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Empty Pockets Ranch LLC – A Veteran Owned Family Farm
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After 10 years in the Army, three tours in Iraq, and the responsibility of leading Soldiers, veteran Josh David, realized an office job was not for him, and through his wife, Lori, he found his path into agriculture. Laying down the leadership mantle is never easy, but what can be even harder is allowing your…
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Envisioning the Future of New York State’s Food System with CADE
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What does the future of New York State’s food system look like and how can we all work together to ensure our agricultural future? This is an important question for all food system stakeholders, and we are proud to share that the Cornell Small Farms Program has joined the Center for Agricultural Development and Entrepreneurship…
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In the News: Small Farms Team Advocates for Ag Diversity and Food Security
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Despite there being over 80,000 Hispanic and Latinx employees in New York state’s agricultural sector, only 1% of farm owners identify as such. Hispanic and Latinx farming employees are the working backbone of New York State agriculture. Cornell University and associates recognize this issue and are working to address diversity inequality within the agricultural sector…
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In the News: How We’re Imagining the Future of Urban Agriculture
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In 2019, our director Anu Ranjarajan, and Molly Riordan, now an urban agriculture specialist with our program, published a report titled “The Promise of Urban Agriculture.” This report was drawn from data collected from a wide network of active urban growers was designed to further augment our Urban Ag project. Over the past two years,…
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Increasing Local Food Consumption in the Catskill Mountains
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An overview of Pure Catskills, an economic initiative of the Watershed Agricultural Council For the past seven years, the Pure Catskills campaign, an economic initiative of the Watershed Agricultural Council, has been helping to educate our community about local foods of the Catskills region. Components of the program include print and online guides to local farm…
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