Enrollment

Please consider contributing to the Cornell Cooperative Extension Eastern NY Commercial Horticulture Program through voluntary enrollment. Your financial contribution supports applied research and local educational programming and shows our partner counties and external grant funders that you value and support these efforts. 

The ENYCHP team works in the following program areas:

• Food Safety:  Research and education to help growers meet Quality Assurance and Food Safety Certification Standards and Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs)
• Variety Evaluation & Market Development:  Unbiased results from local on-farm trials and marketing education on promoting local foods and new crops
• Pest Management:  Understanding pest biology and effective control strategies, identifying new pests and pest alerts
• Cultural Practices:  Educating growers on nutrient management, yield enhancement and season extension
• Soil Health:  Educating growers on cover crops, reduced tillage, reduced compaction, increased organic matter and improved soil health
• Business Management: Resources and education for growers to help manage finances, labor, adapt to changing markets and many other aspects to running a successful farm