Date: February 4th, 2025

Snow Date: February 5th, 2025

Time: 9:30 am - 3:30 pm

Place: The Henry A. Wallace Center at the FDR Presidential Library and Home

Address: 4079 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park, NY 12538

Join Cornell Cooperative Extension for a day-long intensive focused on leafy greens production! This intensive will focus on both summer and winter growing and will feature grower insights and research. Topics include: soil steaming, spinach variety trials, pest management, heat tolerant varieties and a moderated grower to grower conversation.

Cost: $30 pre-registration up until Feb 3rd at 5pm, $50 at the door. Lunch is included

This program is sponsored by Johnny's Selected Seeds and High Mowing Organic Seeds

Agenda

9:30am-10:00am - Welcome/registrations

10 AM - 11 AM - Soil steaming with presentations from Extension experts and growers who have used it and a grower panel discussion

11 AM - 12 PM - IPM rotation stations with discussion groups on varieties and disease resistance, insect pests, fertility and weeds management

12:00-12:30: - Lunch, industry announcements

12:30-12:45: - Active learning stations- growers share favorite varieties of different crops and why they like them

12:45- 1:30 - Climate considerations and changes to growing practices and grower panel on planning with changing weather

1:45- 2:45 - Climate related rotation stations with discussion groups on summer growing, shoulder season growing and winter growing

2:45- 3:15 - Show and tell on other topics

3:15 - 3:30 - Wrap up and final discussions