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December 2015
Apple Growers - Please Help a Grad Student by Filling out a Short Online Survey on Climate Change
December 8 - March 31, 2015
Ongoing - Quick survey
In order to identify these impacts I need to reach out to apple growers, like yourselves, who are experiencing these impacts and challenges first hand. Your observations, stories and experiences are essential to this project. Working with Craig Kahlke from the Cornell Cooperative Extension, I have identified key questions for analysis that I would like your help in answering in the form of a 10 to 15 minute web survey located at:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/orchard_survey.
If you would prefer to do the survey on paper, face to face, or over the phone; my contact information is at the end of this email and we can set up a time. The data collected from the survey will be kept confidential and be used to complete my graduate thesis. Any results will be shared with the Cornell Cooperative Extension.
The goal of this research will be to identify what climate impacts apple growers have experienced in their orchards over time. Another secondary goal will be to identify what measures orchardists are taking to adapt to and mitigate the impacts of a changing climate going forward and how apple growers view its impact on their businesses and lively hood.
I would like to thank you for your interest in my research and feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns at borrelm01@mail.buffalostate.edu or my cell phone at 585-503-7546. I look forward to working with you!
Sincerely,
Michael Borrelli
You're Invited To The WNY Food Hub Grower Meeting!
December 9, 2015
11 AM - 1 PM
Cheektowaga, NY
January 2016
2016 Empire State Producers EXPO
January 19 - January 21, 2016
Morning, Mid-day, and Afternoon Sessions
Syracuse, NY
The Cornell Vegetable Program Specialists are involved in organizing sessions on Processing Vegetables, Potatoes, Onions, Cabbage/Cole Crops, Soil Health, Weed Management, Climate Change, Beginning Farmers, High Tunnels, and Specialty Vegetables.
Registration is open now on the NYS Vegetable Growers Association website:
http://nysvga.org/expo/information/
Apples
Apricots
Asian Pears
Blueberries
Cherries
Currants
Gooseberries
Nectarines
Peaches
Pears
Plums
Raspberries / Blackberries
Strawberries
Unusual Fruit
Upcoming Events
NERME Protecting Your Farm with Progressive Employee Discipline
November 2, 2026 : Introduction to Program and Progressive Discipline
This free, interactive series will prepare farm owners and managers to implement and use progressive employee discipline with their workforce.
Open to all farm types. The series includes a special focus on progressive discipline systems for H-2A utilizing fruit industry farms.
November 9, 2026 : Importance of Feedback
This free, interactive series will prepare farm owners and managers to implement and use progressive employee discipline with their workforce.
Open to all farm types. The series includes a special focus on progressive discipline systems for H-2A utilizing fruit industry farms.
November 16, 2026 : Termination
This free, interactive series will prepare farm owners and managers to implement and use progressive employee discipline with their workforce.
Open to all farm types. The series includes a special focus on progressive discipline systems for H-2A utilizing fruit industry farms.
November 23, 2026 : Special Issues in Discipline/Termination
This free, interactive series will prepare farm owners and managers to implement and use progressive employee discipline with their workforce.
Open to all farm types. The series includes a special focus on progressive discipline systems for H-2A utilizing fruit industry farms.
November 30, 2026 : Employee Handbooks + Labor Roadshow Kick-Off
This free, interactive series will prepare farm owners and managers to implement and use progressive employee discipline with their workforce.
Open to all farm types. The series includes a special focus on progressive discipline systems for H-2A utilizing fruit industry farms.