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December 17, 2014

17/12/2014: NY Certified Organic meetings tackle grain demand


New York Certified Organic/NYCO in the USA has set its winter 2015 dates for January 13, February 10 and March 10 for information and education meetings to help grain and dairy farmers throughout the state, the Ithaca Journal reports.

The free NYCO meetings start at 10 am in the Jordan Hall auditorium at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, 614 W North St in Geneva.

http://www.ithacajournal.com/story/news/local/2014/12/16/organic-group-schedules-winter-meetings/20485357/

Among planned topics are the increasing demand for New York-grown organic small grains. Penn Yan organic grain grower and miller Klaas Marten will discuss soil health for organic growers and the Soil Renaissance Initiative started by foundations in Illinois and Oklahoma in 2013.

The Initiative was started in 2013 by the Farm Foundation, Oak Brook, Illinois, and Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, Oklahoma. 25 soil health leaders working in production agriculture, industry, academia, research and government identified economics, measurement, research and education as key areas for advancing soil health as the decision-making cornerstone for land use management and sustainable natural resource systems and for meeting the challenge of feeding 9 billion people by the year 2050.

Additional topics include why good forage quality is not a matter of luck and the perennial issue of weed control for organic crop growers. The meetings also include a discussion circle .

Registration is not required; participants bring a dish to pass for the potluck lunch. For more details, contact Fay Benson at (607) 753-5213, afb3@cornell.edu.



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