Agriculture

CCE-Tompkins is unique among local organizations in offering a continuum of education and resources that enable it to address a 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.

Local Holiday Foods

Plan to have a local-foods holiday meal this year, using turkeys, squash, pumpkins, flour and more, produced here in the Finger Lakes!

Chloe Boutelle sorting pantry boxes from Food Bank of the Southern Tier

Farm to School

The Tompkins Farm to School program met its first year goals successfully, even while adapting its work and offerings in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Covid-19 and Dairy Farms

Resources and links compiled and shared by Cornell Cooperative Extension's South Central NY Dairy & Field Crops Team.

SCNY Ag Team

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

man using a chain saw, wearing protective pants.

Chainsaw Safety

Find resources to help you choose a chainsaw that's right for you, and guidelines for using it safely and effectively, here on our Chainsaw Safety page.

Banner with words "CCE-Tompkins Reopening" and "NY Forward" placed over an image of the seal of the State of New York.

Reopening Plan

CCE-Tompkins' required written Reopening Safety Plan outlines how our workplace will prevent the spread of COVID-19 as we reopen our facility.

Contact

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

Last updated November 24, 2020

Agriculture

2020 Advisory Committee

Agriculture & Horticulture Programs

Jonathan Bates
Jenny Caldwell
Erica Frenay
Jean Gerow
Todd McLane
Janice Pfaff
Becca Rimmel
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.