Cornell Cooperative Extension

Columbia and Greene Counties

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For the past year, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought forth immeasurable heartache, challenge, and perseverance in our lives and communities. Throughout this extraordinary time, Cornell Cooperative Extension has remained committed to exploring and implementing new ways of bringing high-quality...

Episode One: A Conversation Starter

http://ccecolumbiagreene.org/gardening/nature-calls-conversations-from-the-hudson-valley/episode-one-a-conversation-starter

A new podcast, "Nature Calls: Conversations From The Hudson Valley", with a discussion about Cornell Cooperative Extension, how to site a vegetable garden, and how bees stay warm in winter.

4-H Activities and Forms

http://ccecolumbiagreene.org/4-h-and-youth-development/4-h-clubs/4-h-activities-and-forms

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Columbia and Greene Counties(NY) 4-H and Youth Development activities and forms

History of Cooperative Extension

http://ccecolumbiagreene.org/about-us/history-of-cooperative-extension

When President Woodrow Wilson signed the Smith-Lever Act on May 18, 1914, he called it “one of the most significant and far-reaching measures for the education of adults ever adopted by the government”. Its purpose clearly stated by Congress was “to aid in diffusing among the p...

Plant Diseases

http://ccecolumbiagreene.org/gardening/pests-ipm/plant-diseases

Prevention and early identification are crucial to minimizing damage from disease in your garden and landscape. Cornell University and our Master Gardener volunteers have several resources available to help you implement best practices to avoid diseases, identify problems when they do occur an...

Food & Water in Emergencies

http://ccecolumbiagreene.org/family-consumer-sciences/family-economics-community-resiliency/emergency-preparedness/food-water-in-emergencies

Emergency Food Supplies Make An Emergency Food Supply Kit - This section the FEMA Ready.gov website includes a list of suggested foods to include among your emergency food supplies, food safety steps to take following a disaster, alternative ways to cook food, and how to manage food when yo...

Timber Income

http://ccecolumbiagreene.org/agriculture-and-natural-resources/agriculture-and-natural-resources/natural-resources/agroforestry-resource-center/woodlot-management/woodland-stewardship/woodlot-management/timber-income

Earn timber income while minimizing ecological impacts. Learn more from Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) of Columbia and Greene Counties (NY)

4-H Clubs

http://ccecolumbiagreene.org/4-h-and-youth-development/4-h-clubs

4-H is an opportunity for boys and girls in grades K-12 to learn and develop life skills that may assist them in becoming responsible adults. 4-H is a program of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Columbia and Greene Counties (NY)

Catskill Creek Watershed

http://ccecolumbiagreene.org/climate-change-and-the-environment/catskill-creek-watershed

The Catskill Creek is a beautiful and vibrant stream that runs through the mostly rural landscape of the Catskill Mountains’ northern foothills. The Catskill Creek is approximately 36 miles in length and is a major tributary to the Hudson River Estuary. The creek begins in the FranklintonVlaie...

Woodland Stewardship

http://ccecolumbiagreene.org/agriculture-and-natural-resources/natural-resources/agroforestry-resource-center/woodland-stewardship

Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) helps landowners in Columbia and Greene Counties (NY) learn why healthy, abundant woodlands are crucial to the production of wood products, the provision of wildlife habitat and the protection of water purity.

 

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