1. Welcome!
2013 Year-End Celebration &
Friend of Extension Award Presentation

2. • Increasing profitability
• Creating jobs
• Ensuring food processing quality & safety
• Expanding marketing outlets
• Maximizing production efficiency
Harvest New York

3. Harvest New York

4. Faculty Harvest NY Specialists Production Ag Team (s)
Dr. Martin Wiedmann, Food Science Tristan Zuber, Dairy Processing
Northwest NY
Dairy Team
Pro-Dairy
Dr. Tom Overton, Animal Science Beth Dahl, Dairy Modernization
Northwest NY
Dairy Team
Pro-Dairy
Judd Reid Dr. Todd Schmit Dr. Miguel Gomez
Senior Dyson School Dyson School
Extension of AEM of AEM
Associate
Local Food Distribution
Cheryl Elizabeth
Thayer Newbold
Cornell
Vegetable Program
Harvest New York

5. DAIRY FOOD PROCESSING & SAFETY IMPACTS
• 236 individuals were trained
• Total wages of $12.8 million
• Live in 7 Western NY Counties
• 58% had no previous experience
• Genesee Community College 2 year
Degree Program
• Offered Basic & Advanced Cultured
Dairy Products short courses
• Food Processing Certificate:
– 78 applicants
– 80% no previous experience
– 18 have formal interviews
Harvest New York

6. LOCAL FOOD DISTRIBUTION &
MARKETING IMPACTS
• Six new farmers joined Finger Lakes Fresh
Food Hub - sold $92,000 in produce
• Increased income in 3 Western NY produce
auctions by $185,000
• Created 2 new produce auctions – increased
produce sales by over $5 million
• Awarded $175,000 grant for Western NY Food
Hub feasibility study and business plan with
Field and Fork Network
• 4 institutions working on expanding local
foods programs
Harvest New York

7. DAIRY MODERNIZATION & PROFITABILTIY IMPACTS
• 7 Dairy farms planned growth:
• Increase of 2,700 cows
• Increase of $1.3 million in
farm gross revenue
• $30,000-$1million investment in
robotic milkers on 2 dairy farms
Harvest New York

8. • $1 million in Governor’s Budget
• ~11 Specialists
• Regionally Employed, Statewide Deployed
• Coordinated support from CCE Administration (Ithaca)
• Priority Positions:
• Dairy Processing and Food Safety Specialists
• Local Food Distribution and Marketing Specialists
• Farm Brewery, Winery, Hard Cider and Distillery
Development Specialists
• Dairy Modernization and Profitability Specialists
THE 2014 HNY PROPOSAL
Harvest New York

9. Other Regional Teams Include:
Central New York Dairy & Field Crops
Cornell Vegetable
Eastern New York Horticulture
Finger Lakes Grape
Lake Erie Grape
Lake Ontario Fruit
Northwest NY Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops
South Central NY Dairy & Field Crops
Area Teams

10. Area Teams

11. Area Teams
GAPS is:
- Nationally recognized
- Reduces the risk of microbial contamination of fruits and vegetables
- More than 400 growers in NYS have attended workshops
- Helping farmers to be better prepared for food safety audits
- Is an effective marketing tool for courting distributors concerned about
produce safety

12. Research Navigators
- A core element of CHE’s Extension & Outreach
efforts
- Over 80 Resource Educators and EDs trained
- Introduces CCE Educators to diverse research
methodologies, recruitment and retention strategies,
and content areas
- Connects CHE faculty to the resources of CCE
Campers at 4H Camp Bristol Hills participate in a
collaborative research project informed by the
Research Navigators project

13. CCE/CHE intern Jamie Blum worked with
PROSPER during the summer of 2013
PROSPER
- A joint project of BCTR and CCE
- Evidence-based delivery system for
programs that prevent teen substance
abuse, enhance parenting skills and build
family strengths
- A partnership of university based
researchers, CCE educators, and public
schools

14. Cornell NutritionWorks
- Cornell NutritionWorks is an interactive, web-based continuing professional
education program for nutrition practitioners
- Uses distance learning to help professionals stay up to date
- In 10 years, almost 16,500 people from 181 countries have registered
- In 2012, collaborated with UNICEF
to create online training in
Programming for Infant and Young
Child Feeding
- In a year, more than 6,400 people
from 166 countries have registered
- Cornell’s first mini “MOOC”

15. The People’s Garden
- An Extension Partnership that aims to engage more that 4,000 elementary
students in creating vegetable and fruit gardens in 54 low-income schools

16. Smart Clothing, Smart Girls: Engineering via Apparel Design
Smart Clothing, Smart Girls

17. CCE Summer
Internships 2013
Director’s Innovation Fund

18. Some words from the summer intern blogs:
“Overall, my internship experience this summer was AMAZING! I
learned soooooo much about beef cattle, meat quality, the beef industry
and Cornell’s cooperative extension program and I’m incredibly grateful to
have had this opportunity. I’m not really sure who (if anybody!) will be
reading this blog, but if there’s any prospective interns out there looking
for a great experience for summer 2014, I can’t even express how great this
opportunity is – so you better take it!”
-Mary Beth Hannon, Junior, CALS Animal Science, working with Dr. Mike
Baker and Alleghany County CCE
Director’s Innovation Fund

19. Some words from the summer intern blogs:
“…I have been reflecting upon all that I have learned from this incredible
experience. I began the summer with hopes of gaining both research and outreach
experience by studying neuroscience and decision making. I can confidently say
that those goals have been met...My major assignment in the lab this summer was
to calculate, analyze, and summarize fMRI behavioral data using SPSS. At the
beginning of the summer, however, all I knew about SPSS was that it can be used
to store and analyze data. I now feel much more confident in my ability to
analyze and manipulate data using SPSS. In addition to research in the lab, the
outreach opportunities have been invaluable, as well. I learned a great deal about
both myself and about neuroscience, health, and decision making from the several
teaching opportunities I had over the past few months. From the combination of
research and outreach, I have realized just how much work goes into developing
and teaching curricula. Teaching the curricula, however, has proven that all the
work and effort is well rewarded when the students enjoy and learn from the
lessons. I am grateful for having this internship experience this summer.”
– Deanna Blansky, CHE, working with Dr. Valerie Reyna and various CCE
Associations
Director’s Innovation Fund

20. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!!

21. R. David Smith
2013 Friend of Extension

22. R. David Smith
2013 Friend of Extension

23. R. David Smith
2013 Friend of Extension

24. 2013 Friend of Extension

25. Dave with the Northern New York CCE
Executive Directors at one of their monthly
meetings at the WILD Center.
2013 Friend of Extension

26. 2013 Friend of Extension
THANK YOU DAVE!

27. Thank You!