The planning committee for the NY Certified Organic (NYCO) Discussion Meetings has announced one meeting for February 8 and another for spring. The February 8 meeting at J. Martin Auctions in Waterloo, N.Y., which allows for personal spacing for those attending in-person; the program that begins at 10 am will also be offered by Zoom. For more information and the Zoom link, go online to the South Central NY Dairy and Field Crops website.
The February 8 program agenda includes:
- 10 am: Organic Grain Research Mashup: Green manures, weeds, and winterkill with Ellen Mallory, University of Maine
- 11 am: Improving Organic No-Till discussion with Jake Allen, Uri Menalled, Chris Pelzer, Annika Rowland, Sandra Wayman and Matt Ryan, Cornell University
- 12 pm: Potluck Lunch with discussion of Analysis of Slow-Motion Cultivation Footage with Bryan Brown, Ph.D., Cornell University
- 1:30 pm: Kings Agriseeds’ Sarah Mitchell on organic grain hemp demand from the Netherlands, early research by Kings and products produced in New York from grain hemp; and Rod Porter of Cayuga Ag on new products and mixes from Kings Agriseeds.
Meeting adjourns at 3 pm. The NYCO spring meeting will be held on April 12, 2022 on a farm yet to be determined.
For more information, contact Luke Gianforte at 315-877-1328. The 2022 NYCO planning committee included Fay Benson, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Cortland County; Bryan Brown, Ph.D., Integrated Weed Management Specialist, New York State IPM Program; Emily Reiss, Ph.D., Clarence, N.Y., and Luke Gianforte, Gianforte Farm, Cazenovia, N.Y.
