Lake Ontario Fruit Program Team, Cornell Fruit Resources
We partner with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Wayne, Orleans, Niagara, Monroe, and Oswego Counties, Cornell University Cooperative Extension and faculty to provide educational programs for the commercial fruit industry, using research-based information to help the tree fruit and berry industries in New York compete in the world market and provide safe, high-quality produce for consumers.
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To view their website go to: http://lof.cce.cornell.edu/
Northwest Dairy, Livestock and Fieldcrops Team
Through educational programs and other teaching opportunities, the NWNY Team seeks
to build producers’ capacities to: Enhance the sustainability of their
businesses. Enhance profitability and other aspects of economic
performance of their businesses. Practice environmental stewardship.
Enhance employee well-being and satisfaction. Provide safe, healthy
agricultural products in ways that are safe to farm owners and their
families, farm employees and their families, and neighbors. Provide
leadership for enhancing relationships between the agricultural sector
and the general public. To view their website go to:
http://www.nwnyteam.org/
Cornell Vegetable Program
The Cornell Vegetable Program is one of the premier regional
agricultural Cornell Cooperative Extension programs in New York,
serving a large multi-county region in the Central and Western part of
the state, including Monroe county. The team’s Specialists work together
with Cornell faculty and extension educators statewide to address the
issues that impact the industry. The area Vegetable Program provides
educational programs and information to growers, processors and
agri-business professionals, arming them with the knowledge to
profitably produce and market safe and healthful vegetable crops,
contributing to the viability of farms and the economic well being of
New York State. Specifically, the program focuses on food safety,
variety evaluation, market development, pest management, and cultural
practices.
http://cvp.cce.cornell.edu/
Last updated July 26, 2019