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Farm Ops Offers Agricultural Marketing Veteran Cohort
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Marketing for a farm involves promoting and selling agricultural products by understanding consumer needs, creating a unique brand, setting competitive prices, and using various channels to reach customers. With successful marketing efforts, farmers can build customer loyalty, increase sales, and ensure the farm’s profitability. With so many moving parts to consider, many farmers find creating…
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Farmer Veterans Gain Fiber Skills
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Veteran-specific events foster community, skills, and farm business growth for farmer veterans considering regenerative fiber production solutions. New York State is home to an array of specialized animal breeds that grow amazing natural fibers, and there is growing interest from new and beginning farmers in producing fiber. Notably, the Cornell Small Farms Program’s project…
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Farm Ops Supports Veteran Attendance to the 2024 Soil Health and Climate Resiliency Field Days
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Soil biology, urban soil health, soil amendments, biochar applications, crop rotation, cover crops, pest and weed management, reduced tillage—these were just some of the topics covered during this year’s New York Soil Health Field Days. No matter what farmers were growing—vegetables, field crops, grains, or fruit—there was an event somewhere in New York State to…
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Farm Ops Supports Veteran Attendance to the NYS Fiber Conference
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Farm Ops, the Cornell Small Farms Program’s veteran project, supported veteran attendance at the annual New York State Fiber Conference, helping farmer veterans develop new skills, explore value-added products, and connect with others in the fiber industry. The conference provided fiber producers of all experience levels with hands-on skills and knowledge about fiber types and…
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Exchanging the Challenges of Military Service for the Challenges of Learning about Horticulture
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Tyler Evans explored what it meant to be part of the U.S. Marine Corps, and he lived with a mindset to defeat the challenges that hinder progress. After completing his service, he explored and now works with nature to challenge himself and progress to build an agricultural business. When Marine Corps veteran, Tyler Evans, left…
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Farm Ops: High Tunnel Construction Workshop for Veterans
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Farmer veteran James Turrell hosted fellow veterans on his farm for a hands-on workshop on high tunnels, sponsored by Farm Ops, highlighting their use in season extension, crop protection, and pest management. Participants learned methods for covering high tunnels with plastic while learning about site selection considerations. After lunch, Turrell led discussions on end wall…
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Farm Ops: Building a Flower Farm Strategy Event for Veterans
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Seven farmer veterans and their spouses gathered at Bristol Hills Lavender and Flower Farm for a workshop on balancing the demands of agriculture with personal well-being. Hosted by farmer Susan Orellana-Clark, the event focused on the challenges of managing multiple farm enterprises while maintaining a sustainable work-life balance. Orellana-Clark shared her personal journey of resilience…
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Agricultural Basic Training for Farmers
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Armed to Farm returns to New York State to again assist veterans explore careers in agriculture. “I’m a veteran, and I want to be a farmer!” This statement comes in emails and voicemails to the Cornell Small Farms Program staff on a frequent basis. In different stages of transition out of military service, each veteran…
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Farm Ops Offers Scholarships for NYS Maple Producers Association events
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Farm Ops, the Cornell Small Farms Program’s veteran project, supported 5 scholarships for veterans to attend the Maple Classic Conference. Participants learned ways to optimize their current operations, understood the impacts of climate change on maple production, expanded their value-added offerings, viewed the latest and greatest technologies in the trade show, and much more. The…
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Farm Ops Offering NYS Veteran Cohort for Tree Fruit Production Online Course
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Do you want to establish an orchard as part of your farm business? Or maybe you have an orchard that needs rehabilitation? Farm Ops, the Cornell Small Farms Program’s veteran project, assists veterans in building and sustaining their farm and agricultural businesses. Farm Ops is building the 2024 Tree Fruit Production Veteran Cohort. This cohort…
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