Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oneida County

11/21/2025

Miss. Taylor is helping shape the next generation with agricultural education in Oneida County!

Ag in the Classroom Educator, Taylor McNamara (left), was honored last night as an Outstanding Educator at the 19th Annual Celebration of Education hosted by The Genesis Group and First Source Federal Credit Union. We are so lucky to have an educator as passionate about agricultural and educating the next generation as Taylor on our team!
Read the full article online (including a quick interview with Taylor) at https://www.romesentinel.com/news/genesis-group-first-source-annual-education-honors/article_e2db583e-b13a-418a-b584-3fd2fa2ea5fd.html

11/17/2025

Pruning reduces pests and diseases while maximizing fruit production. Prune your fruit trees and cane berries as instructed for that variety in late fall in preparation for the next growing season or as the days lengthen before buds begin to swell in early spring. Compost all fallen fruit and prunings in another location.

11/13/2025

Ag in the Classroom Educator Taylor keeping her lessons seasonal! 🎃

11/07/2025

It's never too early to start thinking about Ag Lit Week! Join this statewide effort to connect students to the farming community through volunteer readers, a book, and an activity. Register as a participating classroom or volunteer reader!
https://cornell.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5jsN2vQkiZuYOEK

11/07/2025

Teaching emotional wellness at a young age builds lifelong coping skills. We’re proud to partner with Connected Community Schools to bring these lessons into the classroom. 💚

11/03/2025

With nearly 3 million New Yorkers potentially losing their federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) assistance in November, DEC is encouraging hunters to help fight hunger in our communities at this critical time. https://feedingnys.org/hunters/

To help join the fight against hunger by donating your deer harvest:
1. Drop off any legally harvested, tagged, and reported deer at one of Feeding New York State’s participating deer processors.
2. Call the processor ahead of time to ensure they can accept your deer.
3. Complete the processor’s log sheet indicating your desire to donate the deer.

DEC and Feeding New York State will cover the processing costs for donated deer so that the venison can be distributed to food pantries and food banks throughout the state; however, funding is limited. If you don’t have a deer to donate but still want to help, consider making a financial donation to the venison donation program through Feeding New York State, by clicking the “Donations” link at the top of the DEC Automated Licensing System page, or when you purchase your next hunting license

Learn more about our venison donation program. Working with venison processors, your donated deer will be distributed to food pantries in NY.

11/03/2025

Providing food and habitat encourages birds to forage and take shelter in your garden. Leave the seeds of late blooming perennials for our feathered friends to eat. Overwintering resident species and birds passing through on their migration will appreciate winter berries and habitat from evergreen and deciduous shrubs of varying heights.

11/01/2025

Rain or shine we can't wait to see you at North Star Orchards for Taste of CNY! It’s a day to savor the flavors, appreciate the craftsmanship, and embrace the essence of Central New York ‘s culinary treasures, while enjoying live music and the beauty of fall at one of the area’s beautiful orchards.

10/28/2025

It's always a pleasure being able to collaborate with other CCE's!

Seed to Supper participants learned how to can with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oneida County 4-H Educator, Celeste Oppito, and Ag Team Leader, Jennifer Reynolds. One more class and our Seed to Supper program will be wrapped up for the season!

10/27/2025

We want to give a shout-out to Valentino's Banquet Hall in New Hartford https://www.valentinosbanquethall.com/ for the amazing venue, service, and delicious food they provided for us at our Annual Stakeholder's Dinner and Meeting last Thursday night. Everything was amazing right down to the PA system and the screening of our Association PowerPoint. They bend over backwards to make your evening amazing! Thank you!

10/24/2025

Today we celebrate Marty Broccoli Day in Oneida County! Marty was the Agriculture Economic Development (AED) Program Leader and was the catalyst behind the entire AED program at CCE Oneida. Marty has extensive experience in the food processing and distribution industry, is an experienced educator, having taught Marketing and Meat Technology for a number of NYS colleges and universities, and is incredible at making the connections in the community needed to bring AG economic development projects to life. Thank you to Marty for all that you have done for CCE Oneida and the Agricultural Community!

10/21/2025

The first-ever New York State Agritourism Conference, hosted by the CCE Agritourism Program Work Team, is designed to support farms in growing successful visitor experiences. This statewide gathering will feature expert-led sessions, peer networking, and practical tools to help farms expand direct sales, education, hospitality, and entertainment offerings. Register online at https://ccebroome.my.canva.site/2025-nys-agritourism-conference/