Get home compost bins and rain barrels for cut rate prices!

WHEN:   June 8, 8 am – 4 pm, or until supplies run out.

WHERE:   Destiny USA (Solar Street parking lot).

Brought to you by OCRRA, Cornell Cooperative Extension and Destiny USA.

Contact person: Greg Gelewski, Recycling Operations Manager

OCRRA Phone: 315.295.0734  Fax: 315.453.2872100

Dairy Robotics, Grazeway and Windmill Farm Tour

Wednesday, May 22, 2013.

Robotic dairy tour attracts 50 participants to Onondaga County farm.

Fabius, NY.  They came all the way from Booneville, NY to see this.  Robotic milking.  Two years ago Tom Trinder installed a robotic milking system at his farm in Fabius with great results.  The robots are only part of the story at Trinder Farms.  The rest of the story involves computer gateway pasturing, organic farming and, wind power.

Participants got a full tour of Trinder’s farming system that exemplifies sustainable agriculture and how a small dairy can flourish economically.

Some of the benefits of the robotic milking and computer grazing system have been higher milk production, cow longevity and very low veterinarian bills.  The benefits to being organic have been a premium price for Trinder Farm milk, eliminating pesticide exposure to his employees and neighbors and, the return of earth worms to his fields.

The tour was organized by CCE Onondaga County Agriculture Educator Erin Hull and supported by Onondaga County.

Click on this link to see Tom and Onondaga County Legislator Dave Knapp interviewed on Bridge Street.

Tom Trinder and Dave Knapp discuss labor savings with robotic milking.

Tom demonstrates robotic milking to fellow dairy farmers

50 participants gather for an over view of Trinders dariy farming system.

A group gathers at the base of the Trinder Farm wind turbine.

A cow being directed to a fresh pasture as the computer gateway reads the cow’s transponder.

Tom and “Whitey Tighty”. A man and his cow.

Farmer in Your Backyard

When:  Thursday, May 16 • 7pm

Where:  Liverpool Public Library

                   Carman Community Room • Free

From butter to honey to beef, Central New York farmers are producing it all. With a few simple resources, you’ll be able to find any food you could imagine and buy directly from the source!

Presented by Erin Luchsinger Hull, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Onondaga County

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Onondaga County presents: 4-H Paper Clover Sale and Youth Public Presentations

On May 11,2013 Onondaga County 4-H Youth will be providing presentations and displays to the public showcasing their animal projects from horses to chickens from 10 am – 1pm at the Tractor Supply Company Store at 3580 Route 31 in Clay, NY (str0140@tractorsupplystore.com.)  Also visit your Tractor Supply Company Store at 6641 Manlius Center Rd, East Syracuse, NY (str0172@tractorsupplystore.com.) to support the campaign.  Come join us to support our youth!

The spring 2013 4-H Paper Clover Campaign will take place May 8 through May 19, 2013 at Tractor Supply Company (TSC) participating stores across the nation.  For the first time of TSC and 4-H’s partnership, shoppers at the Tractor stores in Clay and East Syracuse New York will have the opportunity to support 4-H in by choosing to purchase paper clovers for a $1, $5, or more at checkout. All funds raised will be donated to 4-H, and will support 4-H youth development program activities in Onondaga County

Spring 2013 Paper Clover Press Release, please click here.

Date:  May 11, 2013

Time:  10 am -1 pm

Location:  Tractor Supply Company Store at 3580 Route 31 in Clay, NY (str0140@tractorsupplystore.com.)

Directions:  3580 Route 31 in Clay, NY (insert a hyperlink please)

Contact person:  Theresa Spain, 315-424-9485 x241 or at tfs22@cornell.edu

CommuniTree Stewards – Tree Planting & Care Volunteer Program

Kristrina Ferrara, Forestry Resource Educator on WSYR TV 9 –  BridgeStreet discusses the CommuniTree Stewards Program.

See video, please click here.