings and ducking into basement hatches to discover the innovative world of indoor mushroom production. On the most recent episode of Small Farms Radio, Youngerman…

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