You must be enrolled in the Cornell Vegetable Program to benefit from the expertise of our Vegetable Specialists. Enrollment includes an electronic subscription to VegEdge newsletter, telephone/email consultations, direct mailings of special event notices and important crop information, reduced registration fees for our educational meetings, and on-farm educational opportunities.

In 2017, our program will be supported, in part, by 13 county Cornell Cooperative Extensions of Western NY: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Monroe, Niagara, Ontario, Orleans, Oswego, Seneca, Wayne and Yates Counties. Enrollment discounts are given to those that live, farm or conduct agricultural services in those counties (In-Region Enrollment). However, we still welcome those that do not live, farm or conduct ag services in those counties to enroll in our program (Satellite Enrollment). See the Enrollment Information PDF for a list of enrollment benefits covered under each type of enrollment.

You may enroll in our program online (form below) or by printing and mailing the Enrollment Form PDF below.

CVP Enrollment Info (PDF; 234KB)

CVP Enrollment Form (PDF; 169KB)

CANCELLED: Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) / Harmonized GAPs Farm Food Safety Training

September 26 - September 27, 2017
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Salamanca, NY

This event has been cancelled due to low registration numbers. Farm food safety is common-sense practices organized to assist farmers to improve their skill set to continue to grow safe and healthy food.

Day One of this training will be an educational training on farm food safety principles and practices to provide the background and information for farmers to understand how to minimize the risk of food born disease contamination. Day Two will be for those who want help with writing a farm food safety plan.

Pickle Variety Twilight Meeting

September 26, 2017
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Ransomville, NY

Vegetable growers are invited to tour an on-farm plot of early generation Cornell downy mildew resistant pickle breeding lines. Dr. Michael Mazourek, Professor of Plant Breeding, and lab members, will be on site to walk growers through the plot and review plant selections. All growers that attend will be an integral part of helping make selections for the next generation of pickle varieties released!

Season Extension - Stretching Tomato Season and Winter Greens

October 4, 2017
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Allegany, NY

What do you need to do to stretch out your high tunnel tomato season or establish a profitable crop of winter greens? Meeting the full season's nutritional demands of tomatoes under organic management is challenging. Juggling diverse succession crops and keeping the tunnel profitable year round adds an extra level of difficulty. 

Produce Donations for Hurricane Relief

The ENY Commercial Horticulture Program is leading an effort to collect pallets of produce to send down to TX and FL for hurricane relief. Feeding American is handling the transportation. "Hard" crops accepted:

• apples
• onions
• cabbage
• potatoes
• winter squash
• any other crop that withstand no refrigeration for a week

Empire State Producers EXPO Proceedings Available

Proceedings from the Empire State Producers EXPO conference from 2011-2017 are available online.