Love Your Heart - Taming Sugar, Salt & Saturated Fat Wednesday, February 12, 2025 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm CCE-Steuben, Steuben County Office Building Annex 20 E.Morris St, Bath, New York 14810 Hearth Health MonthJoin us for a free heart-smart workshop led by SNAP-Ed Nutritionist focused on making healthier food choices amidst the tempting presence of salt, sugar, and saturated fat. We'll learn how these ingredients affect heart health and learn practical tips for reducing their impact without sacrificing flavor.The class for February 5th has been cancelled. BUT you can still register for the zoom webinar to be held on the 12th.Can't make it in person on the 5th? Then sign up for the zoom workshop on the 12th! Register by calling 607-664-2300 or by emailing Amy at ach279@cornell.edu Amy Heale, ach279@cornell.edu, 607-664-2570 ========================================= Farm Succession Planning Wednesday, February 12, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Online Event Farm Succession Planning Wednesday, February 12, 2025, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PMThe first step is the hardest in creating a succession plan. It takes time, effort, family communication and working with the right professionals. Dave Chamberlain, NY FarmNet Financial Consultant will provide valuable insights into the complexities of transitioning your farm to the next generation. This webinar will cover key strategies for ensuring a smooth and successful succession, focusing on the financial, legal, and emotional challenges unique to New York farm families.There is no fee to participate. Please register to receive the Zoom link here. Registration: https://cornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcsduyqqz8jGtweuFN0tnT_eSSOmfs_i9SB#/registration ========================================= 4-H Livestock & Dairy Workshops Sunday, February 16, 2025 12:00 pm - 12:00 pm Michelle Chase, mlc353@cornell.edu, 607-664-2571 Registration: https://forms.gle/3szhWjK5DgsN6qBt6 ========================================= 4-H Hippology Workshops Sunday, February 16, 2025 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm CCE-Steuben, Steuben County Office Building Annex 20 E.Morris St, Bath, New York 14810 Jenny Groen, jmg422@cornell.edu, (607) 664-2576 ========================================= Managing Mycotoxins - A Guide for Livestock Producers Thursday, February 27, 2025 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Online Event Registration: tinurl.com/ssntbh3x ========================================= CCE Board Meetings Thursday, February 27, 2025 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm CCE-Steuben, Steuben County Office Building Annex 20 E.Morris St, Bath, New York 14810 Cornell Cooperative Extension of Steuben County will hold public board and program committee meetings in 2025 and welcomes public comment at the beginning of each meeting. All meetings will be held at the Steuben County Office Building Annex (2nd floor conference room), 20 East Morris Street in Bath, NY or via Zoom as NYS Open Meeting Law allows at the times specified.Members of the public are requested to RSVP their attendance at these meetings to 607-664-2300 or amz65@cornell.edu. ========================================= Setting Your Farm Financial Resolutions Friday, February 28, 2025 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm It’s Time – Setting Your Farm Financial Resolutions Series The start of a new year is the perfect time for farm businesses of all shapes and sizes to reset their financial management. Join this INTERACTIVE workshop to start your farm off on the right path towards financial success in 2025. Topics include Record Keeping, Tax Management, Financial Goals, and Strategies for Profitability. Participants will receive downloads that can be used throughout the year and a quarterly farm financial checklist. Setting Your Farm Financial Resolutions To Register: visit www.tinyurl.com/syffr25 or call Kelly at 585-268-7644 ext 10. Cornell Cooperative Extension is an equal opportunity, affirmative action educator and employer. SWNYDLFC is a partnership between Cornell University and the Five Cornell Cooperative Extension Associations of Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, and Steuben Counties. Registration: www.tinyurl.com/syffr25 ========================================= 4-H Hot Topics Wednesday, March 5, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Online Event 4-H Hot TopicsOpen to volunteers, leaders, parents and youth! Drop in to learn more about topics listed below and/or ask 4-H staff any questions you may have. Jenny Groen, jmg422@cornell.edu, (607) 