>Hi everyone, > >Come join us for a series of apple picking and processing events October >3rd, 4th and 5th hosted by Farm to Cornell, The Cayuga Nation SHARE Farm >and New World Agriculture and Ecology Group at Cornell. Please distribute >widely :-). > >-Allison > >++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > >Apple Extravaganza! > >++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > >Friday October 3rd: >U-pick at Little Tree Orchard in Newfield (4 pm) & potluck (6 pm) with >Farm to Cornell. > > >Contact person: Matt Stasiewicz, [EMAIL PROTECTED], (313) 212-7486 >Meet to carpool: Watermargin Co-op (tentative) at 4:00 pm. 103 McGraw >Place. Go to the corner of University and West. Head north, it is the >blue house on the left past the large white frat. A few cars can park in >the loading zone, it always fine. >Directions to orchard: Take 96 south about 5mi, be sure to stay on >96S/34S when it splits from 13S. Turn right onto Newfield Depot, go 1mi, >where it will split and take Adams 1mi until reaching Shafer. Little tree >should be 1/4 mi down. http://littletree-orchards.com/ >Directions to potluck: Return to Watermargin/Arts Quad (103 McGraw Place) > >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > >Saturday October 4th: >Work Day at Cayuga SHARE (Strengthening Haudensaunee-American Relations >through Education) Farm in Aurora with the American Indian Program and NWAEG > >Work day will include getting the gardens ready for winter (weeding, brush >removal, composting dead plants etc), apple picking at the SHARE farm >orchard and potentially raspberry picking >Information about the Cayuga Nation and SHARE Farm: >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cayuga_nation, >http://www.ithaca.edu/icq/2006v2/depts/south_hill/cayuga.htm > >Event contact person: Scott Perez [EMAIL PROTECTED] (607) 351-8198 >Meet to carpool: Plant Science Building parking lot on Tower Rd. Cornell >Campus 9am, we will return to campus around 3 or 4 pm. >Carpool contact person: Allison Jack [EMAIL PROTECTED] (607) 273-5762 >Directions to farm: (45 minutes one way) Rte 34B to 90 throughway. Take 90 >to Aurora. 4-5 miles past town take a R on Great Gully Rd. Take the 1st >left on Trusdale and you will see the farm (lots of cars parked out front) >Bring: Dish to pass, buckets or containers for apples, work gloves, >general gardening tools > >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > >Sunday October 5th: >Apple processing (canning & drying) with NWAEG >Learn how to safely can applesauce & apple butter and dehydrate apples for >storage. Finished products will be brought up to campus Monday for >distribution to all volunteers. > >Contact person: Matt Cogger [EMAIL PROTECTED] (607) 342-1260, please RSVP >if possible! >Where: Watermargin Co-op (directions above) >When: 9am - 4pm drop by anytime! Potluck lunch at 12 pm. >Bring: Dish to pass, If available: extra canning jars, apples, large stock >pots, paring knives, food mills etc. >There will be a $5 charge to cover some of the costs if you'd like to pick >up applesauce and/or dried apples on campus the following Monday. > >These events are free and open to the Cornell Community, funded in part by >the GPSAFC. > >************************************************************************************** >Allison L H Jack >Graduate Student >Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology >http://pppmb.cals.cornell.edu >Cornell University >335 Plant Science >Ithaca, NY 14850 >607.273.5762 >************************************************************************************* > > > >"...Advancing a productive and sustainable agriculture" >from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences mission statement
************************************************************************************** Allison L H Jack Graduate Student Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology http://pppmb.cals.cornell.edu Cornell University 335 Plant Science Ithaca, NY 14850 607.273.5762 ************************************************************************************* "...Advancing a productive and sustainable agriculture" from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences mission statement _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
