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 Which First - Chicken or Egg?
 If you've been thinking of raising meat birds for market, layers for farmstand eggs, or Thanksgiving heritage-breed turkeys, sign up for the Pastured Poultry Workshop on October 4, 5, 6. Hosted by CCE-Delaware and the Council's Agricultural and Farm to Market Programs, this 3-parter draws on the expertise of a feed specialist, veterinarian, and poultry farmer to give you the answers you need to the age-old question, "chicken or egg?" Cost is $15 per day, $30 for all three sessions. Register by September 28 with CCE Educator Janet Aldrich at (607) 865-6531.    
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Hey You, Keep Out!
The folks at Clearpool Model Forest in Kent took matters into their own hands to keep hungry deer from munching down early tree growth...the old fashioned way. Read more about Green Chimneys/Clearpool Education Center's deer exclosure and how you can build one yourself in the Fall issue of the Watershed Farm & Forest.
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Say "Cauliflowers"
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Building Community One Farmer at a Time
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Shop for HHF
 At Whole Foods Yonkers, shop anytime on Thursday, September 20 and 5% of net sales will benefit our Croton Watershed partner, Hilltop Hanover Farm & Environmental Center. A former dairy farm in the 1600s, Hilltop Hanover Farm is a regional education center that offers programs on healthy and sustainable food production and teaches skills for small-scale suburban and urban farming techniques, illustrating sustainable living practices for the region and local communities. Hilltop offers lectures, tours, hiking, picnicking, pick your own vegetables, a CSA share and much more.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
NEW DAY & TIME: Watershed Wake-up Call Every Friday at 7:15 a.m. WIOX Community Radio 91.3FM
September 21
Biomass Fuel Symposium
Liberty
September 28
Farm to Fork
Delhi
September 29
Cauliflower Festival
Margaretville
October 4-6
Pastured Poultry Workshop
Hamden
October 5
Cornell On-farm Energy Workshop
Summit
October 5
TLC Skidder Bridge Construction Workshop
Masonville
October 6
Small-Scale Woodlot Management
Slate Hill
October 6-7
Taste of the Catskills
Delhi
October 10
New Green City
NYC
October 12
TLC Forest Ecology and Silviculture
Acra
October 15-16
Growing Health 2012: Cultivating Common Ground
Binghamton
November 1
Easement Program Committee Meeting
Walton
November 8
TLC Forest Pests and Diseases
Acra
November 8-9
Sustainable Education for the Next Generation
Carmel
November 9
TLC Game of Logging: Level 1
Acra
November 15
Harvesting Opportunities
Saratoga Springs
Many more events, events and workshops listed on the Pure Catskills home page and on the Council's event pages for agriculture and forestry.
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