Managing Pesticide Drift in Vineyards & Pesticide Recordkeeping

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This first portion of this presentation will look at the concerns with pesticide drift in vineyards, when it may be a problem, and ways to mitigate it. Mitigation options we’ll discuss include spraying practices to reduce drift, drift management requirements on pesticide labels, and equipment set-up and selection. The second portion of the program will […]

NY Sustainable Vineyard Farming: My Efficient Vineyard

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The MyEfficientVineyard (MyEV) software tool is a free web-based platform to help growers visualize and manage spatial information in their operations. Managers can build their farm, create blocks, and process sub-block spatial data for customized management decisions. We are starting a new collaboration with the NYWGF to build functions in MyEV to interactively track and […]

B.E.V. NY 2023: Making, Measuring, and Marketing New York Wine

Marriott Syracuse Downtown 100 E Onondaga Street, Syracuse, NY, United States
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B.E.V. NY is New York's annual conference for the grape and wine industry, combining the resources of the New York Wine & Grape Foundation, Cornell's Extension Enology Lab, and the Finger Lakes Grape Program. The conference invites academic and industry experts to present information that addresses important issues for the industry, and to do so […]

Crop Loss, Now What? How a Crop Insurance Policy Reacts After a Loss

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Weather is becoming increasingly unpredictable and volatile which is exposing growers to risks from all directions. This year’s late May freeze event has left the industry stunned and wondering what's next. This webinar led by Crop Growers LLP will discuss how crop insurance policies respond to losses and what steps farmers need to take to […]

Environmental Results Program for Wineries: Water & Wastewater

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Join us on Thu Jun 15 2023 at 1:00 PM EDT for our online Environmental Results Program for Wineries: Water & Wastewater webinar. Learn about the latest strategies and best practices for wineries to manage water use and wastewater discharge in an environmentally responsible and sustainable way. Our expert panel will share insights on how […]

Environmental Results Program for Wineries: Energy & Waste Management

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Online Environmental Results Program for Wineries: Energy and Waste Management webinar. Learn about the latest strategies and best practices for wineries to reduce energy use and better manage waste in an environmentally responsible and sustainable way. Our expert panel will share insights on how to reduce energy use, and manage winery waste. Don’t miss this […]

Event Series Climate Week NYC 2023

Unpacking Wine

Pollyn 115 Broadway, New York, NY

Packaging is the element that contributes to the carbon footprint of wine, and the way through which wine production impacts the environment the most. We will explore the various components of primary, secondary, and tertiary packaging. Challenges and opportunities exist in every sector and differ depending on region, consortium requirements, monetary resources, and winery size. By understanding the issues related to each material, we can take targeted actions to […]

Event Series Climate Week NYC 2023

Restoring Ecosystems

The Marshal 628 10th Avenue, New York, NY

In a multifunctional agricultural system, that has characterized our viticulture for centuries, biodiversity provides important ecological services that underpin vineyard health, productivity, quality and resilience. In the last decades, vineyard expansion and intensification are compromising the diversity and abundance of service-providing organisms, due to landscape homogenization, loss of key structures such as stone walls and […]

Event Series Climate Week NYC 2023

Seeding the Future

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In this Climate Talk we will debate the why and the how of internalizing climate change in wine businesses: Where do you start? How does this materialize into a balance sheet? What are the fundamental changes this decision will bring into the modus operandi of the business? What barriers may one encounter? What opportunities arise […]

Event Series Climate Week NYC 2023

Saving Every Drop

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The water footprint (WF) of a product is an indicator of the consumption methods affecting water resources along wine’s life cycle. Today, there is global recognition that water scarcity is a major global challenge. As such, the evaluation of the WF of agro-industrial products is key, as they are widely known as having a significant […]

New York Sustainable Winegrowing Certification – Marketing Training

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All current New York Sustainable Winegrowing program participants, and anyone interested in learning more, are invited to join NYWGF and Born Collective for a 90-minute overview of our new Certification Trustmark and additional marketing assets. Our team will also discuss a variety of 'use case' scenarios, general rules of use, and provide additional information about […]

Biochar: Observed Vineyard Impact & Practical Insights for Application

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Join Debbie Aller, PhD, Extension Associate at Cornell University and program coordinator for the New York Soil Health Initiativeto learn more about biochar, the impacts observed in vineyards, and practical insights into its application in perennial systems. Biochar is a charcoal-like material produced from organic waste materials through a process called pyrolysis. It is a […]

New York Sustainable Winegrowing Program Info Session

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The New York Sustainable Winegrowing Program is Now Accepting Applications for 2024. All New York grape growers are welcome to join Justin Jackson, NYWGF Sustainability Program Manager, as he provides a comprehensive overview of the program's process. This will include the process of certifying your vineyard in 2024 and maintaining certification for those vineyards certified […]