May 18 – Raising Your Own Food: Small Livestock, Forest Mushrooms and Permaculture
Posted by Dustin Horton // May 13, 2013 // Calendar of Events, Farming & Agriculture
9am to 12 noon, NYS Grange Headquarters, 100 Grange Place in Cortland. Woodlands and areas around your house can help you become more self sufficient as well as provide food. Topics to be covered include starting a small livestock operation, growing mushrooms on logs and an overview of permaculture principles. Presenters include: Heather Birdsall from Cornell Cooperative Extension of Cortland County, Jared Popoli of Cortland County Soil and Water Conservation District along with an expert on permaculture. Pre-registration is required at least a week prior to workshop. To register call our office at 607-756-5991. Workshops are in partnership with Sustainable Cortland & Cornell Cooperative Extension of Cortland County and are free and open to the public. For more information call 607-756-5991, e-mail jared.popoli@cortlandswcd.org, or visit www.cortlandswcd.org.