664-2576 Registration: https://cornell.zoom.us/j/95139042036?pwd=Li4SRxShDk5Cczxu8rn3RXy7hPwKI1.1 ========================================= Ag Literacy Week - March 17-21 Monday, March 17, 2025 12:00 pm - 12:00 pm NY Ag Literacy Week: March 17-21, 2025About This Year's BookThe Pie That Molly GrewWritten by Sue HeavenrichIllustrated by Chamisa KelloggBeginning with the planting of a single seed, join Molly on the journey of bringing a pumpkin to harvest. Under Molly’s watchful eye and care, each stage of growth – from the seed to the sprout to the leaves to the final fruit on the vine – is showcased. At the end, Molly’s lovely pumpkin is turned into a delicious pie to one and all to share in a celebration of gratitude. All from the seed that Molly sowed.It is an honor to feature New York author Sue Heavenrich for our 2025 Agricultural Literacy Week program. Based in Tioga County, Sue is a lifelong lover of biology, gardening, and reading. A teacher of many sorts, Sue especially loves telling stories about the science she sees in her backyard, or in this case, her garden!How Does Agricultural Literacy Week (ALW) Work?In celebration of New York agriculture, volunteers throughout the state will read a book with an agricultural theme to elementary students, with a focus on second grade classrooms. Farmers, FFA and 4-H members, adults engaged in a career in agriculture, and engaged in our food system volunteer to enthusiastically engage your students in a paired hands-on activity related to the book to extend learning. The book will be donated to the school or classroom library with a bookplate recognizing the donor and our celebration of New York Agricultural Literacy Week. 2,300 books were donated last year while 75,000 elementary students participated in an experiential learning activity.Start to finish the program takes approximately 40 minutes per classroom Agricultural Literacy Week volunteers work with their county's coordinator to set up visits to local schoolsVolunteers read the selected book aloud to the students.Following the reading, volunteers conduct an activity with students and share their experiences in agriculture.The book is donated to the school or classroom library for students to enjoy and reference throughout the school year.All activity materials are prepared by NYAITC and schools get to keep a copy of the book for their school or classroom library.Learn more on the New York Agriculture in the Classroom website.Sponsor & DonationsWould you like to fund the purchase of one or more books?The books are $15 each and will be donated to the school library after being read.Click here to fund a book for the 2025 Ag Literacy week in Steuben County!Donors will be recognized on a special bookplate. You may choose to have your donated book sent to a specific school, or to read it yourself to your local school! Please contact us if you would like to volunteer to read a book! ========================================= Ag Literacy Week - March 17-21 Tuesday, March 18, 2025 12:00 pm - 12:00 pm NY Ag Literacy Week: March 17-21, 2025About This Year's BookThe Pie That Molly GrewWritten by Sue HeavenrichIllustrated by Chamisa KelloggBeginning with the planting of a single seed, join Molly on the journey of bringing a pumpkin to harvest. Under Molly’s watchful eye and care, each stage of growth – from the seed to the sprout to the leaves to the final fruit on the vine – is showcased. At the end, Molly’s lovely pumpkin is turned into a delicious pie to one and all to share in a celebration of gratitude. All from the seed that Molly sowed.It is an honor to feature New York author Sue Heavenrich for our 2025 Agricultural Literacy Week program. Based in Tioga County, Sue is a lifelong lover of biology, gardening, and reading. A teacher of many sorts, Sue especially loves telling stories about the science she sees in her backyard, or in this case, her garden!How Does Agricultural Literacy Week (ALW) Work?In celebration of New York agriculture, volunteers throughout the state will read a book with an agricultural theme to elementary students, with a focus on second grade classrooms. Farmers, FFA and 4-H members, adults engaged in a career in agriculture, and engaged in our food system volunteer to enthusiastically engage your students in a paired hands-on activity related to the book to extend learning. The book will be donated to the school or classroom library with a bookplate recognizing the donor and our celebration of New York Agricultural Literacy Week. 2,300 books were donated last year while 75,000 elementary students participated in an experiential learning activity.Start to finish the program takes approximately 40 minutes