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Head, Hands and Heart: Hidden Pearls Farm & Healing Center
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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
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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
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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…
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Join Our Team: Cornell Small Farms Hiring Bilingual Educator
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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…
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Cornell Small Farms’ Growing Online Course Offerings Begin Live Webinars this Fall
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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…
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Fungi on the Farm: Small Farms Radio Explores Indoor Mushroom Production
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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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Fungi in the City: Small Farms Radio Talks Urban Mushroom Life Cycle
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How does a mushroom move through the city? On the most recent episode of the Small Farms Radio podcast, our agroforestry and mushroom specialist Connor Youngerman learned that it’s compost collection vans — not subways or taxi cabs — that shape the journeys of urban mushrooms. With the help of farmers, chefs, and business owners,…
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We’re Hiring: Two New Admin Positions Open at Cornell Small Farms
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Join Our Team: Cornell Small Farms Seeks Program Coordinator The Cornell Small Farms Program team is continuing to grow, and we are hiring! We are excited to share that the application is now open for our newest team member, the Program Coordinator. For more than two decades the Cornell Small Farms Program (SFP) has engaged…
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Join Our Team: Cornell Small Farms Seeks Program Coordinator
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The Cornell Small Farms Program team is continuing to grow, and we are hiring! We are excited to share that the application is now open for our newest team member, the Program Coordinator. For more than two decades the Cornell Small Farms Program (SFP) has engaged in research and extension projects that support small farm…
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Farm Transitions and Transformations: Small Farms Radio in Conversation with Northland Sheep Dairy
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Starting a farm is difficult. But what do you do when you want to retire from one? In the newest episode of our Small Farms Radio podcast, our Associate Director of Distance Learning Erica Frenay discussed farm transitions and retirement with Maryrose Livingston and Donn Hewes of Northland Sheep Dairy. Through their story of farm…
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