I am on the planning committee for a local summer grazing conference- Grasstravaganza 2023 in Morrisville NY. July 20-22, 2023. If you are a grazing farmer or looking to step into that then this is one for you.
We have 2 great keynote speakers who are experienced grazers with lots of insight and knowledge we can learn from especially when we don’t get rain for extended periods of time.
Hugh Ajoe from the Noble Foundation
Greg Brann, Big Spring Farm and Synergistic Grazing Management
We also have someone I personally adore….. SHANNON HAYES
Shannon is a Chef, CEO, Farmer, Cafe boss, podcaster, blogger, knitter and author of SEVEN BOOKS!
Many of you may know of Grassfed Gourmet, Farmer and the Grill, Long way on a little, Free range farm girl cooking grassfed beef, Radical Homemakers and the latest. Redefining Rich.
We have also tapped our NY Grazing Farmers to be on Expert Grazer Panels sharing how their farms are managing weather extremes on their grassfed farms. Then we have sessions in the field covering grazing management technicques, grazing technology, riparian and tree areas for pastures and dung beetles and more insects on pasture.
Sessions for economic resiliencey where we have farmers talking about their agritourism enterprises, how to improve your meat and farm product marketing, processing milk on farm or for grassfed labels, and also info on Carbon Credits- what it really means to us grazing farmers doing things right.
Wrapping up the conference are 3 farm tours to choose farm.
We have a Grassfed Sheep farm that is doing outstanding work not just in pasture management but parasite resistant genetics.
We have an Organic 100% Grassfed Dairy that has a new timberframe dairy barn designed for cow comfort and manure management that is totally different than you’ve seen before. A family from the plain community is bring back neglected land with the focus on soil fertility, renewable energy, perenial grass pastures and more.
We also have our farm…. Creekside Meadows Farm where we raise 100% Grassfed Beef - start ot finish and pasture woodland raised pork along with our vegetables, maple syrup, soaps, firewood. We have 2 new barns the 3 of us built from our farm lumber cut our our saw mill. We have a gravity fed water system, 12 years on the farm where we have completely renovated the pastures with only cow and pig energy. We use low inputs so only compost and our own animal’s manure for fertility, no lime, no outside fertilizers and no herbicides. Our pastures used to be head tall weeds like golden rod and now it’s a thick lush super productive pasture where we not only graze but make all our own hay. We have put in all our own everything, fencing, water, barns, and more.
So attendees can pick the farm they will learn the most from and spend the afternoon there learning, sharing and maybe making some new friends along the way.
You can register for the Dinner on Thursday alone or join us for 1 or both days of the conference.
https://grasstravaganza.morrisville.edu/
If you are a veteran be sure to check the box when you register becausee Farm Ops has funding to reimburse you for attending the conference- in part of in full and also might cover transporation.
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#Grasstravaganza2023. July 20-22nd, 2023. Morrisville NY. on the SUNY campus.
Let me know if you’ll be attending so we can chat there.