First Thursdays: From May to October, come help out at the Groundswell Incubator Farm, just a few miles west of Ithaca, on the first Thursday of every month from 5:00-7:30PM.

We’ll lead a short tour of the farm at 5:00, followed by volunteering starting at 5:30. Tasks may include helping fix or build infrastructure, weed, plant, or helping the Incubator Farmers. These events are family friendly, but please leave your dogs at home.

RSVPs not required, feel free to drop in! Contact Farm Manager liz@groundswellcenter.org with questions.

Directions

The Groundswell Incubator Farm is located on land owned by EcoVillage Ithaca, 100 Rachel Carson Way, Ithaca NY. From Ithaca, take route 79 West for 2 miles, turn left on Rachel Carson Way, bear left just before the store Gourdlandia. Turn left at the stop sign, passing solar panels and a greenhouse. The Incubator Farm is to the left, just past the solar panels. There is a Groundswell sign on the gate.

2018 Open Farm Days is a FREE 2-day annual event that invites visitors to experience local agriculture up-close. On Saturday and Sunday, August 11 & 12 from 12-4pm each day, farms across Tompkins County, New York will open their gates, barns and pastures to the public for farm tours, demonstrations, food tastings, and animal interaction for an afternoon of family-friendly farm fun!

GROUNDSWELL INCUBATOR FARM will be open for tours Saturday, August 11th from noon – 4pm.

Farms on the west side of Cayuga Lake are open from 12-4pm on Saturday, August 11, while farms on the east side of the lake are open from 12-4pm on Sunday, August 12.  Bring a cooler — many farms will have products to sell, and there are additional farm markets along the way!

Sponsored by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County and the Tompkins County Ag & Farmland Protection Board. Made possible in part by a grant from the Tompkins County Tourism Program.