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New Cornell Cooperative Extension Web Site Helps Homeowners Reduce Energy Costs
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County is offering online help to consumers looking for ways to reduce home energy costs. The new Energy Savings Program Web site offers low- and no-cost energy-saving solutions to home owners and apartment d...
New Local Food Cooking Program Highlights NYS Agriculture
If you’re a person who’s spending more time thinking about the connections between health, the environment, and your food sources, you’re not alone. And if you’re buying local food more often, you may have joined a growing num...
North Country Farmers Baling--Not Hay, but Ag Plastics
BigFoot is coming to North Country dairy farms in Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence counties. BigFoot is a baler that condenses used agricultural plastics, such as silo covers and silage bags from dairy farms, into 40-inch-...
CCE Provides Gas Leasing Information to NYS Landowners
Rich natural gas formations, now thought to be accessible in many upstate New York communities, are bringing energy companies from around North America to this region. These companies are in the business of leasing, exploring, and extracting natural ...
Cornell Cooperative Extension Summer Interns Share Their Stories
The 2008 Cornell Cooperative Extension Internship Program fostered student outreach in local communities. The Cornell Cooperative Extension interns agreed to highlight their work and interests through academic profiles and a series of periodic report...
Cornell’s Geneva Experiment Station Workshop Highlights Grape Genetics and Breeding Work
A group of 35 extension educators, Cornell scientists and graduate students, and industry people from throughout the Northeast, Midwest, and Ontario, Canada, converged at Cornell’s New York State Agricultural Experiment Station on August 11 and...
CCE Offers Energy Conservation and Money Management Workshops Statewide through Heat Smart, New York
Cornell Cooperative Extension’s energy conservation and financial management workshops will play a central role in Heat Smart, New York, Gov. Paterson’s new initiative to help residents reduce energy costs.Gov. Paterson announced the init...
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Creating, Supporting, and Sustaining Local Food Systems in New York State, a new CCE website, is now available for New Yorkers interested in learning more about local food resources in their communities.