Cornell Cooperative Extension Community Horticulture

Presented by Bob Beyfuss, Cornell Cooperative Extension Specialist for American Ginseng Production
October 16, 2008, 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm.
Cost: $15 per farm/family- Includes The Practical Guide to Growing Ginseng, by Bob Beyfuss

At DCMO BOCES Norwich Campus

Ginseng is a native herb that has been used for centuries in Chinese medicine. This forest grown crop has been harvested and exported since the 1700’s and continues to be a cash crop today. Growing Ginseng in Central New York will review the process of cultivating ginseng, as well as site selection, harvesting and marketing cultivated ginseng, and the rules and regulations of harvesting wild ginseng. This workshop will not include medicinal uses of ginseng.

If you’re interested in growing ginseng in you woodlot for income or pleasure register today by calling 607-334-5841. Please register by October 15, 2008.

There is a field and a classroom portion of this class- rain or shine

J. Rebecca Hargrave
Community Horticulture and Natural Resources Extension Educator
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chenango County
99 N. Broad St.
Norwich, NY 13815
607-334-5841 x 16

Public Issues and Conflicts Management (Two 2-day sessions)

This workshop will be taught by experienced trainers from NOAA*s
Coastal Services Center.

There are two identical training opportunities, both at Norrie Point
Environmental Center.
ONLY Register for one.
1. Tuesday December 2 and Wednesday December 3 2008 from 9 to 5 pm
To register,copy the URL and paste into your browser:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=NSGJ_2fD3pYFtoXt92O8XPaA_3d_3d

2. Tuesday March 3 and Wednesday March 4 2009 from 9 to 5 pm
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=Xo9eEC0Fprzn_2bzVuuqDm5g_3d_3d

This workshop will help you in the many projects you are involved in,
as it teaches you how to plan a meeting, build a team, deal with
difficult people, apply collaborative processes and deal with conflict.
The attached agenda gives more detail.  I have heard from many people
that they would like training in meeting facilitation and collaboration.
This gives you those skills, including the opportunity to apply
collaborative processes to an issue that you are working on.   This
training includes how to conduct a stakeholder analysis and how to
involve the public.  There is also a section on working effectively with
the media.
This workshop was held in August and was well received.

Collaboration and stakeholder involvement is a key component to
ecosystem-based management and many other projects that will help you
address the issues you work with.

This is a free workshop, funded by NOAA. You must commit to attend both
days.

For more information, see the attached agenda and this website
http://www.csc.noaa.gov/cms/cls/public_issues_conflict.html

For directions to Norrie Point: http://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/4915.html

__________________________________
Leslie

Leslie Surprenant
Invasive Species Management Coordinator
NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation
Office of Invasive Species Coordination
625 Broadway, 5th Floor
Albany, NY  12233-4756
518-402-8980

The Hudson River Estuary Research Reserve is hosting two free workshops
that may be valuable to you.   Both workshops will be held in the Hudson
Valley (Dutchess Co).

*Understanding your Audience: Effectively Characterizing and Engaging Stakeholders*

Taught by Shorna R.Broussard, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Natural Resources
Cornell University

Workshop Information:
Thursday  October 23, 2008
9:00 am-12:00 noon (optional networking *bring your own* lunch
until 1 pm.)
NYSDEC Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve
Norrie Point Environmental Center in Mills-Norrie State Park
Staatsburg, NY  12580
Directions: http://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/37889.html

Workshop Registration:
Register online:
Copy and paste this link into your browser:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=EHzbeWnanQYLvWObV5BJzA_3d_3d

Registration is limited, please register by Wednesday October 15, 2008

Click here for more information on who should attend and topics coveredClick here for more information on who should attend and topics covered.

Leslie

Leslie Surprenant
Invasive Species Management Coordinator
NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation
Office of Invasive Species Coordination
625 Broadway, 5th Floor
Albany, NY  12233-4756
518-402-8980

Greetings:

Seems as if there is a new word in the air these days.  Everyone isn’t just busy, they’re crazy busy.  I hear that word constantly from students at Cornell.  I hear it on the street, at the grocery store, in conversations, and from some of my colleagues, family members — even from children and elders in my community!

Question: are we best serving our audiences if we’re like hamsters on a treadmill?  How can we be committed to educating about healthy lifestyles, if we ourselves are all stressed out?  Can we genuinely foster mastery, belonging, generosity and independence if we’re hurrying young people through an activity, checking our watches and thinking about doing the next thing?  What about that “H” in 4-H that stands for heart?

Through the ages, in challenging times, people have turned to the garden in all its various forms for restoration.  It can offer profound rejuvenation, and can be an important foundation for garden-based learning (or any learning).  It does mean taking a little down time to get there!  We’re exploring the possibility of a retreat to Light on the Hill, a reflective retreat center about 1/2 hour outside of Ithaca, in early March (5 & 6).  We envision a day devoted to reflective activities and conversation that help us to take a deep breath and restore ourselves, and then, a day to consider how we extend this to our audiences.  We see this as an ideal time of the year, before the gardening season, the remainder of the school year, and other demands begin to press in.

At this point, we’re simply looking for a show of hands: does this interest you?  Unlike other “in-services” we wouldn’t need the commitment of a large group, and in fact, the lodge at Light on the Hill would only accommodate up to 40.

Unless you’re simply too…crazy busy to join us?

Best,
Marcia

Marcia Eames-Sheavly
Cornell Garden-Based Learning Institute
Department of Horticulture, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
http://www.hort.cornell.edu/gbl
http://www.hort.cornell.edu/art

30 October 2008 at the Ramada Inn, Ithaca, NY.

Details (word doc)

Agenda (word doc)

Greetings from Horticulture magazine.

As you may know, Horticulture is a national magazine for avid home
gardeners. In 2009 we¹re planning to introduce some regionally specific
coverage to the mix, with a couple pages of news and tips from Master
Gardeners across the country.

I would like to talk or e-mail with staff or volunteers about gardeners’ questions, tasks and activities in your area (according to the issue’s month), and quote gardeners in
the article. I’ ll also include information about your program.

We¹re also planning to recognize gardeners with great community spirit‹hobby
gardeners who make a difference to others through their passion for plants.
I¹d love to hear about any special projects or successful initiatives by the
gardeners in your area. We¹d like to feature one outstanding gardener or
group of gardeners in each issue.

We¹re already working on our 2009 issues, so please let me know if there¹s a
chance you’d would be willing to work with me. Feel free to forward this e-mail to others in your organization.

 Thank you,

Meghan Lynch
Editor
Horticulture
513-722-6631
meghan.lynch@fwpubs.com

Good Afternoon!

I am very pleased to announce that the 2008-2009 applications for the Kids Growing Food and Bluebird mini grants are now available on our website (www.nyaged.org/aitc).  The deadline for both of these grants is Friday November 28th, 2008 and recipients will be announced by the end of January.

We are also working on completing the applications for the NEW  Kids Growing Food II: Continuation Grant, which will be available to educators who have previously received a KGF mini grant and the AITC Teacher of the Year Application.  We hope to have these applications up on the site by early October.  I will make sure to send out an announcement when they become available.

Please pass this announcement along, we are extremely excited to add to our list of grant recipients and welcome all applications!

If you have any questions regarding the grant process please feel free to contact me by phone or email.

Sincerely,
–

Heather Davis

Interim Coordinator

NY Ag in the Classroom

106 Kennedy Hall

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY 14853

(p) 607-255-9253

(f) 607-255-7905

hed24@cornell.edu