Urban and Small-Scale Growers Meeting
Event Details
Date
April 5, 2024
Time
8:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Location
Massachusetts Avenue Project Farmhouse
387 Massachusetts Ave
Buffalo, NY 14213
Cost
FREE, includes lunch
Host
Cornell Vegetable Program and Harvest NYLori Koenick
email Lori Koenick
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This event is an opportunity for small-scale growers, urban growers, community garden leaders and ag service providers to build community, engage in production-focused workshops, and share resources. Topics include building soil productivity, insect and disease management, growing vegetables, berries, and tree fruits, and more.
AGENDA:
- 8:30AM Doors open, sign-in, visit tables
- Welcome, intros, housekeeping
- Plant Pathology 101 -- Elizabeth Buck, Fresh Market Vegetable Specialist, CCE Cornell Vegetable Program
- Selecting Sites & Trees for Success in Small/Urban Orchards -- Anna Wallis, Fruit IPM Coordinator, NYS Integrated Pest Management Program
- Break
- Small Fruit Production Lessons from NYC -- Makela Elvy, Urban Gardens Specialist, CCE Harvest NY
- Grower panel: "Building Soil Productivity and Fertility"
- Lunch
- Choose your own adventure (visit tables and networking, farm tour, hands-on workshop)
- Grower panel: "How We Manage Insects on our Farms"
- Improving Okra Earliness and Yield -- Wil Moss, Moss Fresh Fruit & Vegetables
- 3:00 PM Wrap up and evaluations
COST: FREE, includes snacks and lunch by Lloyd Tacos, but pre-registration is required.
REGISTRATION: Space is limited! We are reserving space for growers first, but will open it up to ag service providers, as space allows.
- Growers -- Register online by March 29 at 9 PM. REGISTRATION IS CLOSED! We met the space limitation for this event.
- Ag Service Providers -- Email Lori Koenick to be added to our waitlist. You will be notified April 1st if we have additional space available for you to attend.
Travel costs a barrier? Please email Lori Koenick or email Mallory Hohl.
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