Agriculture

CCE-Tompkins is unique among local organizations in offering a continuum of education and resources that enable it to address food systems issues in a holistic way. By working at a food-system level, we can more effectively respond to cross-cutting needs such as food safety, food access, local agriculture and community infrastructure. We offer resources for farmers, and consumers, to help strengthen our local and regional food systems.

dark blue honeyberries or haskaps growing on a bush

Growing Unusual Fruits

ONLINE. Learn about growing honeyberries and hardy kiwi on Tuesday June 7, 6-7:30pm. Sign up/pay online. $0-$40/person sliding scale, pay what you can afford.

2021 Annual Report

Our latest annual report for 2021 is available online. Visit our Annual Reports page to follow our progress from past years.

Belted Galloway cattle grazing at Grace Wyly Farm

Sustainable Ag Profiles

8 local farms that adopted sustainable farming practices were profiled in "success stories" following a survey funded by the Park Foundation. Read those profiles here:

SCNY Ag Team

Our South Central NY Agriculture Program serves farmers and rural landowners in Chemung, Cortland, Tioga, Tompkins and Schuyler Counties.

People viewing annual plant varieties at a floriculture field trial, Bluegrass lane, Cornell University

Commercial Horticulture

Find Cornell compiled resources on insect, plant and soil diagnostics and labs, pest management guides and other resources for the commercial horticulture industry here.

Flag of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, an alliance of six sovereign Native American nations; purple background with white symbols

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.

Contact

Graham Savio
Agriculture & Horticulture Issue Leader
gs695@cornell.edu
(607) 272-2292 ext 159

Last updated May 24, 2022

Agriculture

2022 Advisory Committee

Agriculture & Horticulture Programs
* = representative to the board

Jonathan Bates
Erica Frenay
Jean Gerow
Ken Jaffe
Todd McLane
Tracy McLellan*
Christa Nuñez
Nancy Taber
Ariana Taylor-Stanley
Bob Tuori

Online Directory

More than 400 farms and local food producers in Tompkins, Tioga, Schuyler, Chemung and Cortland Counties now can be found in a new, searchable online directory at https://buylocalfoodny.org/ thanks to the efforts of Cornell University’s South Central NY Ag Team members, with support from Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Innovation Grant program and The Park Foundation.