Grow Your Own Shiitake Mushrooms
Do you love mushrooms? Do you love shiitake mushrooms? Have you ever wanted to grow them at home? Here are some links about how to inoculate your own mushroom logs!…
Read MoreWomen on the Land: Butcher Basics
The Woman on the Land Butcher Basics Workshop last week was incredibly fun and informative. Groundswell Center hosted the workshop as the first part of our Women on the Land…
Read MoreNew Matched Savings Program!
Ithaca, NY– Groundswell Center for Local Food & Farming is offering an Ag-Individual Development Account (IDA) Matched Savings Program, in collaboration with Alternatives Federal Credit Union (AFCU). Groundswell Center’s Ag-IDA…
Read MoreBest Wishes, Adriana!
We’d like to thank Adriana Pickett Becerra for her dedication and hard work at Groundswell Center over the past year. Although she was only hired for a one-year contract, she…
Read MoreInstant Inspiration: Krystal Z
Krystal Zwiesineyi Chindori-Chininga is a senior International Agriculture and Rural Development Major at Cornell University. Originally from Zimbabwe, her experience with community agriculture organizing around the world has given her…
Read MoreCultural Appropriation and Food Resources
Groundswell Center was honored to welcome Patrice Lockert Anthony, President of Greenstar Cooperative Market , Owner of A Writer’s Alchemy, and social provocateur to facilitate a two-part discussion on Cultural Appropriation and Food as…
Read MoreNewest grower at Incubator Farm has flourishing first season
Interview and article by: Nico Hirscl, Cornell University William Htoo is the newest farmer at Groundswell Center’s Farm Business Incubator Program, and just completed his first growing season. William is…
Read MoreA Groundswell of opportunities for beginning farmers!
December 14, 2018 The Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement of the USDA awards Groundswell Center for Local Food & Farming* $199,000 for the Project “Every Farmer at the Table:…
Read MoreFarming for Justice: Cultural Appropriation in Food, Part I Video
With Patrice Lockert Anthony, President of GreenStar Cooperative Market, Groundswell Center Equity and Accountability Committee and Elizabeth Gabriel, Groundswell Center Director. For more information: Farming for Justice Discussion Series
Read MoreNovember 10th Community Farm Day at Soul Fire Farm
Groundswell Center for Local Food and Farming in Ithaca, NY coordinated a Community Caravan of 18 people from Ithaca to Grafton, NY, outside of Albany, for a Day of Community Farm work,…
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