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Western New York Mushroom Farmer Gathering
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Calling all mushroom farmers, CCE, and technical service providers! Join us for an afternoon of lightning talks, small group discussions, and networking. Topics include mushroom research, regulation, and advocacy updates, production and value-added product best practices, and more. Dinner will be provided. This event is presented by the Cornell Small Farms Program, CCE Cornell Vegetable…
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Outdoor Mushroom Workshop
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Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oswego County will host an outdoor mushroom workshop that will identify specialty mushrooms that make sense to grow on small acreage in an outdoor forest setting. Joshua Vrooman, Agriculture Educator for Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oswego County, will review direct-to-consumer trends, showing that specialty farms are best positioned for local and regional…
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Starting Shiitake Mushrooms
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Cornell Cooperative Extension of Warren County will be holding a “Starting Shiitake Mushrooms” workshop on Friday, July 10, at 3:00 pm. This program is perfect for the very beginner as well as the enthusiast who might want to learn other techniques of raising shiitake mushrooms. There will be a limited number of bolts available for…
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American Ginseng Cultivation: Site Assessment Workshop
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Gain practical, research-based insights from Tracey Testo and Ashley Schoenborn, Agricultural Educators at CCE Columbia-Greene. With over a decade of experience, they specialize in working with and teaching about this important native crop of New York State. Are you interested in: Exploring alternative forest-based income opportunities? Small-scale ginseng cultivation for personal use? We will focus…
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Seed Catalog Created Specifically for New Yorkers
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Wondering what to grow in your garden? Now you can consult Cornell’s Community Science Catalog As they anxiously await the upcoming growing season (and warmer weather), many farmers and gardeners browse through seed catalogs to decide what to plant. A single catalog or garden center seed stand can have hundreds of varieties for growers to…
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Cornell, CCE Responding to Farming Mental Health Crisis
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As the nature of farming can lead to feelings of social isolation, it is important that farmers feel like they have people to talk to about their issues. Nicole Tommell knows well the financial challenges today’s farmers face. But over the last few years, Tommell – an agricultural business management specialist for Cornell Cooperative Extension…
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Futuro Project Celebrates Latino Community Leadership
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The Futuro en Ag Project team and our partners have had a very busy summer. [Vea este artículo en Español] Our teamwork with our collaborators, farmers, service providers and the community at large has kept us proudly working toward our goal of supporting Latino farmers through access to information in Spanish and appropriate educational tools…
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Brook Trout Hook for Cornell Climate Change Research and Extension Outreach
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Brook trout are so adapted to their native environment of the cool, clean, fresh waters of the Adirondacks, they’re also incredibly sensitive to change. By CCE Staff In 1975, New York officially recognized the brook trout as the state fish. A favorite of anglers and a symbol of the pristine upstate wilderness, this species also…
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Preparing the Next Generation of Beginning and Aspiring Farmers
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This is a conversation with Rich Woodbridge, the agriculture business management educator at Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) Niagara County. He developed and runs the Beginning Farmer Training Program, now entering its third year. What kind of education or experience has prepared you for running the Beginning Farmer Training Program? Like many new farmers, when I…
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