KNOW YOUR LANDS RESOURCES

WORKSHOP SERIES FOR RURAL LANDOWNERS AND BEGINNING FARMERS

All 3 sessions are on Tuesdays, 7-8:30 (or 9) at 4-H Acres – Lower Creek Rd. off Route 13 in Ithaca.  Sign up for all 3 sessions or just come to the one that interests you most; $5 per session

Call 607-272-2292 or email mjc72@cornell.edu

Know your Soil Resources – Tues, Oct. 7, 7-8:30 PM

Topics:

-How soil type and drainage influences what is grown and how a field is used

-Understanding/use of the soil survey

-Bringing an overgrown field back into production – transitioning from brush and goldenrod to pasture, hay or cultivated fields

Speaker– Janice Degni, CCE South Central NY Ag Team Agronomist

Know your Forest Resources - Tues. Oct. 14, 7–8:30 PM

Topics:

-Assessing your woods and sources of assistance

-Why manage your woods, and how?

-Adding value to your woods (firewood, saw timber, agroforestry enterprises)

-Do-it-yourself Crop Tree Management to enhance your woods

-Looming challenges to sustainable production: pests, invasives and wildlife

-Profitable tree planting

Speaker – Brett Chedzoy, CCE South Central NY Forestry Educator

Land Ownership Logistics and Opportunities – Tues. Oct. 21, 7-8:30 PM

Topics:

-Understanding land taxes & agriculture assessment

-Leasing land to farmers –finding a farmer, benefits, lease arrangements

Speaker:  Monika Roth, CCE South Central NY Ag Educator

-Finger Lakes Land Link – how it works – Ian Bailey, Program Coordinator

-Resources for Landowners – agency services

            -Tompkins County Soil & Water District – Jon Negley

            -USDA NRCS – Pat Barry, District Conservationist

            -Groundswell Center for Local Food & Farming