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Save the Date: New York Small Farms Summit This December
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We hope you will join us on December 5 for the 2025 New York Small Farms Summit! This is an opportunity to meet other farmers and ag supporters, learn about research and education projects, and set priorities for future efforts to grow small farm success. Small farms are managed by diverse people integrating multiple enterprises…
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Farm Ops Tractor Operations & Safety Training 2-Day Event
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Dates: October 6-7 Time: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM each day Location: Homer C. Thompson Vegetable Research Farm, 133 Fall Creek Road, Freeville, NY Registration: Limited to 24 participants Farm Ops will be providing support for overnight lodging.
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Pig Production Cohort for NYS Veterans
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This cohort provides NYS veterans an opportunity to explore the diverse business prospects of pig production. This cohort will run from September 2025 – August 2026. From January – August 2026, you will be invited to attend various in person and virtual events, focused on specific aspects of pig production, such as farrowing, livestock infrastructure,…
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Branching Out: Veterans Grow Their Fruit Tree Knowledge
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Veterans across New York State are gaining hands-on skills in fruit tree production through a unique learning cohort developed by the Cornell Small Farms Program’s Farm Ops project. Over the past two growing seasons, the program has helped dozens of veterans grow their confidence, technical abilities, and farming networks. Farm Ops project lead Nina Saeli…
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Farmer veterans learn the fencing basics with Farm Ops
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WEST ONEONTA, N.Y. — Veterans and beginning farmers gathered May 30 at Turrell Farm for a hands-on livestock fencing workshop hosted by Farm Ops, the veterans project of the Cornell Small Farms Program. The full-day event, titled “Fencing 101: The Basics,” provided participants with practical instruction in both temporary and permanent fencing systems. The workshop…
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The Immense Power of a Pause
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“The pause is a place of immense potential and power. Cultivating a relationship to the pause means cultivating a relationship to possibility.” – Octavia Raheem Farmers & earthworkers know about rhythms: rise and set of the sun and moon; warm and cold of the day and night; wet and dry of the Spring and Summer.…
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En Manhattan, una Nueva Finca Urbana Hará Florecer el Desarrollo Juvenil
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Oportunidades para juventud de la ciudad de Nueva York conocer sus raíces, tanto en el sentido de sus tradiciones familiares como en el de las mismas raíces, tallos, y hojas que componen las plantas que producen los alimentos que consumen. Una parcela de tres acres abandonada desde hace décadas en el área de Washington Heights,…
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Manhattan Urban Farm to Prioritize Youth Development
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An opportunity for New York City youth to connect to their roots, both in the sense of their family traditions as well as the actual roots, stems, leaves, and vines that produce the food they eat. A long-abandoned three-acre plot in the Washington Heights neighborhood of upper Manhattan will soon be home to a youth…
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Futuro en Ag: 2024 Year in Review
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(Ver artículo en español) The Futuro en Ag project of Cornell Small Farms Program continued to expand its educational offerings targeting Spanish-first farmers, supervisors, farm employees and aspiring farmers in New York State and beyond. We continue to be indebted to the hundreds of people who participated in our programming in 2024. You, your passions,…
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Growing Together Project to Host Spring Farmer Wellness Sampler
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Farmers, earth-workers and growers from across the Finger Lakes region are invited to gather together for an upcoming farmer wellness event, hosted by our Growing Together project. Join us to make new connections, invest in self-care, and expand your toolkit of wellness practices before launching into the growing season. The Farmer Wellness Sampler will take…
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