SCNY AG News Events
NOFA-NY Presents:
Farmer's Forum
Every Tuesday 3pm-4pm
Online Via Zoom
Every Tuesday afternoon, Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York (NOFA-NY) will host a technical assistance call-in hour.
The Education Team will be available for open discussion and to answer questions.
Click on LEARN MORE to join the conversation.
*Photo by CCE
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Rotational Grazing, Draft Power, & Medicinal Herbs
Wednesday, May 15, 9am-12pm
Northland Sheep Farm - Marathon, NY
Donn Hewes and Maryrose Livingston operate a certified organic sheep farm using rotational grazing that includes cows and horses. They are a mixed power farm utilizing draft horse power and tractors.
Learn about rotational grazing, fencing options, sheep breeding, and their decision to move from cheese making to meat production. NRCS will be on-hand to discuss funding opportunities available for grazing infrastructure.
We will also visit Becky Frye, who shares the land, to learn about growing culinary and medicinal herbs.
REGISTRATION REQUIRED
*Photo by Michael Morse via Pexels.com
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CCE Tompkins Presents:
Seed Saving
Tuesday, June 4
CCE Tompkins Education Center & Online
Join CCE Tompkins Master Gardener Volunteer, Tracy McLellan for investigate the reasons to save seeds, the plants that are good candidates for seed saving, and methods for handling and storing seeds.
Emphasis will be on tomatoes, beans, lettuce and kale. Other vegetable varieties, annual flowers, and native plants will also be covered.
REGISTRATION REQUIRED
*Photo by Allison Usavage
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CCE Cortland Presents:
4-H Dairy Rodeo
Saturday, May 11th 10am-7pm
Corland County Fairgrounds
Each year the 4-H office and volunteers hold a fantastic educational and fun program for both the younger, less experienced and older and more experienced 4-H members.
You will learn how to prepare a animal for show. Wonderful Volunteers and Teens will be there to assist and help youth with special and interesting tips to help clip, groom and improve the showing of their animal.
Click below for details and registration. Pre-Registration is required by May 6th
*Photo by CCE Cortland
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CCE Tompkins Presents:
2024 Garden Fair and Plant Sale
Friday, May 17th 1pm-7pm
Ithaca Farmers' Market
CCE Tompkins' Plant Sale will take place Friday, May 17th from 1-7pm at the Ithaca Farmers Market.
This sale features a wide variety of vendors offering specialty plants and gardening advice on topics ranging from growing rock garden plants to selecting native species. Plants for sale include organically grown and heirloom vegetable transplants, colorful annuals, fragrant herbs, hanging baskets, small flowering shrubs, hardy roses, fruit crops, trees, evergreens, and specialty perennials.
CCE-Tompkins Master Gardeners and other community groups will also be participating.
Admission is FREE!
CLICK HERE FOR FULL VENDOR LIST
*Photo by CCE Tompkins
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CCE Cortland Presents:
2024 NY Percheron Assoc. Youth and Novice Clinic
Saturday, May 18th 9am-3pm
Cortland County Fairgrounds
Join us at the Cortland County Fairgrounds, May 18th, for a Youth and Novice Percheron Clinic open to all who wish to learn about draft horses (especially Percherons).
Attendees will experience hands-on instruction for correctly harnessing, hitching safety, driving single horse and teams of Percherons.
No horse is needed. Activities are perfect everyone from beginning to more advanced horsemen.
Admission is just $15 and includes light breakfast, lunch, the day's events and a 1 year membership to the NY Percheron Association.
*Photo by CCE Cortland
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CCE Tompkins Presents:
Keeping Backyard Chickens
Tuesday, May 21st
Online Only
Learn practical advice for how to successfully raise chickens for home egg production. This class will explore topics including: sourcing healthy birds, determining which laying varieties are best for your needs, options for housing and nutrition, common illness and pest prevention, and the joys of living with chickens!
This class meets the requirements from the Villages of Trumansburg and Dryden for a chicken permit. The class is only online and will be recorded, but only those who attend live will receive a letter to take to their municipality.
*Photo by Sarah Lubold
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NYFOA-NW Presents:
Enhancing the Values of Family Forests in the Northeast Conference
Friday, May 17th - Sunday, May 19th
Various Locations
Please join us for an inaugural gathering of the New York Forest Owners and Northern Woodlands organizations for a few days of fun and learning in the beautiful Finger Lakes Region of New York.
Topics include: Cultivating Nut Trees for Fun and Profit;
The Make or Break of Limiting Deer Impacts; Virtual Reality: A New Way to See the Forests and the Trees;
Four Decades of Woodland Management Adaption at Angus Glen Farms; Tree Planting for Profit; Silvopasturing for Greater Woodland Value and Viability; and a Birding and Botany walk rounds out the weekend on Sunday.
Register today! Registration CLOSES May 8th.
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Last updated May 7, 2024
