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Diversifying Production on Small Farms - A Webinar Series about Opportunities
Webinar Series Flyer (PDF; 1341KB)
Event Details
Date
February 20, 2020
Time
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Location
Webinar
Cost
Entire Series Registration : $25.00
Feb 20: Basics of Mushroom Production webinar : $5.00
Host
Eastern New York Commercial HorticultureFeb 20 - Basics of Mushroom Production
Whether you are an existing or aspiring farmer, join us for a five-part webinar series where experts provide overviews of diverse enterprises that might work for your business. Join us for all, or just one, whatever your schedule allows.
Webinars begin on February 20, 2020 and continue each Thursday evening from 6:00pm to 7:00 pm until March 19, 2020.
Registration is $25 for entire series, or $6 per webinar. A Zoom link will be sent to you the day before the webinar when you register. Please register 24 hours before the date of the webinar to ensure that the link is delivered.
February 20 - Basics of Mushroom Production - Steve Gabriel, Specialty Mushrooms and Agroforestry Specialist, Cornell Small Farms. Mushrooms are an emerging niche crop with many benefits, including improving farmer stewardship of forested lands and the ability to offer a unique and highly desired product. Steve will introduce students to mushrooms that can be easily grown in the woods.
Event Details
Date
February 27, 2020
Time
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Location
Webinar
Cost
Feb 27: Basics of Nut Production : $5.00
Host
Eastern New York Commercial HorticultureFebruary 27 - Basics of Nut Production
Whether you are an existing or aspiring farmer, join us for a five-part webinar series where experts provide overviews of diverse enterprises that might work for your business. Join us for all, or just one, whatever your schedule allows.
Webinars begin on February 20, 2020 and continue each Thursday evening from 6:00pm to 7:00 pm until March 19, 2020.
Registration is $25 for entire series, or $6 per webinar. A Zoom link will be sent to you the day before the webinar when you register. Please register 24 hours before the date of the webinar to ensure that the link is delivered.
February 27 - Basics of Nut Production - Sam Bosco, PhD candidate, School of Integrated Plant Science, Cornell. Sam's research focuses on temperate nut-based agroforestry and how that endeavor intersects historical and social understandings of a sustainable regional food system.
Event Details
Date
March 5, 2020
Time
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Location
Webinar
Cost
March 5: Adding Poultry to Your Small Farm : $5.00
Host
Eastern New York Commercial HorticultureMarch 5 - Adding Poultry to Your Small Farm
Whether you are an existing or aspiring farmer, join us for a five-part webinar series where experts provide overviews of diverse enterprises that might work for your business. Join us for all, or just one, whatever your schedule allows.
Webinars begin on February 20, 2020 and continue each Thursday evening from 6:00pm to 7:00 pm until March 19, 2020.
Registration is $25 for entire series, or $6 per webinar. A Zoom link will be sent to you the day before the webinar when you register. Please register 24 hours before the date of the webinar to ensure that the link is delivered.
March 5 - Adding Poultry to Your Small Farm - Jason Detzel, CCE Ulster Co. and Ashley Pierce, CCE CAAHP. Jason and Ashley lead livestock and poultry educational programs in the Capital District and Hudson Valley regions of the state. Poultry production is relatively low-investment with a quick turnaround time but farmers need specific skills to produce a product that is safe and profitable. This course will provide basic information to build a successful poultry enterprise.
Event Details
Date
March 12, 2020
Time
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Location
Webinar
Cost
March 12: Basics of Tree Fruit Production : $5.00
Host
Eastern New York Commercial HorticultureMarch 12 - Basics of Tree Fruit Production
Whether you are an existing or aspiring farmer, join us for a five-part webinar series where experts provide overviews of diverse enterprises that might work for your business. Join us for all, or just one, whatever your schedule allows.
Webinars begin on February 20, 2020 and continue each Thursday evening from 6:00pm to 7:00 pm until March 19, 2020.
Registration is $25 for entire series, or $6 per webinar. A Zoom link will be sent to you the day before the webinar when you register. Please register 24 hours before the date of the webinar to ensure that the link is delivered.
March 12 - Basics of Tree Fruit Production - Mike Basedow, CCE ENYCHP. Planting and managing apples, pears, and stone fruit is a rewarding hobby and business, but it's not as simple as planting and picking. There's a lot that goes into successful orcharding! Mike will provide some of the bare essentials to help you determine if growing tree fruit is right for you.
Event Details
Date
March 19, 2020
Time
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Location
Webinar
Cost
March 19: Food Safety for Small Farms : $5.00
Host
Eastern New York Commercial HorticultureMarch 19 - Food Safety for Small Farms
Whether you are an existing or aspiring farmer, join us for a five-part webinar series where experts provide overviews of diverse enterprises that might work for your business. Join us for all, or just one, whatever your schedule allows.
Webinars begin on February 20, 2020 and continue each Thursday evening from 6:00pm to 7:00 pm until March 19, 2020.
Registration is $25 for entire series, or $6 per webinar. A Zoom link will be sent to you the day before the webinar when you register. Please register 24 hours before the date of the webinar to ensure that the link is delivered.
March 19 - Food Safety for Small Farms - Elisabeth Hodgdon, CCE ENYCHP. Elisabeth is a regional vegetable specialist and farm food safety lead for the ENYCHP. She is actively involved in high tunnel research, invasive pest management, and pesticide and food safety education. In the final segment of our series, Elisabeth will guide the audience through a thoughtful approach to designing diversified farming systems with food safety in mind.
Upcoming Events
2024 Tree Fruit & Small Fruit Twilight Meetings
April 25, 2024 : Tree Fruit & Small Fruit Twilight Meetings 1 of 4
Newark, NY
Join specialists Janet Van Zoeren, Anya Osatuke, and Anna Wallis for a conversation about fruit and berry phenology and pest management, at a new location each month.
May 30, 2024 : Tree Fruit & Small Fruit Twilight Meetings 2 of 4
Lockport, NY
Join specialists Janet Van Zoeren, Anya Osatuke, and Anna Wallis for a conversation about fruit and berry phenology and pest management, at a new location each month.
June 27, 2024 : Tree Fruit & Small Fruit Twilight Meetings 3 of 4
Penn Yan, NY
Join specialists Janet Van Zoeren, Anya Osatuke, and Anna Wallis for a conversation about fruit and berry phenology and pest management, at a new location each month.
July 25, 2024 : Tree Fruit & Small Fruit Twilight Meetings 4 of 4
Mexico, NY
Join specialists Janet Van Zoeren, Anya Osatuke, and Anna Wallis for a conversation about fruit and berry phenology and pest management, at a new location each month.
2nd Annual WNY Fruit Grower Tour
August 13, 2024
We are excited to announce the second annual Western New York Fruit Grower Tour, the premier fruit tour of the northeast brought to you by Cornell Cooperative Extension's Lake Ontario Fruit Program and Lake Ontario Ag Consulting, LLC! Located in Orleans County, this orchard field day will highlight new and existing products, chemistries, practices, technologies & equipment that shape the orchard industry today. The Western NY Fruit Grower Tour will again combine two past orchard tour events, the LOF Summer Fruit Tour and the Wayne County Fruit Grower Tour, giving industry members the opportunity to conveniently showcase their product offerings to ONE unified group at ONE time and place!
Save the Date - Western NY Fruit Conference - February 4-5, 2025
February 4 - February 5, 2025 : Western NY Fruit Conference
Rochester, NY
For the 2nd year in a row, we'll be having the Western NY Fruit Conference at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Rochester! It will be another 1 1/2 day conference. Stay tuned for program and registration info as we get closer.