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earlier monthsDecember 2015
Apple Growers - Please Help a Grad Student by Filling out a Short Online Survey on Climate Change
December 8 - March 31, 2015
Ongoing - Quick survey
In order to identify these impacts I need to reach out to apple growers, like yourselves, who are experiencing these impacts and challenges first hand. Your observations, stories and experiences are essential to this project. Working with Craig Kahlke from the Cornell Cooperative Extension, I have identified key questions for analysis that I would like your help in answering in the form of a 10 to 15 minute web survey located at:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/orchard_survey.
If you would prefer to do the survey on paper, face to face, or over the phone; my contact information is at the end of this email and we can set up a time. The data collected from the survey will be kept confidential and be used to complete my graduate thesis. Any results will be shared with the Cornell Cooperative Extension.
The goal of this research will be to identify what climate impacts apple growers have experienced in their orchards over time. Another secondary goal will be to identify what measures orchardists are taking to adapt to and mitigate the impacts of a changing climate going forward and how apple growers view its impact on their businesses and lively hood.
I would like to thank you for your interest in my research and feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns at borrelm01@mail.buffalostate.edu or my cell phone at 585-503-7546. I look forward to working with you!
Sincerely,
Michael Borrelli
You're Invited To The WNY Food Hub Grower Meeting!
December 9, 2015
11 AM - 1 PM
Cheektowaga, NY
January 2016
2016 Empire State Producers EXPO
January 19 - January 21, 2016
Morning, Mid-day, and Afternoon Sessions
Syracuse, NY
The Cornell Vegetable Program Specialists are involved in organizing sessions on Processing Vegetables, Potatoes, Onions, Cabbage/Cole Crops, Soil Health, Weed Management, Climate Change, Beginning Farmers, High Tunnels, and Specialty Vegetables.
Registration is open now on the NYS Vegetable Growers Association website:
http://nysvga.org/expo/information/
February 2016
LOF WFS Lockport Feb 1 - Online Pre-registration Closed - Contact Kim Hazel to pre-register
February 1, 2016
All day
Pre-registration closed on website, please call or email Kim Hazel at 585-798-4265 ext 26 to give her your registration info.
LOF WFS Newark Feb 2 - Online Pre-registration Closed - Contact Kim Hazel to pre-register
February 2, 2016
All day
Pre-registration closed on website, please call or email Kim Hazel at 585-798-4265 ext 26, krh5@cornell.edu
to give her your registration info.
Global GAP IFA v.5 Updates Training
February 3 - February 4, 2016
9 am - 3 pm
Albion & Newark, NY
See flyers, Feb 4 program is at CCE Wayne, 1581 NYS Rte 88, Newark, NY 14513
Irrigation Water Regulations, Traceability, and Recall: Info for Produce Farmers Concerning FSMA
February 22, 2016
9:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Geneva, NY
2016 CCE LOF Winter Spanish-Speaking Fruit Schools
February 23, 2016 : 2016 Spanish-speaking Winter Fruit Schools @ Zinglers Farms Inc
February 24, 2016 : 2016 CCE LOF Winter Spanish-Speaking Fruit Schools @ KC Bailey Orchards, Inc.
February 24, 2016 - KC Bailey Orchards Inc. Wayne Co.
Please pre-register.
This full day event will include talks will introduce workers to basic and applied pomological and pest management concepts and modern apple pruning practices in the Spanish language. Lunch will be included and covered by the $15 pre-registration, due to limited space please pre-register.
click on detail for Agenda & Registration opportunities.
Apples
Apricots
Asian Pears
Blueberries
Cherries
Currants
Gooseberries
Nectarines
Peaches
Pears
Plums
Raspberries / Blackberries
Strawberries
Unusual Fruit
Upcoming Events
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