per classroom Agricultural Literacy Week volunteers work with their county's coordinator to set up visits to local schoolsVolunteers read the selected book aloud to the students.Following the reading, volunteers conduct an activity with students and share their experiences in agriculture.The book is donated to the school or classroom library for students to enjoy and reference throughout the school year.All activity materials are prepared by NYAITC and schools get to keep a copy of the book for their school or classroom library.Learn more on the New York Agriculture in the Classroom website.Sponsor & DonationsWould you like to fund the purchase of one or more books?The books are $15 each and will be donated to the school library after being read.Click here to fund a book for the 2025 Ag Literacy week in Steuben County!Donors will be recognized on a special bookplate. You may choose to have your donated book sent to a specific school, or to read it yourself to your local school! Please contact us if you would like to volunteer to read a book! ========================================= Ag Literacy Week - March 17-21 Wednesday, March 19, 2025 12:00 pm - 12:00 pm NY Ag Literacy Week: March 17-21, 2025About This Year's BookThe Pie That Molly GrewWritten by Sue HeavenrichIllustrated by Chamisa KelloggBeginning with the planting of a single seed, join Molly on the journey of bringing a pumpkin to harvest. Under Molly’s watchful eye and care, each stage of growth – from the seed to the sprout to the leaves to the final fruit on the vine – is showcased. At the end, Molly’s lovely pumpkin is turned into a delicious pie to one and all to share in a celebration of gratitude. All from the seed that Molly sowed.It is an honor to feature New York author Sue Heavenrich for our 2025 Agricultural Literacy Week program. Based in Tioga County, Sue is a lifelong lover of biology, gardening, and reading. A teacher of many sorts, Sue especially loves telling stories about the science she sees in her backyard, or in this case, her garden!How Does Agricultural Literacy Week (ALW) Work?In celebration of New York agriculture, volunteers throughout the state will read a book with an agricultural theme to elementary students, with a focus on second grade classrooms. Farmers, FFA and 4-H members, adults engaged in a career in agriculture, and engaged in our food system volunteer to enthusiastically engage your students in a paired hands-on activity related to the book to extend learning. The book will be donated to the school or classroom library with a bookplate recognizing the donor and our celebration of New York Agricultural Literacy Week. 2,300 books were donated last year while 75,000 elementary students participated in an experiential learning activity.Start to finish the program takes approximately 40 minutes per classroom Agricultural Literacy Week volunteers work with their county's coordinator to set up visits to local schoolsVolunteers read the selected book aloud to the students.Following the reading, volunteers conduct an activity with students and share their experiences in agriculture.The book is donated to the school or classroom library for students to enjoy and reference throughout the school year.All activity materials are prepared by NYAITC and schools get to keep a copy of the book for their school or classroom library.Learn more on the New York Agriculture in the Classroom website.Sponsor & DonationsWould you like to fund the purchase of one or more books?The books are $15 each and will be donated to the school library after being read.Click here to fund a book for the 2025 Ag Literacy week in Steuben County!Donors will be recognized on a special bookplate. You may choose to have your donated book sent to a specific school, or to read it yourself to your local school! Please contact us if you would like to volunteer to read a book! ========================================= Ag Literacy Week - March 17-21 Thursday, March 20, 2025 12:00 pm - 12:00 pm NY Ag Literacy Week: March 17-21, 2025About This Year's BookThe Pie That Molly GrewWritten by Sue HeavenrichIllustrated by Chamisa KelloggBeginning with the planting of a single seed, join Molly on the journey of bringing a pumpkin to harvest. Under Molly’s watchful eye and care, each stage of growth – from the seed to the sprout to the leaves to the final fruit on the vine – is showcased. At the end, Molly’s lovely pumpkin is turned into a delicious pie to one and all to share in a celebration of gratitude. All from the seed that Molly sowed.It is an honor to feature New York author Sue Heavenrich for our 2025 Agricultural Literacy Week program. Based in Tioga County, Sue is a lifelong lover