Events - month view
May 2026
LOF Listed Event
Post-Bloom Insect & Disease Management, Freeze Events Info, and Thinning Recommendations
May 13, 2026
4 - 5:30pm
Online
Join the post bloom meeting zoom.
LOF Listed Event
2026 Tree Fruit & Small Fruit Twilight Meetings
May 28, 2026 : Tree Fruit & Small Fruit Twilight Meeting 2
6 pizza, soda & DEC sign-in; 6:30-8pm Meeting
Fruit Valley Orchard & Greenhouses
Oswego, NY
The Twilight Meetings are a series of monthly meetings, where we examine seasonal changes in tree fruit and berry crop phenology, discuss and demonstrate scouting and monitoring for insects and diseases, and provide integrated pest management solutions to maximize the health and productivity of berry and tree fruit plantings.
Please arrive at 6pm for pizza and soda. This year Twilight meetings will begin and end 30minutes earlier than last year!
June 2026
LOF Listed Event
2026 Virtual Orchard Meetup Series
June 11, 2026 : Session 2
4-5:30pm PT/7-8:30pm ET
Online via Zoom
Details to follow.
CVP Listed Event
Fungi, Forage & Forest
June 12, 2026 : Friday Evening
5:30 PM
CCE Niagara / Niagara County Fairgrounds
Buckets, Beds & Totems
Explore mushroom cultivation techniques featuring oyster mushrooms, wine caps, and lion's mane mushrooms.
CVP Listed Event
Fungi, Forage & Forest
June 13, 2026 : Saturday Full-Day
8:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Niagara County Fairgrounds & Heartland Organics
Wild Edibles
Learn about edible plants and responsible foraging practices focused on plants only (no wild mushroom foraging).
Agroforestry Talk
Discover how agroforestry systems can support farm diversification and sustainable land management.
Shiitake Inoculation (hands-on workshop at Heartland Organics)
Participate in a hands-on shiitake inoculation workshop and learn the basics of log-grown mushroom production.
CVP Listed Event
2026 Muck Onion Growers Twilight Meeting in Oswego
June 18, 2026
4:00 PM registration; 4:30 - 7:15 PM meeting; catered dinner at 7:30 PM
Dunsmoor Farms - Lake Elizabeth location
Oswego, NY

Open to all Onion Enthusiasts, the Muck Onion Growers Twilight Meeting will include an onion disease research update from 2025, new fungicide recommendations for 2026, an onion maggot seed treatment update, herbicide demonstration tour, and more. This educational event is immediately followed by a catered dinner; both are FREE thanks to generous sponsors!
2.25 DEC recertification credits available in categories 1a, 10 and 23. CCA credits will be offered too.
LOF Listed Event
2026 Virtual Orchard Meetup Series
June 18, 2026
4-5:30pm PT/7-8:30pm ET
Online via Zoom
Details to follow.
LOF Listed Event
2026 Virtual Orchard Meetup Series
June 25, 2026 : Session 4
4-5:30pm PT/7-8:30pm ET
Online via Zoom
Details to follow.
LOF Listed Event
2026 Tree Fruit & Small Fruit Twilight Meetings
June 25, 2026 : Tree Fruit & Small Fruit Twilight Meeting 3
6 pizza, soda & DEC sign-in; 6:30-8pm Meeting
Schlabach's Nursery
Medina, NY
The Twilight Meetings are a series of monthly meetings, where we examine seasonal changes in tree fruit and berry crop phenology, discuss and demonstrate scouting and monitoring for insects and diseases, and provide integrated pest management solutions to maximize the health and productivity of berry and tree fruit plantings.
Please arrive at 6pm for pizza and soda. This year Twilight meetings will begin and end 30minutes earlier than last year!
July 2026
LOF Listed Event
Cornell Fruit Field Day
July 30, 2026
All Day
Cornell AgriTech Research Farms
Geneva, NY
Join Cornell researchers in Geneva for Fruit Field Day, returning after 10 years, to tour research plots, learn from experts—including Dr. Terence Robinson with 40+ years in tree fruit research—and explore the latest orchard technologies and practices.

