Other Ag News: Join Us for the 2025 New York Small Farms Summit: Stronger Together

We hope you will join us on December 5 for the 2025 New York Small Farms Summit: Stronger Together! This is an opportunity to meet other farmers and ag supporters, learn about research and education projects, and set priorities for future efforts to grow small farm success.

Small farms are managed by diverse people integrating multiple enterprises to meet personal, local, environmental, and food systems goals. The Cornell Small Farms Program is dedicated to uplifting small-scale farming as a dignified and viable livelihood by providing intentional, innovative, and inclusive services. We envision a future where small farms are valued, respected, and supported for the vital role they play in creating a stronger and more resilient food system.

We often host listening sessions to hear directly from farmers about their challenges and needs. This one-day Summit will bring together farmers, extension educators, university faculty, and other service providers at multiple sites across the state.

A few locations will focus on different topics, including specialty mushrooms (New York City) and veterans in agriculture (Central NY). Each summit site will connect virtually in the morning to hear from agricultural leaders in the state. Subsequent in-person conversations will explore topics on small farm entrepreneurship, resilience, support networks, and priorities moving forward.

You can choose the location or topic area that is best suited to your farm interests, and register now. This Summit is free to attend, with lunch provided and refreshments served throughout the day. Therefore, seating will be limited, and we will open a wait list once registration is filled.

Voorheesville, NY

This site will bring together farmers in the Capital Region. Learn more and register.

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Alfred, NY

Whether for fruit, nuts, fodder or shade, trees can be an integral part of your farming system. This site will focus on the opportunities for resiliency that come from adding tree crops or managing wooded areas of your farm for an agroforestry or silvopasture system. Learn more and register.

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Ithaca, NY

At this site, we will bring together farmers in the Finger Lakes Region. Learn more and register.

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Westport, NY

This site will bring together farmers in the North Country and will discuss the unique markets of the Adirondacks. Learn more and register.

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Chittenango, NY

Veterans interested in or actively pursuing an agricultural or food system operation are invited to this Summit site. As a collaborative group, veterans and service providers will engage in an exploration of new farm enterprises, building small farm resilience, and farmer veteran networks of care. Learn more and register.

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Lexington Ave, NYC

This site will convene a regional network of mushroom farmers and educators from indoor, outdoor, and community production systems and others in the food network. We will work together to determine grower research and marketing needs, interdisciplinary collaboration opportunities, and community building initiatives. Learn more and register.

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Argyle, NY

At this site, we will bring together farmers to explore topics on small farm entrepreneurship, resilience, support networks, and priorities moving forward. Learn more and register.

We look forward to meaningful engagement and conversations focused on how we can be stronger together as we build a future for small farm success across New York.

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