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Growing Together Project to Host Spring Farmer Wellness Sampler
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Farmers, earth-workers and growers from across the Finger Lakes region are invited to gather together for an upcoming farmer wellness event, hosted by our Growing Together project. Join us to make new connections, invest in self-care, and expand your toolkit of wellness practices before launching into the growing season. The Farmer Wellness Sampler will take…
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West Branch Commons: Small Farms Radio Explores an Innovative Land Tenure Model
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One of the greatest challenges facing a new farmer is the search for land. It is difficult and costly to find quality acreage with the infrastructure needed to support a budding agricultural operation. However, there are many organizations trying to change this. The second episode of our Small Farms Radio podcast explores the founding of…
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The Immense Power of a Pause
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“The pause is a place of immense potential and power. Cultivating a relationship to the pause means cultivating a relationship to possibility.” – Octavia Raheem Farmers & earth workers know about rhythms: rise and set of the sun and moon; warm and cold of the day and night; wet and dry of the Spring and…
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Who Is A Farmer? First Episode of Small Farms Podcast Explores Farming Identities
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What comes to mind when you imagine a farmer? Is it someone navigating a combine across thousands of acres of wheat? Perhaps it is someone in a dense city, managing a small plot of a community gardening space? Is it the painting, American Gothic? The conceptions of what a “farmer” looks like are different for…
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Welcome to Small Farms Radio, Our New Podcast
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We are excited to share that the Cornell Small Farms Program has launched a monthly podcast, Small Farms Radio. For more than two decades, the Cornell Small Farms Program has supported small farms across New York State and beyond. We have seen how farmers work tirelessly to keep their farms viable in a system that…
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Our Team Is Growing: Now Hiring Assistant for Veterans in Ag Project
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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, Program Extension Aide III- Veteran Program Assistant. Through the efforts of the Farm Ops project to support military veterans entering into agricultural vocations or farming as a career,…
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Grow Your Knowledge and Your Farm Business with Our Final Block of Online Courses
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Our current season of online courses is well underway, and the fourth and final block of courses will start live instruction in one month. With courses on business, grazing management, soil health, growing fruit, 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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Field Days Bring Together Latino/a/x Farming Community
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The Cornell Small Farms Program’s Futuro en Ag project hosted a series of field days for Latino/a/x farmers. WNY Farm Field Day Highlights Apple Production, Soil Health, Leadership Sergio Rosario and Silvia Rios, co-owners of Rosario Brothers LLC, welcomed nearly 30 participants to an educational field day at their apple orchard in Albion, in western…
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Meet Your Farm Goals for the New Year with Our Online Courses
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Is your New Year’s resolution to grow your farm business? Consider registering for our next block of online farming courses, which begin in live instruction in mid-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 much more.…
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