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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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Founding the Commons: Small Farms Radio Dives into West Branch Land Access Project
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The last episode of the Small Farms Radio podcast spotlighted West Branch Commons, an innovative land access project that allows beginning farmers to lease affordable farmland with built-in market logistics support. We heard from Tom Hutson, whose family owned the West Branch land for four generations, and why he chose to stop dairy farming and…
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The Future of Small Farming is Fungi
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In October, Hawk Meadow Farm near Ithaca, NY, hosted a hands-on shiitake cultivation workshop, sponsored by the Cornell Small Farms Program, drawing a diverse group of gardeners, homesteaders, and farmers from traditionally underserved communities, eager to learn the art of growing shiitake mushrooms from logs. The workshop blended ecological philosophy and historical context with practical…
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Frequently Asked Questions about Bird Flu in New York State
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Cornell Cooperative Extension’s response to the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza response in New York state is a coordinated effort of the NY Extension Disaster Education Network (NY EDEN). What is Avian Influenza, and where does it come from? Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza is a contagious poultry virus that has caused significant financial losses to the…
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