Cover Crops with Greg Swartz

Join farmer Greg Swartz of Willow Wisp Organic Farm for a farm tour and intensive workshop surrounding Cover Crops: varieties, benefits, methods of use, and the goals of soil health. If you are a farmer or gardener thinking of cover cropping your land or garden, this workshop is for you and it is FREE!

PLEASE RSVP BELOW so we know who is coming and how to tailor the workshop for best results— let us know your experience/knowledge of cover crops and your interest in coming to the class.

Food and refreshments will be provided.    

“As farmers, we take the long view that while growing food, we should always be improving our soil, increasing the farm’s biodiversity (above ground and below), and contributing to our community. We do this by using cover crops, crop rotation, and creating insect and wildlife habitat. We use no pesticides, herbicides, or synthetic fertilizers and we are Certified Organic by NOFA-NY Certified Organic, LLC.”  

Greg Swartz leads overall operations on Willow Wisp Organic Farm. He has been farming in the Upper Delaware River Valley since 2000. After seven years as an apprentice on local farms including Wild Roots Farm, Apple Pond Farm, and Gorzynski Ornery Farm, he and Tannis Kowalchuk bought their first farm. In the first couple of years of building the farm, Greg was the Executive Director of the Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York (NOFA-NY). He then returned to full-time farming and hasn’t slept much since. In 2015 Willow Wisp Organic Farm moved to the banks of the Delaware River. This new farm has allowed a tripling in production. Greg’s goals are to grow high-quality food, improve the farm ecosystem, and employ as many people as possible to show that farming can be and should be the key to economic development in our region.