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April 2025
CVP Listed Event
Farm Food Safety Training with GAPs
April 1, 2025
9:15 AM registration; 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM training
Farmersville Center Community Church
Farmersville, NY
All produce farms want to grow safe food, right? Are your markets asking for food safety plans or audit certification? Do you want to understand produce safety issues? A way to do this is to learn and follow produce safety practices with Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs).
Join Robert Hadad, Regional Vegetable Specialist with the Cornell Vegetable Program, and Lynn Bliven, Ag & Natural Resources Issue Leader from CCE Allegany County for this full day workshop on Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) and leave with information to start a food safety plan for YOUR farm!
Blind Industry White Wine Tasting Workshop
April 1, 2025 : Blind Industry White Wine Tasting Workshop
9am - 12pm
Tousey Winery
Germantown, NY

This event is a blind wine tasting for ENY grape industry members to get feedback from fellow growers and Cornell Enologists on unfinished white wines (hybrid, vinifera, etc.)
We respectfully request that only professional winemakers or commercial vineyard owners attend, as space is limited. Limit two wines per winery/vineyard.
Pre-registration is required. For questions, please contact Jeremy Schuster at jds544@cornell.edu
LOF Listed Event
Introduction to Tree Fruit Production
February 27, 2025
March 6, 2025
March 13, 2025
March 17, 2025
March 20, 2025
March 24, 2025
March 27, 2025
April 3, 2025
6:30pm - 8:30pm
Virtual
Thursdays: February 27 - April 3, with two additional Monday webinars on March 17 and March 24
Tree fruit are an important component of the agricultural and homeowner landscape. This course, which offers eight live webinars for its 2025 offering, trains beginning tree fruit growers in fundamental concepts in orchard planning and management.
LOF Listed Event
2025 Cornell In-Depth Fruit School Recordings
April 8, 2025
July 31, 2025
: Recording Available for 2025 Cornell In-Depth Fruit School
Now until July 31st
Access to the 2025 Cornell In-Depth Fruit School recordings are now available for purchase.
LOF Listed Event
2025 Respirator Fit Testing in Wayne County
April 17, 2025
Starts at 9am
Pultneyville Lodge
Pultneyville, NY
A one day clinic for respirator fit testing will be held in Wayne County on April 17th. Please be sure to register by April 7th, as space is limited.
LOF Listed Event
Tree Fruit & Small Fruit Twilight Meetings

April 24, 2025 : Tree Fruit & Small Fruit Twilight Meetings 1 of 4
6:30 pizza, soda, DEC sign-in; 7-8:30pm Meeting
Blue Barn Cidery
Hilton, NY
Join specialists Janet Van Zoeren, Anya Stansell, and Anna Wallis for a conversation about fruit and berry phenology and pest management, at a new location each month.
May 2025
LOF Listed Event
Cornell Western and Northeast NY Pre-Bloom Virtual Meeting
May 1, 2025
12 - 1:30pm
Zoom
Join CCE-ENYCHP and CCE-LOFP specialists this Thursday to review pre-bloom orchard management recommendations for Western and Northeast NY.
LOF Listed Event
Petal Fall Thinning Meetings
May 15, 2025 : Wayne County Petal Fall Thinning Meeting
2pm
Cherry Lawn Fruit Farm
Sodus, NY
Join LOF team members, in Wayne County to hear updates and petal fall thinning recommendations by Terence Robinson.
LOF Listed Event
Petal Fall Thinning Meetings
May 16, 2025 : Orleans County Petal Fall Thinning Meeting
2pm
Lamont Fruit Farms
Waterport, NY
Join LOF team members, in Orleans County to hear updates and petal fall thinning recommendations by Terence Robinson.
LOF Listed Event
Tree Fruit & Small Fruit Twilight Meetings
May 29, 2025 : Tree Fruit & Small Fruit Twilight Meetings 2 of 4
6:30 pizza, soda, DEC sign-in; 7-8:30pm Meeting
Hurd Orchards
Holley, NY
Join specialists Janet Van Zoeren, Anya Stansell, and Anna Wallis for a conversation about fruit and berry phenology and pest management, at a new location each month.
June 2025
Hudson Valley Orchard Weed Management Meeting

June 25, 2025 : Hudson Valley Orchard Weed Management Meeting
1pm - 3pm
Titusville Farm
Poughkeepsie, NY
At this meeting, we will discuss previous research on using mulch for weed management, including the benefits of stacking mulch treatments with an organic herbicide program. We will then discuss the treatments in our field trial, discuss results to date, and get initial reactions from the grower, while viewing the field trial. We will then discuss the other study objective, using a mechanical weeding system to replace contact herbicide applications, currently underway in the Champlain Valley.
LOF Listed Event
Tree Fruit & Small Fruit Twilight Meetings
June 26, 2025 : Tree Fruit & Small Fruit Twilight Meetings 3 of 4
6:30 pizza, soda, DEC sign-in; 7-8:30pm Meeting
Cornell Orchards
Ithica, NY
Join specialists Anya Stansell and Anna Wallis for a conversation about fruit and berry phenology and pest management, at a new location each month. This meeting will include Spanish Interpretation. Este mes en Español También.


Upcoming Events
Hudson Valley Orchard Weed Management Meeting

June 25, 2025 : Hudson Valley Orchard Weed Management Meeting
Poughkeepsie, NY
At this meeting, we will discuss previous research on using mulch for weed management, including the benefits of stacking mulch treatments with an organic herbicide program. We will then discuss the treatments in our field trial, discuss results to date, and get initial reactions from the grower, while viewing the field trial. We will then discuss the other study objective, using a mechanical weeding system to replace contact herbicide applications, currently underway in the Champlain Valley.