Growing Hops: Sustainable, Small-Scale Production for Home and Market
with Laura Ten Eyck and Dietrich Gehring
Growing hops on a small scale to supply both hobbyists and the booming regional craft beer industry can be done sustainably and profitably. In this workshop, students will receive a wealth of information about native, heirloom, and modern varieties of hops. Gain hands-on experience in design and implementation of hop yards and learn best practices for cultivation of hops, with a focus on doing so in the Northeast.
The tuition for this 2-day workshop is $200. This covers the cost of instruction, field trips, and most materials. All students will be charged a meal fee of $50 and are invited to enjoy all of their meals with us for the duration of the workshop.
On-campus housing may be available. Please note that Sterling College offers rustic dormitory style housing that is clean and safe but not luxurious. Availability is limited.
Dates: July 23-24
Tuition & Fees The tuition for this 2-day workshop is $200. This covers the cost of instruction, field trips, and most materials. All students will be charged a meal fee of $50 and are invited to enjoy all of their meals with us for the duration of the workshop.
On-campus housing may be available. Please note that Sterling College offers rustic dormitory style housing that is clean and safe but not luxurious. Availability is limited.
Laura Ten Eyck and Dietrich Gehring own and operate Helderberg Hop Farm and Indian Ladder Farmstead Brewery and Cidery. The two have been growing hops and brewing beer at home for more than twenty-five years and have been working to restore local hop production in the northeast. Helderberg Hop Farm is located on 60 acres of Indian Ladder Farms, an extensive pick-your-own orchard with a local foods grocery, bakery, café, and retail gift shop in upstate New York that Ten Eyck previously managed. The orchard has been in Ten Eyck’s family for four generations, and she and Gehring have lived there for more than twenty-five years, growing fruits and vegetables for sale to restaurants, gardening extensively, and raising sheep for meat and wool, dairy goats for milk, and chickens for eggs and meat.
Register here - http://www.sterlingcollege.edu/course/growing-hops-sustainable-small-scale-production-for-ho[...]et/