Soil Health and Climate Resiliency Field Day – Rochester, NY

Join event organizers for a hands-on soil health field day!

This event is for small-scale and urban growers, gardeners and farmers, with a focus on best practices for building soil health and cover cropping. Hosted by CCE Harvest New York and Cornell Vegetable Program, NY Soil Health, Monroe County SWCD, Taproot Collective, Rochester Urban Ag Working Group, and Foodlink.

Registration table will open at 2:30 PM and the program will start promptly at 3:00 PM.

Location: Foodlink Community Farm (585 Lexington Ave, Rochester, NY 14613)

Topics include: cover cropping in small spaces- species selection, seeding and termination strategies; cover crop demonstration plots; building soil health in raised beds; best practices for dealing with heavy metals soil contamination in the urban environment; and soil health demonstrations on impacts of cover crop and other management practices from NY Soil Health.

COST: FREE, light refreshments provided, but pre-registration is required. Space is limited!