On Wednesday, August 10, the Cornell Small Farms Program will hold a free series of short seminars in the theater area of the Cornell Center in the Empire Building:
- 9:30 am: Cornell Small Farms Program (SFP) Overview of Resources with Violet Stone, Communications Coordinator, Cornell SFP
- 10:00 am: Starting a Farm? The Northeast Beginning Farmer Program Can Help! With Violet Stone, Communications Coordinator, Cornell SFP
- 10:30 am: Building Soil Health: Approaches that Work on Small Farms with Ryan Maher, Soil Health Specialist, Cornell SFP
- 11:00 am: Agroforestry Overview: New Crops and Products with Steve Gabriel, Agroforestry Specialist, Cornell SFP
- 11:30 am: Mushroom Production Basics with Steve Gabriel, Agroforestry Specialist, Cornell SFP
- 12:00 pm: The NY Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship Program, with Fay Benson, Small Dairy Specialist, Cornell University SCNY Regional Team.
The Cornell Center exhibits include:
- Cornell Marketplace: New York cheeses, apples, wine, fresh-roasted corn, and food products, all developed with Cornell expertise and available to sample;
- Plant and Insect Sleuth: Is it bugging you that you cannot place that insect? Is the name of that plant firmly rooted in your memory? Bring your specimens to the Cornell entomology experts for identification;
- Cornell Alumni and Friends Reception: Wednesday, August 10, 2:30-4:00pm. Cornell University alumni and friends are invited to a social event with administrators and faculty;
- Ask the Ag Educators: Cornell Cooperative Extension experts in vegetables and small fruit, grapes, conventional and organic dairy, livestock and field crops are available to answer your questions; and
- 4-H Energy Interactive Display. Youth and adult volunteers with the Seneca County Seneca GR&EEN: Generating Recycling & Energy Education Now 4-H Club staff share information on solar and biofuel systems for renewable energy while reducing carbon input to the atmosphere. Enjoy the hands-on opportunity to make healthy dairy and fruit smoothies by generating electric power via an energy bike. See the new 4-H Nano Grid power system.
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