Events for New and Diversifying Farmers

There are abundant learning opportunities in production, farm business management, and marketing happening all over NY and in neighboring states. Visit the following event calendars to stay updated:

• Most county Cooperative Extension Offices offer year-round agricultural programming. If your county doesn't, call or visit other extension offices near you
• The Cornell Small Farms Program maintains several events calendars, including one for Beginning Farmer Trainings.
• NY Farms! has a statewide Calendar of Events that is one of the most comprehensive
• If grazing is your specific interest, visit the Graze NY calendar to find out about pasture walks and other grazing events

Online Course for Beginning Farmers

This 9-week course next on March 19, 2008. See the online course description for more details and registration information.

The next offering of the online course will most likely be this fall or winter. Stay tuned for more details by the end of this summer.