CORNELL COOPERATIVE EXTENSION STATEWIDE MISSION
The Cornell Cooperative Extension educational system enables people to improve their lives and communities through partnerships that put experience and research knowledge to work.
Spring Housing Tour Featuring Renewable Energy
Spring is the time of year many homeowners plan or begin home improvements and new home construction to save energy. If you are exploring alternative ways to save on home heating and utility costs, then plan to attend the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Delaware County Annual SPRING HOUSING TOUR on Saturday, June 9, 2012. This year’s housing tour will feature renewable energy systems and new technology to track energy usage. The tour will include a visit to a solar array, a hydro power project overview, several solar photovoltaic/solar heat systems, a tracking unit, a solar thermal air collector, wind mill, energy efficient technology and solar thermal pool hot water collector. There will be a presentation on wind technology after lunch and new technology for homeowners to track energy consumption from the Delaware County Electric Cooperative.
Click on the attached for more information: Housing Tour Flyer 2012
FOOD & FITNESS CONFERENCE
The Cornell Cooperative Extension’s 28th Annual Food & Fitness Conference will be held at the Foxcare Center Conference Room on Tuesday, June 12, 2012 from 4:30 to 7:30 pm. "Get Your Plate In Shape" is the topic with keynote speaker Helen Battisti, R.D. Ms. Battisti is and author and lifestyle coach and is an adjunct professor at Marywood University Graduate School, Scranton, PA and Broome Community College, Binghamton, NY. She will present a workshop on the new plate dietary recommendations and how health/nutrition educators, school lunch managers and the public can get their food and exercise choices in shape for a healthy lifestyle.
Click on attached for more information: Food & Fitness Flyer-2012
"THERE'S ROOM TO BLOOM THROUGH QUILTING" PROJECT
CCE-Delaware County has been working with the Delaware County Cancer Coalition to educate the public on cancer awareness and screening through quilting.
This year’s County Fair quilt project will encourage quilters and the public to get involved in quilting because “There’s Room to Bloom Through Quilting.” We would like to display quilt projects this year at the Delaware County Fair that you have been especially proud to create and have given you “Room to Bloom” your quilting skills!
To participate in “There’s Room to Bloom Through Quilting” project, each individual or group is asked to complete a wall hanging or mini-quilt by Friday, July 20, 2012. The quilted projects will be displayed at the Delaware County Fair August 13-18, 2012 and may be available for bid. Quilt projects bid money will be donated to Relay for Life. Quilters can also volunteer to do quilting demonstrations at the Delaware County Fair.
For more information about this year’s quilt project or to receive a copy of the project guidelines, please call 607-865-6531 or e-mail vsd22@cornell.edu.
“A CUSTOMER WILL BE FOUR TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BUY AT YOUR FARMERS’ MARKET IF….”
You can’t answer or finish this statement with confidence, you are invited to come, spend six hours with nationally respected marketing consultant Bruce Baker on May 18th at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Delaware County, in Hamden, N.Y., starting at 10 a.m.
$$ You will learn to “show it and sell it” with a few modest changes in your display & words.
$$ You will find out how customers’ needs and desires have changed, what current and future trends are shaping consumer demands.
$$ Bring a photo of your stand or a sample of your product and packaging for Baker’s critique and a fun day of learning!
Funded through a grant from the Farmers’ Market Promotion Program, this program is an opportunity that will not be repeated! So call Cornell Cooperative Extension today for more information or a registration form: 607-865-6531.
Click on the attached file for more information: Spend the Day with Bruce Baker-May 18, 2012
CATSKILL GRASS BIO-ENERGY PROJECT
Grass biomass is receiving interest as a renewable alternative energy source as energy prices have dramatically increased in recent years. Production and combustion of grass biomass pellets for heating is a very promising option that offers the following advantages:
* Local energy loop
* Very efficient energy conversion
* Very environmentally friendly
(low net greenhouse gas production)
* Existing infrastructure on farms to harvest haycrop
* Compatible with livestock and crop operations
* Maintains open space
* Annually renewable crop
* Stove and furnace technology is very efficient
and low emission
Check out more by clicking on the following links:
(more information located under the Agriculture & Natural Resource Tab)
Catskill Grass Bioenergy Project
Why Grass Pellet Fuel?