Join us for a hands-on soil health field day! This event is for small-scale and urban growers, gardeners and farmers, with a focus on best practices for building soil health and cover cropping, and is a part of the 2025 Soil Health and Climate Resilience Field Days. It will offer valuable insights and hands-on demonstrations to enhance soil health. Hosted by CCE Harvest New York and Cornell Vegetable Program, NY Soil Health, Monroe County SWCD, Taproot Collective, Rochester Urban Ag Working Group, Foodlink and more.

Registration table will open at 2:30 PM and the program will start promptly at 3:00 PM.

Topics include:

• Cover cropping in small spaces- species selection, seeding and termination strategies
• Cover crop demonstration plots
• Building soil health in raised beds
• Best practices for dealing with heavy metals soil contamination in the urban environment
• Soil health demonstrations on impacts of cover crop and other management practices from NY Soil Health

COST: FREE, light refreshments provided, but pre-registration is required. Space is limited!

==> Our attendance capacity for this event has been reached. If you wish to be added to a waitlist, please email Lori Koenick at lbk75@cornell.edu or Mallory Hohl at mdh286@cornell.edu.

Rochester Soil Health Field Day Flyer (PDF; 460KB)