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  • Winter Ready? CCE Podcast Shares Tips to Weatherize Your Home

    Kelsie Raucher

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    Snowstorms and frigid temperatures make winter preparation in the Northeast a serious undertaking.  Cornell Cornell Cooperative Extension’s (CCE) podcast Extension Out Loud hosted a “Winter Readiness Round Table” with extension energy experts across New York State to offer tips on winter preparedness and programs to ease the financial burden of weatherizing your farm or home. …

  • In the News: Farm Ops Featured in Veteran’s Day Podcast

    Kelsie Raucher

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    In honor of Veteran’s Day, Cornell Cooperative Extension’s (CCE) podcast Extension Out Loud sat down with our own Dean Koyanagi to discuss the myriad programs and resources available to veterans interested in agriculture. A Marine Corps Veteran himself, Koyanagi joined the Cornell Small Farms Program to lead the Farm Ops project and support fellow veterans. …

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  • CCE Connects Producers to New Markets

    Anna Birn

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    Connecting growers to new markets is a key part of the Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) mission to bring economic vitality and social well being to New York State.  One of these markets is the Taste New York program, which features locally grown and made products including everything from maple syrup and fresh apples to local…

  • Food for Thought: Farm-to-School Feeds Students, Communities

    Chris Watkins

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    Cornell Cooperative Extension is part of a statewide network working to bring fresh, locally-sourced food to students while supporting local farmers and food producers. In counties across New York, farm-to-school (F2S) programs are connecting K-12 students with much-needed healthy food. Through F2S, students have reliable access to fresh, locally-sourced fruits and vegetables and other farm…

  • Brush Hogs and Rotary Cutters: Multi-purpose Tools for the Small Farm

    Rich Taber

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    Brush hogs can knock down vegetation and weeds in a timely manner, and have several very useful purposes. Small farmers of necessity must accumulate a certain amount of machinery to work their farms and landscapes. One of the most useful tools is what is known as a “brush hog” or “rotary cutter.” Brush hogs are…

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  • Hype or Hope? CCE Podcast Cuts Through the Hemp Haze

    Kelsie Raucher

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    Delve into the hemp industry in New York State (and nationwide) with the latest episodes of Extension Out Loud, the podcast from Cornell Cooperative Extension. A versatile crop, hemp has many uses post-harvest from fiber for biocomposites (potentially a replacement for fiberglass), to extracting cannabidiol to using the protein for plant-based foods. Production has been…

  • CCE Podcast Highlights Modernization in the Apple Industry

    Kelsie Raucher

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    What do Silicon Valley and farmers have in common? Apples.  Recently, hosts of Cornell Cooperative Extension’s (CCE) podcast Extension Out Loud were joined by Mario Miranda Sazo at this year’s annual Empire Farm Days to delve into digital agriculture within the apple industry.  Sazo, a fruit extension specialist with CCE’s Lake Ontario Fruit Program, explained…

  • CCE Specialists Talk Crops and Climate Change Mitigation in New Podcast

    Nina Sannes

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    Cornell Cooperative Extension’s podcast “Extension Out Loud” released a new episode last week titled How’s it growing? New York State summer crop outlook.  Eight extension specialists from across the state joined the podcast to give updates on berry and vegetable crops, viticulture, tree fruit, and field crop production so far in the 2019 season.  Common…

  • Lake Ontario’s New Generation of Hispanic Employees, Future Leaders, and Innovators

    Nicole Waters

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    It was a sunny and gorgeous Saturday afternoon on July 13 for the 5th annual CCE Lake Ontario Fruit Program’s Hispanic Summer Fruit Tour successfully conducted in partnership with the Cornell Small Farms Program.  The beautiful weather added to the high turnout, but in truth, Mario Miranda Sazo is the reason more than one hundred…

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  • Learn to Grow Mushrooms in Upcoming NYC Workshop

    Claire Morrow

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    Specialty mushrooms are easy to grow and maintain, making them a lucrative product for beginning and experienced growers alike. These mushrooms often require little start-up costs, and may even only require materials you already have on hand.  On Wednesday July 17, the Cornell Small Farms Program’s specialty mushroom project is partnering with Cornell Cooperative Extension,…

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