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.

A picture of a farm with silos and farm equipment.

Ag Conservation Easements: Site Plan Workshop (Zoom)

Hear from NY Agricultural Land Trust about how to create a farm site plan for the state farmland protection implementation grant program, Tuesday, July 23.

Landscape diagram depicting the Payment for Ecosystem Services Concept and the relationship between downstream consumers and upstream stewards.

Soil Sampling Volunteers

The Payment for Ecosystem Services Pilot Program is looking for volunteers to conduct field sampling on local farms this fall. No prior experience is needed!

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.

Buy Local

Support local agriculture and build a stronger local food system! Find lists of area farmers' markets and other local products 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 June 7, 2024

Agriculture

2024 Advisory Committee

Agriculture & Horticulture Programs
* = representative to the board

Jonathan Bates
Jean Gerow
Ken Jaffe
Todd McLane
Tracy McLellan
Christa Nuñez
Bradford Smith*
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.