How to Profit from Your Forest Video Series

Posted on November 7, 2018 by Taylor in Business, Farming Resources, Mushrooms, Publications, Small Farms, Videos & Film // 0 Comments

Woodlot Management:

How to Profit from Your Forest – Video Series

Woodlot owners can use forest enterprises and products to supplement their income. A new video series produced by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chenango County, with a grant from the New York Farm Viability Institute, aims to reach more woodlot owners about these possibilities, and to help you learn how to profit from your forest.

The videos in this series feature the forest owners and their enterprises, including a sawmill, local maple syrup businesses, and a forest lease contract. These business owners share with their viewers the advantages of their forest enterprises, their successes, and their struggles.

Learn More About the Video Series

How to Profit from Your Forest: Managing Small Woodlot Parcels

In New York and most of the Eastern states, the greatest proportion of woodland owners have relatively small parcels. That acreage can still be harvested, however, with proper planning and management…

Black Locust: A Tree with Many Uses

This tree has often been given a bad name, but it can actually benefit a farm. Black locust grows quickly to become windbreaks, theirleaves have are nutritious for ruminants, and they can support other crops…

How to Profit From Your Forest: Your Guide to Maple Sugaring

Maple syrup production is an option to diversify Northeast farms and draw in customers. This guide discusses basic production, financing, and alternate sources of sugaring other than maple trees…

Ready to Learn More About Managing Your Woodland?

Consider signing up for the Cornell Small Farms online course, Woodland Mushroom Cultivation. The six-week course will discuss growing mushrooms on logs, stumps, and wood chips. The registration deadline is January 6, but if you sign up more than one month in advance, you are eligible for a $25 discount on this course.