Winter 2019

If you’d rather flip through the articles in a magazine format, feel free to download the PDF version of the Quarterly, or alternatively take a look at our online reader to peruse this issue.

 

Cornell Small Farms Program Update

News from the Cornell Small Farm Program, Winter 2019
 

Extension News

Consider Bedded Pack Barns for Cow Comfort and Manure Management, by Fay Benson
Making NYC Urban Agriculture Products Safer, by Yolanda Gonzalez and Samuel Anderson
Remote Sensing Shows Promise for Vegetable Growers, by Julie Kikkert
“Sweet Potato Whisperer” Explores Transplant Production, by Robert Hadad
 

Farm Business

Climbing Tree Farm Benefits from Profit Teams and Extension Support, a case study
Use Your Bookkeeping System to Communicate More Effectively with Wholesale Customers, by Morgan Houk
 
Farm Safety
NYCAMH Offers Workshops for New and Beginning Farmers, by Karen Anderson
 
Forest, Field, & Woodlot
How About Those Woodlots; Can We Make Any Money From Them?, by Rich Taber
 

Land Stewardship

From Vine to Wine — Vermont Farmer Cultivates Cold Climate Grapevines, by Amy Overstreet
Poplar Hedge Farm Taking AEM at Environmental Stewardship, by Judy Littrell
 

Livestock & Poultry

Add Diversity to Your Pastures with Multispecies Grazing, by Lee Rinehart
Halal Pastures: Where Faith “Meats” Family Farming, by Aysha Venjara
More Than a Matter of Taste (Book Excerpt Part II), by Fred Provenza
 

Resource Spotlight

Workshops on Anaerobic Digesters for Small Farms Offered this Winter
 

Soil Health

Reusable Black Tarps Suppress Weeds and Make Organic Reduced Tillage More Viable, by Haley Rylander