4 learn & community in Otsego County, New York.
A multi-farm CSA operating in the Cooperstown region for over 15 years. Provides a 20-week seasonal share delivered weekly in Cooperstown, including vegetables, optional eggs, and end-of-season storage crops. Offers part-time work shares on the farm or organizational work. One of the most established community-supported agriculture programs in Otsego County.
Cornell Cooperative Extension office serving Otsego County with programs in agriculture, energy, environment, family and consumer sciences, gardening, nutrition, and 4-H youth development. Also maintains an outreach office in Oneonta. otsego@cornell.edu | cceschoharie-otsego.org
Community-based conservation nonprofit founded in 1968, dedicated to protecting Otsego County's air, land, water, and natural resources. Offers guided hikes, nature walks, mushroom and plant foraging outings, apple-grafting workshops, group paddles, Be Informed lectures, and the annual Earth Festival. Stewards the Basswood Pond Trail. Partners with landowners and municipalities on environmental planning and advocacy across the county.
Off-grid, solar-powered nonprofit permaculture education center on 12 acres in West Edmeston, founded in 2014. Runs Farm Fellowship and Volunteer Program covering no-till organic farming, agroforestry, permaculture design, natural building, foraging, herbalism, and food preservation. Home to a 1-acre multi-story food forest with 350+ fruit and nut trees and 480+ berry shrubs. USDA Conservation Stewardship Program member and first Otsego County recipient of NY State Climate Resilient Farming program. All produce donated to food pantries and herbal aid programs.