PROJECT UPDATES IUSDA REGIONAL FOOD SYSTEM PARTNERSHIP (RFSP) GRANT The Glynwood Center for Regional Food and Farming, in collaboration with Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, has received a USDA Regional Food System Partnership (RFSP) grant to evaluate challenges and opportunities for livestock production in the Hudson Valley and adjacent regions. This project builds upon the collective experience of Glynwood and the Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences in serving the livestock industry, and relies on a partnership with the Cornell Cooperative Extension Livestock Program Work Team and the Hudson Valley Livestock Producers Group, formed by Glynwood in 2020.
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
CCE staff provided technical assistance to 120 inquiries/contacts and conducted 5 soil tests. Inquiries and technical assistance consisted of farm food safety, business planning/ cost of production, winter management
strategies, beginner farmer education, funding resources, Sullivan County Revolving Loan Program, starting a farm, farm planning and market/ market access assistance, poultry processing, livestock processing, livestock housing, ag labor and employment recruitment, farm food safety practices, livestock production and soil health. Staff continue to send out ag resource emails to our contacts.
WINTER WORKSHOPS FLOCKS TALKS: PRODUCING, PROCESSING, AND PACKING EGGS FOR SALE JANUARY 26 74 registrants learned about information on food safety, product quality, and regulations surrounding the production of table eggs from flocks of under 3,000 hens. Topics included, Food Safety in the Coop, Collection, Refrigeration, and Washing, Sorting Eggs for Quality, Candling Demonstration, Regulations for Packing and Labeling, and Maintaining Food Safety Through Sale.
Extension Connection
March 2022
BEST FOOT FORWARD: BRANDING, MARKETING, AND SALES AT THE MARKET MARCH 10 6:30 - 7:30 PM Interested in learning more on how to market your products? Join us on a Zoom webinar to gain strategies for creating or improving your brand – and then showcasing it in everything you do… from signage to product display! Get a half dozen tips to improve your table or booth at the market this season ON-FARM COMPOSTING WEBINAR MARCH 17 12:00 - 1:30 PM Are you interested in learning more about composting? Join Agricultural Educator, Michelle Proscia, for a webinar as she discusses the principles and varying methods of composting! Topics she’ll cover include: • The principles, methods, and FSMA regulations of on-farm composting • Aerobic and anaerobic composting • Small scale vs large scale composting • The basics of vermiculture
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