of biology, gardening, and reading. A teacher of many sorts, Sue especially loves telling stories about the science she sees in her backyard, or in this case, her garden!How Does Agricultural Literacy Week (ALW) Work?In celebration of New York agriculture, volunteers throughout the state will read a book with an agricultural theme to elementary students, with a focus on second grade classrooms. Farmers, FFA and 4-H members, adults engaged in a career in agriculture, and engaged in our food system volunteer to enthusiastically engage your students in a paired hands-on activity related to the book to extend learning. The book will be donated to the school or classroom library with a bookplate recognizing the donor and our celebration of New York Agricultural Literacy Week. 2,300 books were donated last year while 75,000 elementary students participated in an experiential learning activity.Start to finish the program takes approximately 40 minutes per classroom Agricultural Literacy Week volunteers work with their county's coordinator to set up visits to local schoolsVolunteers read the selected book aloud to the students.Following the reading, volunteers conduct an activity with students and share their experiences in agriculture.The book is donated to the school or classroom library for students to enjoy and reference throughout the school year.All activity materials are prepared by NYAITC and schools get to keep a copy of the book for their school or classroom library.Learn more on the New York Agriculture in the Classroom website.Sponsor & DonationsWould you like to fund the purchase of one or more books?The books are $15 each and will be donated to the school library after being read.Click here to fund a book for the 2025 Ag Literacy week in Steuben County!Donors will be recognized on a special bookplate. You may choose to have your donated book sent to a specific school, or to read it yourself to your local school! Please contact us if you would like to volunteer to read a book! ========================================= Ag Literacy Week - March 17-21 Friday, March 21, 2025 12:00 pm - 12:00 pm NY Ag Literacy Week: March 17-21, 2025About This Year's BookThe Pie That Molly GrewWritten by Sue HeavenrichIllustrated by Chamisa KelloggBeginning with the planting of a single seed, join Molly on the journey of bringing a pumpkin to harvest. Under Molly’s watchful eye and care, each stage of growth – from the seed to the sprout to the leaves to the final fruit on the vine – is showcased. At the end, Molly’s lovely pumpkin is turned into a delicious pie to one and all to share in a celebration of gratitude. All from the seed that Molly sowed.It is an honor to feature New York author Sue Heavenrich for our 2025 Agricultural Literacy Week program. Based in Tioga County, Sue is a lifelong lover of biology, gardening, and reading. A teacher of many sorts, Sue especially loves telling stories about the science she sees in her backyard, or in this case, her garden!How Does Agricultural Literacy Week (ALW) Work?In celebration of New York agriculture, volunteers throughout the state will read a book with an agricultural theme to elementary students, with a focus on second grade classrooms. Farmers, FFA and 4-H members, adults engaged in a career in agriculture, and engaged in our food system volunteer to enthusiastically engage your students in a paired hands-on activity related to the book to extend learning. The book will be donated to the school or classroom library with a bookplate recognizing the donor and our celebration of New York Agricultural Literacy Week. 2,300 books were donated last year while 75,000 elementary students participated in an experiential learning activity.Start to finish the program takes approximately 40 minutes per classroom Agricultural Literacy Week volunteers work with their county's coordinator to set up visits to local schoolsVolunteers read the selected book aloud to the students.Following the reading, volunteers conduct an activity with students and share their experiences in agriculture.The book is donated to the school or classroom library for students to enjoy and reference throughout the school year.All activity materials are prepared by NYAITC and schools get to keep a copy of the book for their school or classroom library.Learn more on the New York Agriculture in the Classroom website.Sponsor & DonationsWould you like to fund the purchase of one or more books?The books are $15 each and will be donated to the school library after being read.Click here to fund a book for the 2025 Ag Literacy week in Steuben County!Donors will be recognized on a special bookplate. You may choose to have your donated