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New Gardening Curriculum Sows the Seeds of Justice
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Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) educators around New York are pilot testing a new curriculum that aims to teach youth gardening, leadership, and teamwork skills. Project S.O.W. (Seeds of Wonder): Food Gardening with Justice in Mind focuses on teens who are looking for an experience that introduces them to how to grow food, while also laying…
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Dean Houlton: Leading Through Extension with Humility and Responsibility
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A conversation with Dean Benjamin Houlton from the “Extension Out Loud” podcast. In this episode of “Extension Out Loud,” a podcast by Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE), Benjamin Houlton, the Ronald P. Lynch Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, shares his journey and his vision for carrying forth Cornell’s Land Grant mission in New York state. From his midwest agricultural…
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Harvest of Generosity
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Cornell alums recognized as Alliance for Science ‘Farmer of the Year’. As hunger rose in the face of the global COVID-19 pandemic, Rick and Laura Pedersen responded by sharing the bounty of their farm with their local food bank in upstate New York. “It’s distressing to think about that many people in our community that…
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In the News: Our Director Featured in “Extension Out Loud” Podcast
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In the latest episode of “Extension Out Loud,” a podcast by Cornell Cooperative Extension, the Cornell Small Farms Program’s director, Anu Rangarajan, shared her approach to extension work and her vision for the future of New York farm and food systems. This episode was the third of the podcast’s latest series, “Leading Through Extension,” which…
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Cornell Support for NY Farmworkers Wins National Recognition
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Cornell has worked to support farmworkers since 1966, and today engages with more than 1,200 farmworkers in the state each year, through farm workshops; family preparedness clinics in schools, churches and day care centers; and mobile consulates. Cornell has received a national award for its support of farmworkers across New York state. The honor recognizes a variety of programs…
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Farmer Wedding Celebrates with Farm-Raised Cow for Dinner
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For his wedding, this CCE livestock educator served a cow that was born, raised and slaughtered on their farm. I recently got married on my farm, in front of my family and friends. To augment that event, we decided to showcase our animal husbandry and respect for our guests by slaughtering a cow onsite and serving it as part of our wedding dinner — this…
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CCE connects local farms, foodies through Taste NY
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On a recent morning at JADA Hill Farm in Deposit, New York, Ziggy, a 5-month-old Nigerian dwarf goat, playfully head-butted a sister goat from her perch on a sun-drenched slab of rock. Owners John and Dawn Alfano have fed their 19 dairy goats a breakfast of sweet feed mixed with black sunflower seeds before releasing them to…
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The Benefit of Markets for Managing Low-Grade Trees
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Low-grade trees may be aesthetically attractive and have other than economic benefits. Considerable attention is given to high-value trees, particularly how to grow them and their value when harvested. The harvest of just the high-value trees from a woodland is known as high-grade harvesting, selective cutting, or simply “high-grading.” This unsustainable practice has also been discussed because it diminishes the ecological and financial value of a woodlot. In…
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Rate Your Recordkeeping System
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Take a short quiz to find out how your recordkeeping system ranks, and what you can do to improve it. Have you ever heard the business adage: “You can’t manage what you don’t measure?” When it comes to the financial side of your farm business, good record keeping is the first step to measuring —…
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