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Helping farm businesses thrive!
Groundswell Center, CCE-Tompkins, and Alternatives Federal Credit Union team up to offer Farm Business Planning Course for beginning and established farmers Ithaca, NY. In collaboration with Cornell Cooperative Extension of…
Read MoreForget-Me-Not Farm will host October Homesteaders gathering
Sunday, October 12, 3:30-5:30 PM, Candor, NY Don’t miss our last Homestead Farmers & Gardeners Gathering of the 2014 season. Homesteaders Gatherings are free for registered Groundswell Members. Email info@groundswellcenter.org…
Read MoreFinger Lakes CRAFT: Inspiring Beginning AND experienced Farmers
Members of the Finger Lakes CRAFT (Collaborative Regional Alliance for Farmer Training) gathered September 15, 2014 at the Good Life Farm in Interlaken to tour this amazing and diverse farm…
Read MoreFinger Lakes Craft Cider Week features Groundswell participants
Groundswell graduates, instructors and Mentor Farmers feature heavily in the emerging craft cider industry in our region. Banding together as the Finger Lakes Cider Alliance, these orchardists are the impetus…
Read MoreHammerstone School teaches Carpentry for Farmsteaders
Groundswell grad Maria Klemperer-Johnson is now a full-fledged beginning farmer, running Hammerstone Orchards with her partner Chad Purdy. As part of the burgeoning cider revival, they grow exclusively traditional cider…
Read MoreJoin Groundswell at the Food Justice Fair!
Food Justice Fair AND Latinos Multicultural Festival! Saturday, September 27, 12-4pm BJM Elementary School302 West Buffalo Street, Ithaca Please join Groundswell, GreenStar Community Projects, and a host of community leaders…
Read MoreGroundswell's Incubator Farm welcomes New Americans
AP reporter Mary Esch interviews Ye Myint, originally from Burma We’re fortunate to have people from all over the world living right here in Tompkins County. Many come here to…
Read More2015 Applications now open for the Groundswell Incubator Farm
Mo Myint trellises cucumbers on his father’s plot at the Incubator Farm. We’re now accepting applications for the 2015 season at the Groundswell Incubator Farm, located in the Town of…
Read MoreFinger Lakes CRAFT Farm Profile: Main Street Farms
Farmers: Allan Gandelman and Bob Cat Address: 116 North West Street, Homer, NY Phone: (607) 218-2101E-mail: info@mainstreetfarms.com Website: www.mainstreetfarms.com THE FARMERS Allan is a former high school teacher whose passion for…
Read MoreVolunteer spotlight: Dean Koyanagi
Dean Koyanagi showing young ones the way. We give thanks for Dean Dean has an incredible career background: Navy Veteran, Sustainability Coordinator for Cornell, Co-farmer at Tree Gate Farm, and…
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