Dilmun Hill veggies at Mann Library
starting June 24:
If you love fresh veggies, then you will love Dilmun Hill! Starting June 24, Dilmun Hill staff will have a table set up outside in front of Mann Library every Tuesday from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. selling fresh veggies. Get there early for the best selection. Enjoy!
Wildlife photography lecture:
Photographing Birds of the Asia-Pacific: From Hornbills to Birds of Paradise: Tim Laman, wildlife photojournalist, Monday, June 30, 12:15 p.m., Cornell Lab of Ornithology, auditorium. Admission is free. Call 800-843-BIRD or visit http://www.birds.cornell.edu.
Upcoming Horticulture Field Days:
Floriculture Field Day and Kathy Pufahl Container Contest: Tuesday, July 22, Ithaca
Learn more about these and other events at: http://hort.cals.cornell.edu/cals/hort/news-events/index.cfm.
Cornell Organic Research Farm Field Day
Monday, August 18, 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Freeville Organic Research Farm:
Soil quality, vegetable breeding and whole-system trials for organic agriculture. Explore soil quality and reduced-tillage strategies! Sample improved varieties and learn about plant breeding! Discuss whole systems demonstrations and the farms that inspired them! This is an opportunity to discuss issues in organic agriculture ranging from seed saving to compost use to weed management and rotations. Meet with the researchers and farmers for an evening of demonstrations, collaboration, and networking. For further information, contact Melissa Madden at 607-351-3313 or mam233@cornell.edu, or visit www.organic.cornell.edu. Directions to the farm are online at
www.hort.cornell.edu/organicfarm/about.html.
Outwit weeds!
(Grain crop edition), Monday, July 14, Cornell's Musgrave Farm, Aurora, N.Y., 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.:
Sharpen your weed management skills through hands-on exercises, demos, and discussions based on the Organic Cropping Systems project's long-term grain crop experiment. Learn to identify weeds at the seedling stage, to time cultivations and adjust cultivation equipment to maximize weed control, and to estimate weed density and its impact on crop performance. See ridge-tillage and cultivation equipment demonstrated. Best practices for integrated weed management will also be discussed. The farm is 35 miles north of Cornell's Ithaca campus, in the southern portion of Cayuga County, in the township of Ledyard, on the Poplar Ridge road two miles east of Aurora and Cayuga Lake. For further information, contact Elizabeth Dyck (607-895-6913).
Annual Agribusiness Economic Outlook Conference
Tuesday, December 9, 2008, in the David L. Call Alumni Auditorium, Kennedy Hall.
In addition to the outlook for the agricultural markets and the general economy, this year's conference will explore the theme of improved market access for New York farmers. The opening session will examine emerging trends toward demand for local and regional food systems and emerging marketing and business opportunities in more distant markets. The theme of this portion of the program is Market Access for NYS Producers: Local and Long Distance Dimensions. Over the next several months, more details will be posted at the website:
http://aem.cornell.edu/outreach/conferences/economic_outlook.htm.