Upcoming Workshops at Stone Barns Center (Tarrytown, NY)
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Mel Weiss
Jul 1, 2013, 11:26:05 AM7/1/13
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Want to find out how varietal selection and plant training affect tomato production? Interested in learning how to manage your livestock and timber sustainably? Fascinated by organic vegetable breeding and variety improvement? Join Stone Barns Center for one of our upcoming workshops!
JULY 20, 2013: GROWING GREAT FIELD TOMATOES
10AM-12:30PM
AUGUST 3, 2013: SILVOPASTURE WORKSHOP
10:00AM-4:00PM
$10
Silvopasturing is an important new agroforestry system for the Northeast that allows for the sustainable production of timber, forages and livestock on the same land. Silvopasturing differs from past grazing practices in wooded areas in that the livestock and timber are intensively managed to achieve the desired objectives. New fencing systems, a better understanding of animal behavior, and the evolution of “management intensive grazing” practices have enabled the successful implementation of silvopasturing in the Northeast to provide significant environmental and economic benefits.
In this intensive one-day course, Brett Chedzoy and Peter Smallidge will teach participants the basic steps and skills needed to evaluate, plan for and implement silvopasture projects on their own land or land that they manage for others.
Brett Chedzoy, M.F, is a forester with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Schuyler County. Brett’s experience with silvopasturing started in the early 1990’s in Argentina. After returning to the family farm in Watkins Glen, NY in 2002, he began to use silvopasturing to expand their 300-acre grazing operation – Angus Glen Farms, LLC.
Dr. Peter Smallidge is the NYS Extension Forester. He does applied research in vegetation management on forest landscapes, including the “Goats in the Woods” project in the early 2000’s. Peter and his family also raise a variety of livestock in small-scale silvopasture settings.
AUGUST 20-21, 2013: PLANT VARIETY IMPROVEMENT FOR ORGANIC AG
8 AM to 5 PM (both days)
$75.00 (includes breakfast and lunch)
In this two-day, intensive workshop specifically designed for farmers, join organic vegetable breeders, producers and researchers in learning about organic vegetable breeding and variety improvement. Presenters include Michael Mazourek (vegetable breeder, Cornell University), John Navazio (vegetable breeder, Organic Seed Alliance), and Jack Algiere (Four Seaon Farm Director, Stone Barns Center).
Each day will be a mix of classroom and field-based programing. Topics will include: Benefits of On-farm seed production and variety improvement, Reproductive Biology basics, self-pollinated vs. open pollinated crops, understanding genetic variation, and harvesting and cleaning seed crops. Concepts will be discussed in the classroom and illustrated in the fields.
To register, click here.
10AM-12:30PM
$10
While growing a great field tomato can largely depend on the weather, there are plenty of things growers can do to assure a higher chance of success. Join Max Apton of Stone Barns Center for a walk through the tomato patch as he discusses varietal selection, plant training and other cultural practices that can pay off with a bumper crop of toms. Participants will gain an understanding of how Stone Barns farmers bring tomatoes from seed catalog, to field, to yield!
While growing a great field tomato can largely depend on the weather, there are plenty of things growers can do to assure a higher chance of success. Join Max Apton of Stone Barns Center for a walk through the tomato patch as he discusses varietal selection, plant training and other cultural practices that can pay off with a bumper crop of toms. Participants will gain an understanding of how Stone Barns farmers bring tomatoes from seed catalog, to field, to yield!
AUGUST 3, 2013: SILVOPASTURE WORKSHOP
10:00AM-4:00PM
$10
Silvopasturing is an important new agroforestry system for the Northeast that allows for the sustainable production of timber, forages and livestock on the same land. Silvopasturing differs from past grazing practices in wooded areas in that the livestock and timber are intensively managed to achieve the desired objectives. New fencing systems, a better understanding of animal behavior, and the evolution of “management intensive grazing” practices have enabled the successful implementation of silvopasturing in the Northeast to provide significant environmental and economic benefits.
In this intensive one-day course, Brett Chedzoy and Peter Smallidge will teach participants the basic steps and skills needed to evaluate, plan for and implement silvopasture projects on their own land or land that they manage for others.
Brett Chedzoy, M.F, is a forester with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Schuyler County. Brett’s experience with silvopasturing started in the early 1990’s in Argentina. After returning to the family farm in Watkins Glen, NY in 2002, he began to use silvopasturing to expand their 300-acre grazing operation – Angus Glen Farms, LLC.
Dr. Peter Smallidge is the NYS Extension Forester. He does applied research in vegetation management on forest landscapes, including the “Goats in the Woods” project in the early 2000’s. Peter and his family also raise a variety of livestock in small-scale silvopasture settings.
AUGUST 20-21, 2013: PLANT VARIETY IMPROVEMENT FOR ORGANIC AG
8 AM to 5 PM (both days)
$75.00 (includes breakfast and lunch)
In this two-day, intensive workshop specifically designed for farmers, join organic vegetable breeders, producers and researchers in learning about organic vegetable breeding and variety improvement. Presenters include Michael Mazourek (vegetable breeder, Cornell University), John Navazio (vegetable breeder, Organic Seed Alliance), and Jack Algiere (Four Seaon Farm Director, Stone Barns Center).
Each day will be a mix of classroom and field-based programing. Topics will include: Benefits of On-farm seed production and variety improvement, Reproductive Biology basics, self-pollinated vs. open pollinated crops, understanding genetic variation, and harvesting and cleaning seed crops. Concepts will be discussed in the classroom and illustrated in the fields.
To register, click here.
MEL WEISS
Growing Farmers Initiative Coordinator
Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture
Growing Farmers Initiative Coordinator
Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture
630 Bedford Road
Pocantico Hills, NY 10520
Pocantico Hills, NY 10520
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