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In the News Tompkins land group tries to turn grass, wood into biofuel-Ithaca Journal. Article on biomass in Tompkins County and Danby Land Bank - see 9/21/09 issue USDA Rural Cooperatives journal - November/December 2009 issue DLBC gets Sustainable Tompkins mini-grant for raising broilers - Feb 22, 2011 Announcements - 2012 January 21 2012 - annual all member meeting Saturday at 10am - anyone interested is invited to attend. Held at Danby Town Hall. April 21, 2012 - Mobile Pelletizer demonstration. Rain date April 28th. Hudson Valley Grass Energy Portable Pelletizer ---> Is this a good fit for our operation? Hay can be blown from windrows to forage wagons and used directly. 2011 January 22 2011 - new member meeting Saturday at 10am February 19 2011 - new member meeting Saturday at 10am Spring 2011 - CHICKENS! Make a portable chicken shelter and raise and butcher broilers - DLBC Chicken house plans, Chicken tractor building costs and supplies, and Ben’s schematic can be downloaded here. April 30 - build demo model for chicken shelter - Many thanks to Ben Boynton for improving the model and getting this to run smoothly May 9th - chicks coming! June 25th, July 2nd - Learned how to butcher on 25th, butchered our own on the 2nd June 30 2011 - all member meeting with Doreen and Rich from Broome Biomass speaking about inablity to get loans, decided to try to get Hudson Valley portable pelletizer here. Chicken tractor made into a Green House for extended growing season and early spring planting 2010 Second Newsletter - available for Download in “Resource” section Beginning of year member meetings - New Biomass contract to be met Visits to Pellet Mills Contract with Broom Biomass LLC for next season Meeting Sept. 18 2010 - Agenda October 2 2010 - Barn demolition and cleanup at corner of Lieb and Comfort Rds 2009 Meeting: Woody Biomass and Forest Management Speaker: Brett Chedzoy, Extension Forester. Date: June 13, 2009. Brett covered issues like strategies and Woodlot/farm mgmt plans -- what they are, how to prepare one, and how they can help meet your property objectives. Visit to Enviro-Energy in Wells Bridge First Organizational Meeting of the Land Bank reported in Ithaca Journal Danby cooperative looks at new model of farming Second Organization Meeting of the Land Bank reported Tompkins Weekly  -see past issues 3/23/09 All participants’ land walked and entered in database Achieved 10K gross income required for Ag Assessment http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/ithacajournal/access/1849189111.html?FMT=ABS&date=Aug+28,+2009http://www.tompkinsweekly.com/http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rd/pubs/RuralCoop_NovDec09_Final.pdfhttp://sustainabletompkins.org/signs-of-sustainability/tompkins-weekly-column/sustainable-tompkins-neighborhood-mini-grants-program-sowing-the-seeds-sustainability/news_files/DLBC%20Chicken%20house%20plans%20and%20pictures.pdfnews_files/Chicken%20tractor%20building%20supplies1.xlsnews_files/chicken%20tractor1.pdfnews_files/sent%20to%20members_fall_2010.pdfhttp://www.EnviroEnergyny.comhttp://www.tompkinsweekly.com/http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rd/pubs/RuralCoop_NovDec09_Final.pdfshapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1shapeimage_2_link_2shapeimage_2_link_3shapeimage_2_link_4shapeimage_2_link_5shapeimage_2_link_6shapeimage_2_link_7shapeimage_2_link_8shapeimage_2_link_9

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