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Working with Little Reverse Osmosis Units for Syrup Production
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One of the biggest drawbacks of making maple syrup for a back yarder or small maple producer is the time it takes to boil the sap into syrup. The idea of using a small reverse osmosis unit to assist with the syrup making is very interesting to many small maple producers. There are many little…
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Agroforestry in Practice: a 3-day training for Service Providers
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Agroforestry in Practice: 3-day training for Service Providers October 17, 18, and 19, 2017 Montour Falls, NY at the Schuyler County Cooperative Extension Agroforestry is the science and art of combining trees and forests with crop production. It is a topic of great interest to many landowners and farmers and offers many promising enterprises including…
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CCE Chenango Begins Work on Statewide Value Added Forest Products Initiative
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Farmers and woodland owners have opportunities to generate income from their woodlands. by Rich Taber CCE Chenango has received a grant from the New York Farm Viability Institute “Increased Farm Viability and Diversification through Value Added Forest Products”. The impetus for this project was due to the fact that 66% of New York Farms (23,576)…
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Maintaining a Healthy Sugarbush
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by Peter Smallidge A sugarbush is a special type of woodland. Woodlands include a complex mixture of natural processes and attributes such as soil type, elevation, tree species, types of wildlife, history of use, tree age and more. Foresters can help maple producers gain an in-depth understanding of these factors to achieve a healthy and…
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Hazelnut Trees Are Easy!
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Native hybrid hazelnuts provide a crop that is consistently in short supply, well known by consumers, and nearly grow themselves. by Dawn and Jeff Zarnowski Tasty and healthy hazelnuts are used in many food products desired by consumers and are chronically in short supply. Almost all hazelnuts consumed in North America are sourced from either Oregon…
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Forest Succession and Management
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by Peter Smallidge The succession of plant communities is a process that has drawn attention from woodlot owners, ecologists and foresters for decades. Succession deals with communities or groupings of various plant species in the same vicinity. Succession was one of the earliest ecological processes studied. The simple definition is the predictably and orderly progression…
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7th Annual Agroforestry Symposium
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The Center for Agroforestry at the University of Missouri presents: The Future of Pollinators: Why Agroforestry Matters January 28, 2016 | 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Bond Life Sciences Building – University of Missouri Unable to attend in person? Join us through live streaming: http://goo.gl/AjeQpG Symposium Schedule 8:00 a.m. Coffee and Registration 8:30 a.m. Introduction Dr.…
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Learn to grow mushrooms at 11th Annual Camp Mushroom
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June 3 – 4 Hidden Valley Camp, Watkins Glen NY Friday 5 – 9pm, Saturday 9 am – 4pm Camp Mushroom is Cornell University’s annual two-day event for farmers, woodlot owners, and hobby growers who want to cultivate their own shiitake, oyster, lions mane, and stropharia mushrooms. This year marks the 11th year of the…
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Tapping Walnut Trees for a Novel and Delicious Syrup
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by Michael Farrell Most people are familiar with maple syrup production- it is a time honored tradition throughout eastern North America and has seen a resurgence in popularity over the past decade. Though it is not well known, all species of walnut (Juglans spp.) also produce a sweet sap that can be boiled down into…
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Pigs ‘n Trees
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The use of pigs in silvopasture deserves some words of caution; rooting is not the same as masting. by Joseph Orefice The practice of silvopasture has gained interest in recent years in the Northeastern United States. This practice, which integrates the sustainable production of livestock, forage, and trees on the same unit of land, has…
Forestry & Agroforestry
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