Contact Us
If you know which specialist or staff member you would like to reach, their contact information is provided below. If, however, you are unsure whom to contact and you are a New York commercial vegetable producer, please use the inquiry form to the right and the appropriate team member will respond to your request.
Contact Cornell Vegetable Program
![Julie Kikkert](https://rvpadmin.cce.cornell.edu/images/staff/imageface5.jpg)
Julie Kikkert
Team Leader, Extension Vegetable SpecialistCCE Ontario County
480 North Main Street
585-394-3977 x404
Canandaigua, NY 14424-1049
phone 585-394-3977 x404
cell 585-313-8160
fax 585-394-0377
email Julie
![Elizabeth Buck](https://rvpadmin.cce.cornell.edu/images/staff/imageface37.jpg)
Elizabeth Buck
Extension Vegetable SpecialistCCE Erie County
21 South Grove St
East Aurora, NY 14052
cell 585-406-3419
email Elizabeth
![Robert Hadad](https://rvpadmin.cce.cornell.edu/images/staff/imageface9.jpg)
Robert Hadad
Extension Vegetable SpecialistRochester, NY
cell 585-739-4065
fax 585-753-2560
email Robert
![Christy Hoepting](https://rvpadmin.cce.cornell.edu/images/staff/imageface22.jpg)
Christy Hoepting
Extension Vegetable SpecialistCCE Orleans County
12690 Rt. 31
Albion, NY 14411
cell 585-721-6953
email Christy
![Margie Lund](https://rvpadmin.cce.cornell.edu/images/staff/imageface101.jpg)
Margie Lund
Extension Vegetable SpecialistCanandaigua, NY
cell 607-377-9109
email Margie
![Judson Reid](https://rvpadmin.cce.cornell.edu/images/staff/imageface8.jpg)
Judson Reid
Extension Vegetable SpecialistCCE Yates County
417 Liberty Street
Penn Yan, NY 14527
phone 315-536-5123
cell 585-313-8912
fax 315-536-5117
email Judson
![Lori Koenick](https://rvpadmin.cce.cornell.edu/images/staff/imageface111.jpg)
Lori Koenick
Project Assistantemail Lori
![Angela Ochterski](https://rvpadmin.cce.cornell.edu/images/staff/imageface26.jpg)
Angela Ochterski
Communications and Administrative LeadCanandaigua, NY
phone 585-394-3977 x426
email Angela
![Sarah Mertson](https://rvpadmin.cce.cornell.edu/images/staff/imageface114.jpg)
Sarah Mertson
Field Technicianemail Sarah
![Destiney Schultz](https://rvpadmin.cce.cornell.edu/images/staff/imageface115.jpg)
Destiney Schultz
Field Technicianemail Destiney
![Steve Reiners](https://rvpadmin.cce.cornell.edu/images/staff/imageface28.jpg)
Steve Reiners
Co-Team Leader, Cornell Universityemail Steve
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Upcoming Events
Niagara Region Vegetable Meeting
![Event Offers DEC Credits](../images/dec_credits.gif)
August 14, 2024
Clarence Center, NY
We'll start this meeting off at Root Down Farm to hear late season disease management updates in peppers and cole crops, plus current best management practices to limit fungicide resistance. Potato variety recommendations and disease control questions in potatoes will be addressed.
Then we'll head to Kreher's beet field to view and discuss alternative weed control technologies. The beet field is an on-farm demonstration of various flame weeding protocols in comparison with stacked tool cultivation equipment. One or two weeding robots will be on-hand for live demonstrations and discussion of the technology's current abilities and future potential. We'll also cover industry updates and a review of late summer disease management in squash.
2.0 DEC credits will be available in categories 23, 1a, and 10.
2024 Chipping Potato Twilight Meeting
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August 20, 2024
Dansville, NY
Join us for a brief, on-farm meeting including insect pest updates and viewing of the chipping potato variety trial. 1.0 DEC credits in categories 10, 1a, and 23 will be offered. Dinner follows!