Kick off the New Year with some of these great programs presented by the Capital Area Agriculture and Horticulture Program (CAAHP Team):
- Winter Green-Up 2021 – Online (January 13, 20, and 27, 2021)
1:00 – 3:00 PM EST each day
Prices: $35 for all three sessions, $25 for two sessions, & $15 per individual webinar Questions and information: Ashley Pierce arp253@cornell.edu.
Register at: https://tinyurl.com/WinterGreenUp2021 - January 28, February 25, March 25, 2021, Greenhouse Weed Management Virtual IPM Workshop – Online via Zoom, 1:00 PM—2:30 PM EST (including check-in for DEC credits)
*Limited to 10 participants in each session. Please sign up for only one session – the material presented on each session date is identical.
Cost: $20/person residing in Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer, Schenectady and Washington Counties/$25/per person residing elsewhere in NYS
Presenter: Brian Eshenaur, NYS IPM
To register: https://tinyurl.com/GreenhouseWeedMgt - January 28, 2021, Part-Time Farmer Tax School Online, via Zoom 6:30 – 9:00 PM EST
Cost: $15 per farm/household if you are a resident of Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer, Schenectady or Washington Counties, New York State – this is the CAAHP Team’s service area. If you are resident in these counties, your taxes go, in part, to support the CAAHP Team’s service to this area. If you reside outside these counties, the cost for attending this workshop is $20.00 per farm/household.
Register online: https://tinyurl.com/PartTimeFarmerTaxSchool2021. Register by phone/email by calling/emailing: 518-765-3518/[cce-caahp@cornell.edu]cce-caahp@cornell.edu - February 4, March 4, April 1, 2021, Greenhouse Disease Management and Fungicide Use Virtual IPM Workshop-Online via Zoom 1:00 – 2:30 PM EST (including check-in for DEC credits)
Cost: $20/person residing in Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer, Schenectady and Washington Counties. $25/per person residing elsewhere in NYS.
1 NYS DEC credit approved in each of these Categories: 3a, 24, and 25 for a total of 3 credits. Because DEC credits can be earned for this class, participants cannot share a computer.
Presenter: Margery Daughtrey, Cornell University, Long Island Horticultural Research & Extension Center
To Register: https://tinyurl.com/GreenhouseDiseaseManagement
To review participation requirements for DEC credits, visit http://blogs.cornell.edu/capitalareaagandhortprogram/capital-horticulture/capital-horticulture-2021-virtual-workshops/
*For more details about the above events & to keep updated about the CAAHP Teams offerings, check out their website and sign-up for their e-newsletter:
https://blogs.cornell.edu/capitalareaagandhortprogram/main/
https://blogs.cornell.edu/capitalareaagandhortprogram/main/
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One of the purposes of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Rensselaer County is to provide workshops and other resources to the producers within our community.
Workshops that we have provided in past include, but are not limited to Social Media Marketing, Basic Poultry Management, FAMACHA, and Tick and Pesticide Management.
Our Team is more than happy to offer programs similar to those listed above, but we also want to present new programs based on what you need. If you have any questions or ideas, please contact Kayela at kls342@cornell.edu.
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Our office is working on a Master List of Farms & Farmers in the Rensselaer County. We are collecting this data to help us stay up-to-date of all the farms in our county as well creating an emergency contact list. By providing us your phone number and cell phone provider, our office will be able to send you a text to alert you in the state of an emergency. Please call or email our office and provide us the following information:
Name
Farm Name
Address
Phone number (must be a phone that allows text messaging)
Phone Provider
Farm Name
Address
Phone number (must be a phone that allows text messaging)
Phone Provider
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COVID-19 is still spreading, even as the vaccine is here. Get updates regarding the virus, vaccine, and other ways to keep you, your farm family, and farm workers/customers safe.
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I would love to hear from you about future program ideas as well as topics for the Ag Informer Blog. If you would like to get in contact with us, our office number is 518-272-4210, or you can email me at kls342@cornell.edu.
Thank you so much for all you are doing to provide for our community.
Happy New Year!
-Kayela
