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Day: November 23, 2020

November 23, 2020

Historic farm grows with diversity

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The Horan brothers started farming in 1990. Today, they’re happy to see more and more customers wanting to visit their farm and buy locally-grown produce.
Photo courtesy of Waldingfield Farm

by Sally Colby

Acreage that had been farmed continuously

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November 23, 2020

Entering a new era with wild blueberry wine

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Eric Martin, one of the founders of Bluet, inspecting some of the wild blueberry bushes in Maine.
Photo courtesy of Bluet

by Courtney Llewellyn

It was forward-thinking Transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau who first called wild blueberries “bluets.” Now, forward-thinking

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November 23, 2020

Learning to enjoy the journey

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While she admitted her first attempts at pruning were less than perfect, Lisa Rettinger learns more each year from both her own experience and spring pruning workshops.
Photo courtesy of Grandview Orchard

by Sally Colby

When Lisa Rettinger decided

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November 23, 2020

Fewer visitors but successful seasons

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To cut down on contact points and lines forming, Lynd Fruit Farm charged visitors on their way in to the sunflower patch rather than on the way out.
Photo courtesy of Lynd Fruit Farm

by Courtney Llewellyn

Wrapping up

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November 23, 2020

Heritage hard ciders at AeppelTreow Winery & Distillery

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To decide what cultivars to use, Charles McGonegal evaluates each year’s regional apple harvest. “I see what’s ‘nifty,’ what speaks to me,” he said. He runs AeppelTreow with his wife, Melissa.
Photo courtesy of AeppelTreow Winery & Distillery

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November 23, 2020

Waking up walnut’s potential in New York State

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by Courtney Llewellyn

How do you start a new farming enterprise? Sow seeds, grow plants, harvest. It seems simple enough – except sometimes those plants take years to grow to maturity. Sometimes the potential for a new crop is

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November 23, 2020

Next generation explores new ideas

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John and Lynette Myhre strike a pose near one of their eight-foot wreaths, an incredibly popular attraction at that farm for family photos.
Photo courtesy of Rusty Gate Tree Farm

by Sally Colby

Lynette Myhre said when her husband

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November 23, 2020

Ag Law Conference covers ongoing issues

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The “Developing Topics in Agricultural, Environmental and Food Law” webinar was presented by Kelly Nuckolls, a policy specialist at the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition.

by Enrico Villamaino

For the sixth November since 2015, the University of Maryland’s Agriculture Law

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November 23, 2020

IPM important for sustainability of cherry crop

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by Deborah Jeanne Sergeant

First introduced in 2011, spotted wing drosophila has been affecting cherry harvests. Cornell researchers studied the impact on tart and sweet cherry crops in New York State and estimated a 2% loss. That estimate jumped

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November 23, 2020

Value-added variety viable for maple producers

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by Sonja Heyck-Merlin

In a recent webinar, Aaron Wightman, maple specialist at Cornell, highlighted emerging value-added opportunities for maple syrup producers. According to Wightman, maple syrup production has increased dramatically in New York in the past 18 years, and

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