Considering Small-Scale Commercial Value-Added Dairy Production

October 26, 2017


This training, hosted by CCE Yates County, will introduce the ins and outs of small-scale cheese, yogurt and other value-added dairy production.

Topics include:

• How to get started
• Funding - grant and loan opportunities
• Examples of value-added businesses
• Deciding whether it's right for you

Featured speakers include Steven Brown, Finger Lakes Economic Development Center, Carl Moody, Regional Dairy Processing Specialist, CCE Harvest New York, and Rodney Hinz, Dairy Products Specialist, New York State Agriculture and Markets.

Cost: $30.00 for first person from farm; $10.00 each additional person from same farm. Light lunch included. To register, call Caroline Boutard-Hunt at 315-536-5123 or register online. Pre-registration is required!

Log Inoculation Party

April 28, 2024
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
New York, NY

Join us for a log inoculation party and Community Mushroom Educator (CME) reunion at the Randall's Island Urban Farm with past and prospective CMEs. We will be inoculating local tree species with shiitake and oyster spawn as part of a larger research project with the Randall's Island Park Alliance Urban Farm and Cornell Cooperative Extension. 

Field Guide: Arthropod Pests of NYC Vegetables

Arthropod Pests of NYC Vegetables aims to help urban farmers and gardeners find, identify, and understand the most common and important insects and other arthropod pests found in New York City farms and gardens. Some of these pests are rarely mentioned in other guides but are common in NYC. The guide emphasizes scouting tips, including how to identify pests by the damage they leave behind, even when you can't find the insect itself.

This guide was created as a collaboration between Cornell Cooperative Extension's Harvest New York team and the New York State Integrated Pest Management Program.