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The current season of online courses is well underway, and our fourth and final block of courses will start live instruction at the end of February. With courses on farm business, grazing management, woodlots and more, this is a great opportunity to learn before the growing season begins. Our suite of online courses is offered…
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The Cornell Small Farms Program is hiring! We are excited to share the application for our newest team member, Bilingual Agriculture Educator. Through the efforts of the Futuro en Ag project, our farmer audience has grown to include many Spanish-first farmers. We aim to welcome new farmers and continue to expand our Spanish language educational…
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The Cornell Small Farms Program team continues to grow, and we recently welcomed our newest team member, Sarah Bassman. Sarah introduces herself below, and shares more about what she’ll be working on as the Small Farms Program Extension Aide. I joined the Small Farms Program at the end of 2022 as an Extension Aide tasked…
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Looking for a last-minute gift, or even a gift for yourself? Consider our newly available Gift Certificate option, which saves $49 off the full price of an online course. Your gift recipient will participate in one Cornell Small Farms Program online course and connect with essential resources to grow their farm pursuits, including: Unlimited access to online course…
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The online course season is almost halfway through, and now’s the time to register for our upcoming block three courses which begin in the new year. This block of courses includes our new course on goats, plus farm business courses and production courses covering beekeeping, mushrooms, sheep and more. Our suite of online courses is…
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Nuestro Legado, Nuestros Valores, Nuestro Amor por la Tierra Nuestros valores, nuestros sueños, el legado de nuestros padres, la experiencia en agricultura que traemos de nuestros países de origen, nuestra identidad es lo que en algún momento nos ha hecho pensar, quisiera tener mi propio negocio agrícola aquí en EUA; pero ¿cómo hago para comenzar?…
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By Shane J. LaBrake, Bilingual Ag Educator and Consultant [Vea este artículo en Español] I regularly provide two-day trainings on ag related equipment – mostly operation, safety, and maintenance of tractors, chain saws, and small-engine machines. These are trainings I developed over the years, and I have now delivered over 250 of these to a…
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Por Shane J. LaBrake, Educador y Consultor Bilingüe Agrícola [Read this article in English] Regularmente proporciono capacitaciones de dos días sobre equipos relacionados con la agricultura, principalmente operación, seguridad y mantenimiento de tractores, motosierras y máquinas de motores pequeños. Estas son capacitaciones que desarrollé a lo largo de los años, y ahora he entregado más…
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Our new season of online courses is underway, and now’s the time to register for our upcoming block two courses. With webinars starting the week of October 31, our second block of courses focuses on production strategies from berries and veggies to cattle and cut flowers. Our suite of online courses is offered on a…
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New York State has a high potential for onion production, with proximity to markets on the east coast and a large national demand for storage onions, when disease and pests don’t interfere. Nearly all of New York’s onions are grown in the state’s fertile Muck soils and require a reliance on cultivation, fertilizer, and pesticides…
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