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Rochester Soil Health Field Day
Event Details
Date
September 16, 2025
Time
2:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Location
Foodlink Community Farm
585 Lexington Ave
Rochester, NY 14613
Cost
FREE! Light refreshments provided.
Host
Cornell Cooperative Extension, NY Soil Health, and moreLori Koenick
email Lori Koenick
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!
Asparagus
Beets
Broccoli
Brussels Sprouts
Cabbage
Carrots
Cauliflower
Cucumbers
Dry Beans
Eggplant
Ethnic Vegetables
Garlic
Horseradish
Kohlrabi
Leeks
Lettuce / Leafy Greens
Melons
Mushrooms
Onions
Parsnips
Peas
Peppers
Potatoes
Pumpkins / Gourds
Radishes
Rhubarb
Rutabaga
Snap Beans
Squash - Summer
Squash- Winter
Sweet Corn
Sweet Potatoes
Tomatoes
Turnips
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