About the Program
Lake Ontario Fruit Program focuses on the commercial fruit industry, helping the tree fruit and berry industries in New York compete in the world market and provide safe, high-quality produce for consumers.
Upcoming Events
Webinar
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This free, interactive series will prepare farm owners and managers to implement and use progressive employee discipline with their workforce. Open to all farm types. The series includes a special focus on progressive discipline systems for H-2A...
Specialists
Craig Kahlke
Craig is Team Leader of Lake Ontario Fruit Team (LOFT), a group of four specialists and associated support staff that covers all aspects of extension programming for the commercial tree fruit and small fruit industry in Western NY. Craig specializes in harvest maturity testing of apples, postharvest...
Mario R. Miranda Sazo
Mario is a fruit extension specialist with the Cornell Cooperative Extension Lake Ontario Fruit Program. In this position, he manages a series of research and educational projects aimed at solving practical fruit production problems that will increase the profitability of the NY fruit industry. His...
Elizabeth Tee
Elizabeth provides technical and program support for the Lake Ontario Fruit Program, working with Cornell Cooperative Extension specialists, Cornell faculty, and growers. Some of her primary focuses for support are in pest monitoring, research projects, and the Harvest Maturity Lab. She holds a...
Janet van Zoeren
Janet is part of the Cornell Cooperative Extension Lake Ontario Fruit Program and specializes in fruit pest management. Her research and extension priorities include insect pest management, disease management, weed control, viruses, pollination, and pesticide legislation and application. Janet grew...