Ag Solutions Networking Expo

COBLESKILL — Don’t Miss the Valuable Resources for Regional Farmers through Virtual Participation in the Ag Solutions & Networking Expo!

There’s still time to register to participate virtually in the Ag Solutions & Networking Expo on Tuesday, February 18th between 10 am and 1:30 pm. Farmers, rural landowners, and aspiring agriculturalists are invited to log-into and participate in the relevant break-out sessions and NYS Farm Bureau update at this event.  Register to participate virtually via this link: https://www.eventleaf.com/e/AgNetwork 

The program is designed to focus on the topics and share resources that are important to the agricultural community in our region, and it is free to farmers! Virtual attendees can participate in two rounds of four concurrent break-out sessions at 10 AM and 11 AM, and a 12:30 PM update on NY State's agricultural legislative issues by the NY State Farm Bureau’s public policy team. The 10:00 AM breakout sessions include: Clean Energy Solutions for Greenhouses & CEAs; Going Green - Renewable Energy Support for NYS Farms; and Value Add & Product Development. The 11:00 AM breakout sessions include: Secure the Future of the Family Farm for Generations to Come; Growing Agritourism – Free Resources to Promote Your Farm; Diversification in Action: Real-Life Success Stories from the Farm; and an opportunity for networking and affinity-group building around Local Ag Issues Roundtables. For session descriptions and speaker bios visit: https://www.eventleaf.com/e/AgNetwork 

Schoharie County’s Agricultural Development Specialist, the Schoharie County and New York State Farm Bureaus, and the staff of the Institute for Rural Vitality, NYSERDA and Cornell Cooperative Extension Schoharie and Otsego Counties have collaborated to bring members of the regional agricultural community together to network and connect farmers to opportunities, solutions and new ideas. Many generous sponsors have underwritten the event including NYSERDA, National Grid, Schoharie County’s Office of Agricultural Development, New York State Farm Bureau, SUNY Cobleskill's Institute for Rural Vitality, the New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health, Visit Schoharie County, Don’s Dairy Supply, Casella, MacFadden & Sons, Inc., Schoharie County Soil and Water Conservation District, Feather Brook Farm, L&S Energy Services, US Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency, Country Folks, LaBella, Arcaids, Townline Equipment, NY FarmNet, Lead NY, the Daylight Savings Company and the Center for Agricultural Development and Entrepreneurship.

For more information please contact Steven Smith at sesmithfarmmgtllc@gmail.com or (518)207-7112 or Deb Pernat at pernatdg@cobleskill.edu or 518-255-5537 with any questions.

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