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Farmers & Buyers Conference March 24

Register today for the Farm to Market Program's keystone event -- perfect for farmers looking for new market outlets and buyers searching for products to bring to market. Read more in this press release or download the Farm to Market Connection program agenda here with full descriptions of workshop, panels, speakers and presenters.

Family Fun Maple Weekends

Celebrate everything sweet and sticky during New York State Maple Weekends, March 16-17 and 23-24 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Pure Catskills members like Justus Asthalter Maple, Roxbury Mountain Maple, Shaver Hill Maple Farm, and Buck Hill Farm

host pancake breakfasts, maple samplings and demonstrations. The Agroforestry Center too opens its doors to share the secrets of the "sweet world of maple sugaring" on March 16. Come out of the cold and into the Sugar House this Maple Weekend!

Over 50 properties are waiting for their perfect farmer match, like this South Kortright bottom land. If you are eager to farm in the watershed region,

check out Catskills FarmLink and link up with regional landowners ready to put their land to work in food production. For more information, contact Farmhearts Fellow Eleanor Blakeslee-Drain.

Skill Sharpening Farmer Education

The Watershed Agricultural Program and CCE Delaware County co-host a variety of farmer education and producer group meetings throughout the year. RSVP today and mark your calendar for hot topic workshops like:

March 15: Organic Vegetable Production, Hamden
March 19: Sheep & Goat Producer Group Meeting: Prepping for Spring, Hamden
April 5:Smartphones for Farmers, Hamden
April 5: Improving Your Grazing Management Decision-making Skills Workshop, Walton
April 9: Sheep & Goat Producer Group Meeting, Hamden
April 11: Highbush Blueberry Production, Hamden

Save Working Landscapes Now

Donate Now to the Conservation Easement Stewardship Endowment Fund

Our goal is to raise $10,000 this year. With your donation to the Council's Conservation Easement Stewardship Endowment Fund, you can help us protect over 23,000 acres of watershed farmland -- Donate Now!

The Council Turns 20

Now two decades in, we're looking back on what we've done, with your help, through our watershed protection programs. Discover why the NYC Watershed is an international model for water quality protection.

Of Interest

Article: Hudson Valley looks to use region's greens to attract tourists (Westfaironline.com)
Map: Hunt's Point Market Supplies NYC with 60% of its Fruits & Veggies (The New York World)
Newsletter: Small Farms Update-February 2013 (Cornell Small Farms Program)
Guide: Direct Marketing Livestock & Poultry (Cornell Small Farms Program)
Funding: Microloans up to $35,000 (USDA)

Grant: Farm to School due April 24 (USDA)

Newsletter: Weekly Pipeline, March 5, 2013 (DEP)
Guide: NY Small Dairy Innovators: Successful Strategies for Smaller Dairy Farms (Cornell Small Farms Program)

March 8, 2013

Farm to Market Connection

MapleWeek

Catskills FarmLink Property

Farmer Education

Save Land Now 20th Anniversary

Events

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UPCOMING EVENTS

NEW DAY & TIME: Watershed Wake-up Call Every other Friday at 7:30 a.m. WIOX Community Radio 91.3FM

March 9

Landowners & Your Woodlands

Siuslaw Model Forest

Acra

March 15

Trained Logger Certified Adult First Aid & CPR

Walton

March 15

Organic Vegetable Production

Hamden

March 16

Maple Fest

Siuslaw Model Forest

Acra

March 19

Sheep & Goat Producer Group Meeting: Prepping for Spring

Hamden

March 20

4th Rural Issues: Community Leadership Conference

Herkimer

March 22

Agri-Economic Development Mini-Conference

NYS Grange, Cortland

March 24

Farm to Market Connection

Liberty

March 24

DEP Wetlands Presentation

Clearpool Model Forest

Carmel

April 5

Smartphones for Farmers

Hamden

April 5

Improving Your Grazing Management Decision-making Skills Workshop

Walton

April 9

Sheep & Goat Producer Group Meeting: Topic TBD

Hamden

April 11

Highbush Blueberry Production

Hamden

April 11

Earth Day Discussions on Food, Water & Environment

SUNY-Delhi

Find many more events and workshops listed on the Pure Catskills home page and the Council's event pages for agriculture and forestry.

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