Water & Land: Register for Farm to Market Connection & Forest Landowners' Workshop, Two Cool Videos and March Events

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Join us for a day of networking and education about the most current topics in direct marketing. Gather with local food advocates from across the region including farmers, retailers, restaurateurs, specialty food producers, distributors, farmers' market staff and economic development practitioners. The Farm to Market Connection is the perfect way to get the growing season off to the right start! Register online here.

Forest Landowners' Workshop March 10

Forest Landowners' Workshop at the Agroforestry Center on March 10

Do you own woodlands you'd like to manage in some way? Do you want to know about the value of trees as timber or about other opportunities your forests provide? Mary Spring, professional forester, will provide basic concepts of best forestry management practices, and forest management planning, as well as the value of working with a forester in this afternoon workshop,"Landowners and Your Woods: A Forest Management Primer." Hosted by the Agroforestry Resource Center, Acra, this workshop is open to landowners and their families from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 10. Cost is $10/person or $15/family. To register, contact CCE Greene County (518) 622-9820

Ag in Action

Agricultural Best Management Practice: Manure Storage

This slideshow chronicles the construction of a manure storage unit, a collaborative project that involved many yards of concrete and the technical expertise of staffers from the Watershed Agricultural Program including the Council, NRCS, CCE and Delaware County Soil & Water. With funding from USDA AWEP (Agriculture Water Enhancement Program) and NYC Department of Environmental Protection, the project addressed a water quality issue worth solving. You can read more in the 2011 Watershed Agricultural Program Annual Report.

Land for Hay

Catskills FarmLink currently lists 22 properties for lease, sale and partnership. Farmers looking to get on the land in the Catskills can find property opportunities, like these two DEP land parcels of seven acres each for haying in Neversink, with a simple click of the mouse.

Shared Favorite

Back to the Start

Thanks to John Schwartz, our DEP liaison, for this nifty animation short film entitled, "Back to the Start." Country music legend Willie Nelson sings Coldplay's 'The Scientist' on this soundtrack.

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Blog Feed We get a lot of great stuff in our inbox each week. As an Information Aggregator and Resource Matchmaker, we try to connect the right info with the right people. Sometimes we put this shared information, like grants and partner events, on our website. Most times, we find a home for it our blog, You & Your Watershed . If you have information to share on this platform, send us an email and we'll include it in our weekly wrap-up. We may even share it on our weekly radio call-in, Watershed Wake-up Call on WIOX, 91.3FM.

Of Interest

App: Greater Catskills
Article: McDonald's Phasing Out Use of Sow Crates (NYTimes)

Article: Precise Feeding of Dairy Cows Adds Up to Cost Savings, Environmental Benefits (DairyBusiness)
Grant: New York Business Flood Recovery Grant Program

Grant: USDA FSA Offers Erodible Lands Monies Through Conservation Reserve Program

FYI: Forestry Management Assistance Program

Online Annual Report: NY Farm Viability Institute 2011
Report: The Potential for Urban Agriculture in New York City (Earth Institute at Columbia University, Urban Design Lab)
Website: Catskill Harvest

March 2, 2012

Farm to Market Conference

Forest Landowners' Workshop
Ag in Action Video
Land for Lease
Shared Favorite Video
Blog Feed

Of Interest

Events

UPCOMING EVENTS

Every Thursday at 7:15 a.m.

Watershed Wake-up Call on WIOX Community Radio

March 2

Trained Logger Certification-Adult First Aid & CPR

Walton

March 3

Catskills CRAFT: Seed Starting at Silver Heights Farm Nursery

Jeffersonville

March 6 & 7

Nutrient Management Workshop

Walton & Delhi

March 8

Bionutrient Rich Crop Production Workshop

Bedford Hills

March 10

Landowners and Your Woods: A Forest Management Primer

Acra

March 12

TLC Game of Logging 1

Acra

March 13

Crop & No-Till School

Hamden

March 22

CWC's Disaster Preparedness Workshop

Margaretville

March 25

Farm to Market Connection

Liberty

April 5

Easement Program Committee Meeting

Walton

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