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September
September 1 Lancaster County Pasture Rule Training
PCO is hosting meetings across Pennsylvania to discuss Access to Pasture Rule regulations and recordkeeping
requirements. Bring your Farm Map, Feed Rations records, and Pasture Access records and get your questions answered about your pasture management or dry matter intake! Training Topics include: Regulation overview, Changes to the OSP, Recordkeeping, What to expect at inspections, How to Calculate Dry Matter Intake, and Pasture Management Plans. Registration is free for all PCO members and their guests. Non-members will be charged a $40 membership fee. Lunch and training materials will be provided. The Family Center of Gap, 835 Houston Run Drive, Suite 200, Gap, PA 17527. For GPS or Electronic Navigation: Enter 875 Brackbill Road, Gap, PA 17527 and continue on Brackbill Road passed the end point until you see The Family Center on the right. Register as soon as possible to reserve your spot!
September 9 PASA Field Day: The Day-to-Day Realities of Grazing and Handling Sheep Join PASA for a day on the Owens Farm, a 112 acre family-run sheep farm owned by Caroline and David Owens. The morning session will focus on the details and challenges of rotationally grazing sheep while the afternoon will focus on the realities of handling sheep, both as a flock and individually. Hosted by the Owens Farm in Sunbury, Northumberland County from 10am- 4pm. Cost is $15 for PASA members, $25 all others; lunch will be provided. Contact PASA at 814-349-9856 or info@pasafarming.org.
September 11 PASA Field Day: Sugar & Sang: Maple & Ginseng Husbandry on Your Forestlands In a combination of indoor presentations and afternoon woods walks, participants will learn about forest stewardship, collection and processing, marketing and financial considerations, as well as ecological relationships around maple syrup and American ginseng. Presented by Eric Burkhart, instructor and plant science program director of Shavers Creek Environmental Center and Robert Hansen, County Extension Director in Tioga County and Extension Educator in Forest Resources and Maple Production with Penn State Cooperative Extension. Saint Rose Academy School Auditorium. 9am-4pm. Cost is $25 for PASA members, $35 all others. Lunch and ginseng stock will be provided.
September 15 Pasture Rule Training in Bradford County
See Pasture Rule Training details above (September 1st training). Wednesday 9am2pm at The Fire Hall in Troy, PA 16947. Register early to reserve your spot!
September 15 Sheep Management Course.
This is an eight evening, sixteen hour class entirely devoted to the care and management of sheep. The course begins on September 15 and goes through November 3 on Wednesday evenings. Each evening will focus on a different subject related to sheep production. The classes will be from 7:30-9:30pm at the Neshaminy Manor Center in Doylestown, Bucks County, PA. Visit www.extension.psu.edu/start-farming. Contact Mike Fournier: 215-345-3283.
September 22 Pasture Rule Training in Somerset County
See Pasture Rule Training details above (September 1st training). Wednesday 9am2pm at the Oakhurst Tea Room on 2409 Glades Pike, Somerset, PA 15501. Register early to reserve your spot!
September 28 - PASA Field Day: Three Creameries & Their Strategies: Marketing Your Dairy Products Join PASA and Future Harvest-CASA for a day exploring options for marketing dairy products. Visit Keswick Creamery in Newburg, Cumberland County and hear from three cheesemakers each with very different dairies and very different marketing strategies. You will hear from Melanie Dietrich Cochran of Keswick Creamery, Brad Parker of Pipe Dreams Fromage, and Candace Walker of Caprine Delight. 10am-4pm. Cost is $15 for PASA and Future Harvest-CASA members, $25 all others. Lunch will be provided. Contact PASA at 814-349-9856 or info@pasafarming.org.
October
October 5, 12, 19, 26 Exploring the Small Farm Dream
This is a 4 evening, 12 hour course designed to help participants answer the questions Is starting an agricultural business right for me? Participants will discuss current opportunities in small-scale agriculture, explore objectives, assess personal and financial resources, conduct preliminary market research, and develop an action plan for pursing their interests in food and farming. For more information contact Tianna Dupont at 610-746-1970 or visit www.extension.psu.edu/start-farming.
October 6 - PASA/Future Harvest Field Day, Finding a Niche for Heritage Breeds: Preserving Heritage, History & Genes Join PASA and Future Harvest in the hills of Huntingdon County to talk history, heritage and science at Stonecroft Highlands, grass-based operation home to Scottish Highland cattle and crossbred cows. 10am-4pm. Cost is $15 PASA and Future Harvest members, $25 all others; lunch will be provided. Contact PASA at 814-349-9856 or info@pasafarming.org.
October 29 or October 30 Home Cheesemaking: Hands-on Workshop for Beginners Join Claire and Rusty Orner, of Quiet Creek Herb Farm & School of Country Living, for a daylong intensive workshop. 10am-4pm. $50 PASA members, $75 all others; lunch will be provided. Brookville, Jefferson County.
For more great events, visit the websites below!
www.pasafarming.org/calendar-of-events
www.wagn.cas.psu.edu/Calendar.html
www.pfeiffercenter.org
www.nofany.org/events.html
www.nofanj.org/events.htm
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