book sent to a specific school, or to read it yourself to your local school! Please contact us if you would like to volunteer to read a book! ========================================= CCE Board Meetings Thursday, March 27, 2025 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm CCE-Steuben, Steuben County Office Building Annex 20 E.Morris St, Bath, New York 14810 Cornell Cooperative Extension of Steuben County will hold public board and program committee meetings in 2025 and welcomes public comment at the beginning of each meeting. All meetings will be held at the Steuben County Office Building Annex (2nd floor conference room), 20 East Morris Street in Bath, NY or via Zoom as NYS Open Meeting Law allows at the times specified.Members of the public are requested to RSVP their attendance at these meetings to 607-664-2300 or amz65@cornell.edu. ========================================= 4-H Hot Topics Wednesday, April 2, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Online Event 4-H Hot TopicsOpen to volunteers, leaders, parents and youth! Drop in to learn more about topics listed below and/or ask 4-H staff any questions you may have. Jenny Groen, jmg422@cornell.edu, (607) 664-2576 Registration: https://cornell.zoom.us/j/95139042036?pwd=Li4SRxShDk5Cczxu8rn3RXy7hPwKI1.1 ========================================= CCE Board Meetings Thursday, April 24, 2025 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm CCE-Steuben, Steuben County Office Building Annex 20 E.Morris St, Bath, New York 14810 Cornell Cooperative Extension of Steuben County will hold public board and program committee meetings in 2025 and welcomes public comment at the beginning of each meeting. All meetings will be held at the Steuben County Office Building Annex (2nd floor conference room), 20 East Morris Street in Bath, NY or via Zoom as NYS Open Meeting Law allows at the times specified.Members of the public are requested to RSVP their attendance at these meetings to 607-664-2300 or amz65@cornell.edu. ========================================= 4-H Hot Topics Wednesday, May 7, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Online Event 4-H Hot TopicsOpen to volunteers, leaders, parents and youth! Drop in to learn more about topics listed below and/or ask 4-H staff any questions you may have. Jenny Groen, jmg422@cornell.edu, (607) 664-2576 Registration: https://cornell.zoom.us/j/95139042036?pwd=Li4SRxShDk5Cczxu8rn3RXy7hPwKI1.1 ========================================= CCE Board Meetings Thursday, May 22, 2025 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm CCE-Steuben, Steuben County Office Building Annex 20 E.Morris St, Bath, New York 14810 Cornell Cooperative Extension of Steuben County will hold public board and program committee meetings in 2025 and welcomes public comment at the beginning of each meeting. All meetings will be held at the Steuben County Office Building Annex (2nd floor conference room), 20 East Morris Street in Bath, NY or via Zoom as NYS Open Meeting Law allows at the times specified.Members of the public are requested to RSVP their attendance at these meetings to 607-664-2300 or amz65@cornell.edu. ========================================= 4-H Hot Topics Wednesday, June 4, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Online Event 4-H Hot TopicsOpen to volunteers, leaders, parents and youth! Drop in to learn more about topics listed below and/or ask 4-H staff any questions you may have. Jenny Groen, jmg422@cornell.edu, (607) 664-2576 Registration: https://cornell.zoom.us/j/95139042036?pwd=Li4SRxShDk5Cczxu8rn3RXy7hPwKI1.1 ========================================= CCE Board Meetings Thursday, June 26, 2025 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm CCE-Steuben, Steuben County Office Building Annex 20 E.Morris St, Bath, New York 14810 Cornell Cooperative Extension of Steuben County will hold public board and program committee meetings in 2025 and welcomes public comment at the beginning of each meeting. All meetings will be held at the Steuben County Office Building Annex (2nd floor conference room), 20 East Morris Street in Bath, NY or via Zoom as NYS Open Meeting Law allows at the times specified.Members of the public are requested to RSVP their attendance at these meetings to 607-664-2300 or amz65@cornell.edu. ========================================= 4-H Hot Topics Wednesday, July 2, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Online Event 4-H Hot TopicsOpen to volunteers, leaders, parents and youth! Drop in to learn more about topics listed below and/or ask 4-H staff any questions you may have. Jenny Groen, jmg422@cornell.edu, (607) 664-2576 Registration: https://cornell.zoom.us/j/95139042036?pwd=Li4SRxShDk5Cczxu8rn3RXy7hPwKI1.1 ========================================= CCE Board Meetings Thursday, July 24, 2025 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm CCE-Steuben, Steuben County Office Building Annex 20 E.Morris St, Bath, New York 14810 Cornell Cooperative Extension of Steuben County will hold public board and program committee meetings in 2025 and welcomes public comment at the beginning of each meeting. All meetings will be held at the Steuben County Office Building Annex (2nd floor conference room), 20 East Morris Street in Bath, NY or via Zoom as NYS Open Meeting Law allows at the times specified.Members of the public are requested to RSVP their attendance at these meetings to 607-664-2300 or amz65@cornell.edu. ========================================= 4-H Hot Topics Wednesday, August 6, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Online Event 4-H Hot TopicsOpen to volunteers, leaders, parents and youth! Drop in to learn more about topics listed below and/or ask 4-H staff any questions you may have. Jenny Groen, jmg422@cornell.edu, (607) 664-2576 Registration: https://cornell.zoom.us/j/95139042036?pwd=Li4SRxShDk5Cczxu8rn3RXy7hPwKI1.1 ========================================= CCE Board Meetings Thursday, August 28, 2025 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm CCE-Steuben, Steuben County Office Building Annex 20 E.Morris St, Bath, New York 14810 Cornell Cooperative Extension of Steuben County will hold public board and program committee meetings in 2025 and welcomes public comment at the beginning of each meeting. All meetings will be held at the Steuben County Office Building Annex (2nd floor conference room), 20 East Morris Street in Bath, NY or via Zoom as NYS Open Meeting Law allows at the times specified.Members of the public are requested to RSVP their attendance at these meetings to 607-664-2300 or amz65@cornell.edu. ========================================= CCE Board Meetings Thursday, September 25, 2025 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm CCE-Steuben, Steuben County Office Building Annex 20 E.Morris St, Bath, New York 14810 Cornell Cooperative Extension of Steuben County will hold public board and program committee meetings in 2025 and welcomes public comment at the beginning of each meeting. All meetings will be held at the Steuben County Office Building Annex (2nd floor conference room), 20 East Morris Street in Bath, NY or via Zoom as NYS Open Meeting Law allows at the times specified.Members of the public are requested to RSVP their attendance at these meetings to 607-664-2300 or amz65@cornell.edu. ========================================= CCE Board Meetings Thursday, October 23, 2025 12:00 pm - 12:00 pm CCE-Steuben, Steuben County Office Building Annex 20 E.Morris St, Bath, New York 14810 Cornell Cooperative Extension of Steuben County will hold public board and program committee meetings in 2025 and welcomes public comment at the beginning of each meeting. All meetings will be held at the Steuben County Office Building Annex (2nd floor conference room), 20 East Morris Street in Bath, NY or via Zoom as NYS Open Meeting Law allows at the times specified.Members of the public are requested to RSVP their attendance at these meetings to 607-664-2300 or amz65@cornell.edu. ========================================= CCE Board Meetings Friday, November 7, 2025 12:00 pm - 12:00 pm CCE-Steuben, Steuben County Office Building Annex 20 E.Morris St, Bath, New York 14810 Cornell Cooperative Extension of Steuben County will hold public board and program committee meetings in 2025 and welcomes public comment at the beginning of each meeting. All meetings will be held at the Steuben County Office Building Annex (2nd floor conference room), 20 East Morris Street in Bath, NY or via Zoom as NYS Open Meeting Law allows at the times specified.Members of the public are requested to RSVP their attendance at these meetings to 607-664-2300 or amz65@cornell.edu. ========================================= CCE Board Meetings Thursday, December 4, 2025 12:00 pm - 12:00 pm CCE-Steuben, Steuben County Office Building Annex 20 E.Morris St, Bath, New York 14810 Cornell Cooperative Extension of Steuben County will hold public board and program committee meetings in 2025 and welcomes public comment at the beginning of each meeting. All meetings will be held at the Steuben County Office Building Annex (2nd floor conference room), 20 East Morris Street in Bath, NY or via Zoom as NYS Open Meeting Law allows at the times specified.Members of the public are requested to RSVP their attendance at these meetings to 607-664-2300 or amz65@cornell.edu. =========================================