COVID-19 Update on Pandemic Assistance for Farm and Food Small Businesses
If your farm or food business is an SBA “small business” you may be eligible for funding for grants to help you respond to coronavirus. The recently announced USDA Pandemic Response and Safety (PRS) Grant Program provides grants between $1,500 to $20,000 to farmers of eligible commodities, businesses that provide post-harvest packing and sorting of…
Read MoreBe Well Farming: A Retreat Experience for Farmers
How do we feed and care for ourselves while we feed others? What types of practices and connections support us to be our best selves in the challenging work of managing a farm business? Most farms focus on two of the three pillars of sustainability: economic and environmental. What is often overlooked is the third…
Read MoreFarm Ops Application: BF 120 Veggie Farming, Part I
This is an application is closed. Please view our Farm Ops Event Series page to see upcoming opportunities for veterans.
Read MoreHow We’re Building a Strong NYS Agricultural Industry with Current and Future Programs
As the Winter season approaches, we would like to share information on existing and upcoming programs currently available to fruit producers. We welcome the opportunity for collaboration and adaptation to NYS’s vegetable producers and service providers. The Cornell Small Farms Program is currently recruiting for the Winter 2022 Futuro Financiero course! The Futuro Financiero course…
Read MoreGrow Your Farming Skills with Our Production-Focused Block Two Courses
This week marked the official launch of our online course season, as block one courses began live instruction. There’s still time to join in those courses, or you can starting planning ahead for our upcoming block two courses. With webinars starting at the beginning of November, our second block of courses focuses on production strategies…
Read MoreIn the News: Our Agroforestry Educator Featured in “Sweet Talk” Podcast
In the latest episode of “Sweet Talk: All Things Maple,” a podcast by the Cornell Maple Program, the Cornell Small Farms Program’s specialty mushroom and agroforestry extension specialist, Steve Gabriel, shared his expertise on diversifying maple production through forest farming. This was the eighth episode of the podcast, which focuses on the latest research, news,…
Read MoreDon’t Miss the Start of Our Online Course Season, Live Webinars for the First Block Start Next Week
The first block of our online courses begin live webinars next week, and we can’t wait to get started! Our suite of online courses is offered on a user-friendly platform, which grants registrants permanent access to their course content. Also, courses have tiered pricing based on household size and income to make access to the…
Read MoreFighting Feces with Fire: Research Shows How to Transform Manure into Dry Fertilizer
Managing cow manure has historically been a hassle for farmers, but new research shows how it can be transformed into valuable dry fertilizer. By using a process called pyrolysis, which “burns” organic matter at temperatures of 700 to 1,200 degrees F without oxygen, researchers from Cornell and Bio365 found that the nutrients from manure can…
Read MoreRegistration Is Open for Our Upcoming Online Course Season, Including New Courses
Are you looking to improve your technical or business skills to benefit your farming operation? Consider joining one of our more than two dozen online courses during live instruction this upcoming online course season. The Cornell Small Farms Program is excited to announce that our online courses will begin live webinars this fall, and will…
Read MoreFarm Ops Offering No Cost Enrollment into BF 101: Starting at Square One
This offering is now closed. Please check out our Farm Ops event page for future training and educational opportunities.
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