Annual LOF Advisory Committee Meeting
Event Details
Date
December 8, 2023
Time
10:00am - 2pm
Location
Ogden Town Hall
269 Ogden Center Road
Spencerport, NY 14559
Cost
Free Registration : Free
Host
Lake Ontario Fruit Program
Craig Kahlke
585-735-5448
cjk37@cornell.edu
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Please join us for our annual winter advisory meeting where you can spend time with the team providing us feedback on programming input for the 2nd Annual Tree Fruit Conference on February 8-9, 2023 in Rochester. As well as scheduling a second meeting in winter in which each specialist has ample time to cover their programming and gather stakeholder input. Advisory meetings are important for the team to ensure that our programs and research are aligned with the industry's needs. All are invited to this FREE event! A second meeting to Full agenda to follow.
Proposed Agenda:
9:30 Coffee and light refreshments
10:00 Welcome and Introductions
10:15 Peruse & Approve December 16th, 2022 Advisory Minutes
10:25 CCE Regional Team Updates - Peter Landre
10:35 CCE County Association Updates - ED's or Craig K.
10:55 Cornell Update - TBA
11:10 Update of Advisory Committee Members
11:20 Begin Discussion of Programming Ideas for LOF's 2nd Annual Fruit Conference (Feb. 8-9, DoubleTree by Hilton, Rochester)
~12:00 Lunch
~12:30 Continue Discussion of Programming Ideas for LOF's 2nd Annual Fruit Conference
1:30 Set a Date for 2nd LOF Advisory Meeting (detailed coverage of each Specialist's Programming)
1:40 Calendar: Other educational events
1:45 "Around the Table" - Final Thoughts
2:00 Adjourn
Upcoming Events
Apple Social
July 16, 2024 : Orleans County - Apple Social
Medina, NY
Please join us at this casual networking event for all apple industry folks from Western NY, proudly sponsored by Valent. There will just a brief introduction of the Lake Ontario Fruit Program, and from each of the four specialists.
July 31, 2024 : Wayne County - Apple Social
Williamson, NY
Please join us at this casual networking event for all apple industry folks from Western NY, proudly sponsored by Valent. There will just a brief introduction of the Lake Ontario Fruit Program, and from each of the four specialists.
2nd Annual WNY Fruit Grower Tour
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August 13, 2024
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We are excited to announce the second annual Western New York Fruit Grower Tour, the premier fruit tour of the northeast brought to you by Cornell Cooperative Extension's Lake Ontario Fruit Program and Lake Ontario Ag Consulting, LLC! Located in Orleans County, this orchard field day will highlight new and existing products, chemistries, practices, technologies & equipment that shape the orchard industry today. The Western NY Fruit Grower Tour will again combine two past orchard tour events, the LOF Summer Fruit Tour and the Wayne County Fruit Grower Tour, giving industry members the opportunity to conveniently showcase their product offerings to ONE unified group at ONE time and place!
9th Annual Hispanic Summer Tour
August 17, 2024
Lyndonville, NY
Join Mario Miranda Sazo, Janet van Zoeren, Sandra Lizarraga, from CCE Lake Ontario Fruit Program and Mary Bess Lewis from Cornell Ag Workforce Development for the annual summer tour of orchard and educational updates on IPM, horticulture, HR, leadership, and labor all presented in Spanish.