Vegetable Workshop: Garlic and Brassicas

 Tuesday, March 4, 2025

(SNOW DATE: March 7^th)

9:30 am - 4 pm

Whallonsburg Grange (1610 Route 22, Essex, NY 12936)

Cost: $20 per person (half day) or $30 per person (whole day)

Includes lunch for both half and full day registration. Registration options are: Half Day Morning (9:30am - 1:30pm), Half Day Afternoon (12:00pm - 4:00pm) or Full Day

Join us for a two-part workshop for vegetable growers focusing on garlic and brassica crops with additional general vegetable roundtable at the Whallonsburg Grange. Our morning session will include tips for growing great garlic from seed to postharvest, advice for managing the invasive leek moth, and discussion with a panel of experienced garlic growers. Brassica (cole) crops is the topic of our afternoon session, when pest and disease management, crop rotation, varieties, and planting dates will be discussed.

2 DEC pesticide recertification credits offered in categories 1A, 10, and 23. Must attend the whole day to receive credits.

Agenda:

MORNING SESSION (9:30 AM - 1:30 PM)

9:30 am: Welcome & introductions, coffee & refreshments, DEC credit sign-in

9:40 am: Growing great garlic (Crystal Stewart-Courtens, CCE ENYCHP/Philia Farm)

10:40 am: Managing the invasive leek moth in allium crops (Elisabeth Hodgdon, CCE ENYCHP)

11:00 am: Farmer-to-farmer discussion with garlic grower panelists (Mike Davis, Harvest Hill Farm; Crystal Stewart-Courtens, CCE ENYCHP/Philia Farm; Others TBD)

AFTERNOON SESSION (12 PM - 4 PM)

12:00 pm: Lunch

12:45 pm: Messages from local agricultural service providers

1 pm: Vegetable round table and sharing session: Bring your vegetable production questions (on any other crop family!) or item to share (novel technique, tool you love, photos, etc.)

1:30 pm: Research update: Organic pest control in brassicas (Elisabeth Hodgdon and Teresa Rusinek, CCE ENYCHP)

2:15 pm: How we grow brassicas at Riverberry Farm (Dave Marchant, Riverberry Farm, Fairfax, VT)

2:45 pm: Farmer-to-farmer discussion with brassica grower panelists (Dave Marchant, Riverberry Farm; Mike Champagne and Marisa Lenetsky, North Point Community Farm, Plattsburgh, NY; Raymond Luhrmann, Fox Creek Farm CSA, Schoharie, NY)

4 pm: End workshop, distribute DEC certificates

Funding for this program was provided in part by the Northern NY Agricultural Development Program

Please contact Elisabeth Hodgdon (eh528@cornell.edu or 518-650-5323) with questions and requests for accommodations. Accommodation requests must be submitted by Feb. 18.