Our Team

Vegetable Specialists

Elizabeth Buck – fresh market vegetables (western region), weed management, soil health – (585) 406-3419 cell, emb273 [at] cornell.edu (emb273[at]cornell[dot]edu)

Robert Hadad – farm food safety, organic, business & marketing, fresh market vegetables – (585) 739-4065 cell, rgh26 [at] cornell.edu (rgh26[at]cornell[dot]edu)

Christy Hoepting – onions, cabbage, broccoli, garlic, pesticide management – (585) 721-6953 cell, cah59 [at] cornell.edu (cah59[at]cornell[dot]edu) 

Julie Kikkert, Team Leader – processing crops (table beets, carrots, peas, snap beans, sweet corn) – (585) 313-8160 cell, jrk2 [at] cornell.edu (jrk2[at]cornell[dot]edu) 

Margie Lund – potatoes, dry beans, post-harvest handling and storage – (607) 377-9109 cell, mel296 [at] cornell.edu (mel296[at]cornell[dot]edu)

Program Assistants & Support

Joanie Gabalski – Field Techinician – jlg467 [at] cornell.edu (jlg467[at]cornell[dot]edu)

Angela Ochterski – Administrative Assistant (enrollment, reports, communications) – (585) 394-3977 ext. 426, aep63 [at] cornell.edu

Faces of Extension

Hoepting holding onions and jumping in an onion field
Julie checking a field monitor