Cornell Cooperative Extension

Cooperative Extension puts a wealth of useful, research-based information at your finger tips!

In addition to what you'll find here on our website, we offer free or low-cost workshops on topics that range from how to make healthy food on a budget to starting a home vegetable garden. Explore our links, check out our upcoming events, then give us a call or visit the CCE-Tompkins offices to learn more. We're here to help, with information -- and people -- you can trust!

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Project Ground Nesting Bees

Learn how you can help to preserve our most threatened and valuable pollinators: the ground-nesting, solitary bees. Tuesday July 8, 5:30-6:30 pm,

PS: It Works! Parenting Skills Workshop Series

Learn to communicate with your child of any age. This free class meets eight Thursdays, 6-7:30 pm, by zoom 7/10 - 8/28.

Agroforestry Apprenticeship Program

Apprentices will learn the basics of agroforestry and gain on-the-job training in tree nursery production or tree planting and management.

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Energy Warriors Celebrate Spring 2025 Graduation

The Green Workforce Development Program celebrated the graduation of their largest learning cohort to date.

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Your support helps us to do more with youth, adults and families in our communities — providing high-quality, research-based educational programs and events.

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Land Acknowledgment

We join Cornell University in acknowledging that our Ithaca site is located on the traditional homelands of the Gayogo̱hó:nǫ' also known as the Cayuga Nation.

Last updated July 3, 2025