Join the Hard Cider Revival Celebration Hudson Valley

Invites YOU to join the CIDER REVIVAL this October! the 3rd Annual Cider Week NY Returns October 18-27 Participate in Tastings, Classes, Cocktails, Pairings and Flights at more than 75 Restaurants, Pubs, Shops and Markets throughout the Hudson Valley!   Cider makers across the country and in the Northeast are now spearheading a resurgence of orchard-based libations, crafting distinctive hard ciders that pair well with food, can be enjoyed on their own or mixed into delectable cocktails. Join the Cider Revival! Visit Cider Week locations featuring Edible Friends: Peekskill Brewery in Peekskill Stockade Tavernin Kingston The Heron in Narrowsburg Aroma Thyme Bistro in Ellenville Partition Street Wines in Saugerties Rhinebeck Farmers Market (for the full list visit  ciderweekny.com/locations) Learn everything you need to know about cider and apples, meet cider makers, enjoy special tastings and dinners … Click thru for the ever growing list of events throughout the Hudson Valley! FOLLOW the CIDER REVIVAL:      Drink an apple, save an orchard this October! Thanks to efforts like Cider Week, the number of cideries in the Hudson Valley has doubled over the past five years, with plans for more cideries well under way. EDIBLE HUDSON VALLEY a member of Edible Communities

Edible Hudson Valley | PO Box 650 | Rhinebeck | NY | 12572

Organic Cover Crop Demo Workshop and Tour Corning NY 10/17/13

Registration 9:30 am – 10:00 am

Indoor Speakers 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Lunch 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Field speakers/Demonstrations 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

Cover Crop Demonstrations 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm

Laurie Drinkwater

(10:00 – 10:45) – Cornell University Department of Horticulture, Associate Professor:

Nitrogen Cycling and Soil Ecology overview.

Jean-Paul Courtens

(10:45 – 11:30) – Roxbury Farm, a 1000 member CSA Organic Farm, How I use cover crops, case study. http://www.roxburyfarm.com/

Thomas Bjorkman

(11:30 – 12:00) – Cornell University Department of Horticulture, Associate Professor: Brassicas in rotation and for cover cropping, benefits and liabilities.

Lunch

– (12:00 – 1:00) Exhibitors

Anu Rangarajan

(1:00 – 1:45) – Cornell University Department of Horticulture, Senior Extension Associate: Field demonstration of small scale reduced tillage implements for vegetable growers.

Matt Ryan

(1:45-2:30) – Cornell University Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Assistant Professor: Field demonstration of cover crop interseeder, time of tillage and cover crop planting effects on weed populations.

Tour of Cover Crop Demonstration Plots:

(2:30 – 4:00) Paul Salon (NRCS, Plant Materials Specialist), Brian Caldwell (Cornell University Dept. of Horticulture, Research Support Specialist), Karen Hoffman (NRCS, Resource Conservationist- Animal Science) – Cover crop demonstration with over 180 plots (species, varieties or mixes) seeded at several dates. Cover crop mix seeding rate study. Cover crops for grazing pros and cons. Participation and Q&A with featured speakers.

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CCA credits available

Sponsored by the USDA-NRCS Plant Materials Program, Cornell Cooperative Extension, and the Northeast Farming Association of New York (NOFA) Upper Susquehanna Coalition and NY State Department of Ag. and Markets

Lunch available for $12.00,

Register at the following website http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=7ex5qzeab&oeidk=a07e7j0eqy23d4363df

Directions:

Take Route 17 (I 86) to Exit 48 (East Corning/Route 352). Follow Route 352 east for 1.5 miles. PMC entrance is on the left.

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