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  • Free Mental Health First Aid Training Class

    Sarah Bassman

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    Just as CPR prepares you to help someone having a heart attack, Mental Health First Aid teaches you how to assist someone experiencing a mental health or substance use challenge or crisis. This FREE, full-day training is designed for farmers, agribusiness workers, and anyone who lives in or serves rural communities— including civic and faith…

  • Free Mental Health First Aid Training Class

    Sarah Bassman

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      Just as CPR prepares you to help someone having a heart attack, Mental Health First Aid teaches you how to assist someone experiencing a mental health or substance use challenge or crisis. This FREE, full-day training is designed for farmers, agribusiness workers, and anyone who lives in or serves rural communities— including civic and…

  • High Stalks: Could Rhubarb Be New York State’s Next Big Crop?  

    Laura Reiley

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    A little sour, a little sweet, and a tiny bit vegetal, rhubarb may be poised to be a significant boon to the state’s wines, beers, distilled spirits and hard ciders.    Rhubarb is mysterious. In 1947, the USDA classified the celery-lookalike plant as a fruit because the tariffs on bringing fruits into the country were…

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  • In the News: Our Director Featured in “Growing Good” Podcast

    Zora deRham

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    In the latest episode of the podcast “Growing Good” from the Hobby Farms Magazine,  the Cornell Small Farms Program’s director, Anu Rangarajan, discussed the importance of supporting farmers on and off the farm to build and sustain farming communities. This episode centered around social sustainability as a complement to the economic and environmental aspects of…

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  • Upcoming Small Farms Online Course Season Features New Courses

    Kacey Deamer

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    Are you looking to improve your technical or business skills to benefit your farming operation? Consider joining one of our more than 30 online courses during live instruction this upcoming online course season. The Cornell Small Farms Program is excited to announce that our upcoming online course season will begin live webinars this fall, and…

  • Proyecto Futuro Lanza Recursos en Español

    Mildred Alvarado

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    ¿Está interesado en unirse a la comunidad de agricultores? ¿Está considerando la posibilidad de ser dueño/a de su propia finca? ¿Quiere aprender de agricultores Latinos/as/x que ya tienen su propia finca y están teniendo éxito? Únase a la creciente comunidad de agricultores del Estado de Nueva York y más allá. El Programa de Pequeñas Empresas…

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