Topic: Vegetable Processing, Production & Protection
Field Trip Leaders: Brian Nault, Sarah Pethybridge, Julie Kikkert
Locations: Jordan Hall auditorium, Seneca Foods, and local veg farm
Please meet in the Jordan Hall auditorium by 7:50 AM
Agenda:
8:00 AM - Jordan Hall auditorium – Introduction to NYS Vegetable Production and Cornell Cooperative Extension
8:45 AM - Tour of Seneca Foods Corporation (sauerkraut production, canned vegetable distribution), 100 Gambee Rd., Geneva, NY 14456.
Note: Must have closed-toe shoes and do not wear any jewelry.
10:00 AM - Visit HemDale Farms Cabbage Field 42.881490, -77.033075 (park on Prospect Hill Rd.).
10:30 AM - Visit Vegetable Research Trial plots – Cornell Agritech
12:00 PM - Back to Jordan Hall
Lunch will be on your own when you return to Cornell AgriTech