Cornell Cooperative Extension of Monroe County

09/11/2026

Purchase garlic and learn how to grow it, too! Our upcoming Homegrown Garlic webinar will cover planting, cultivating, harvesting, curing, and storing garlic. Register to buy a high-quality Certified Naturally Grown garlic seed and start your garlic-growing journey. Ed Fraser of Fraser’s Garlic Farm, Jamila Haseler, Agriculture and Food System Educator at CCE Monroe, and Alyssa VanValkenburg, CCE Monroe nutritionist, will cover the key aspects of growing and using garlic successfully.

Garlic is one of the easiest plants to grow in your vegetable plot, and October is the perfect time for planting! Join our webinar and learn directly from Ed Fraser, a local farmer, how to grow it. He will walk you through the planting, cultivating, harvesting, curing, and storing process. ...

09/11/2026

Interesting article from our friends at URMC - 25 Years Later, Studying the Health Effects of 9/11

09/11/2026

Are you interested in learning the various techniques of food preservation? CCE Livingston County is offering a 3 Day Master Food Preservation class in October in Livonia.

🥕🍅 IT’S BACK — WE’RE DOING IT ALL OVER AGAIN! 🫙💚

This is one of our most sought-after classes, and we’ve been hearing the same question for the last year: “When are you offering Master Food Preservation again?!”

Well… HERE IT IS! 🙌

Join Cornell Cooperative Extension of Livingston County for our 3-day Master Food Preservation Class, October 15–17! If you’ve ever wanted to become more confident with food preservation, expand your skills, or really understand the why behind safe preserving practices, this is the class you don’t want to miss.

And one of the very best parts? This class can connect you with an incredible group of women and men right here in Livingston County who continue to get together every month to learn, practice, share their knowledge, and keep building their food preservation skills. ❤️

🫙 October 15, 16 & 17 | 8:30 AM–4:30 PM daily
📍 South Livonia United Church of Christ
💲 $150 Livingston County residents | $200 outside Livingston County
👥 Limited to ONLY 20 participants!
📞 Call 585-991-5420 to register

Three full days. Hands-on learning. New skills. New connections. And SO much knowledge to take home with you.

Don’t wait on this one. If you’ve been asking when it was coming back, this is your opportunity! We cannot wait to welcome our newest group of Master Food Preservers! 🫙🍎🥒

09/09/2026

A South Lawn Farm volunteer snapped this beautiful picture of this bee on a straw flower! Thanks Jim!

South Lawn Farm is taking part in a cover crop study that is starting this fall, over wintering, and going on into next season! Thanks for including us Lori and CCE Harvest NY Resilient Ag !

09/05/2026

This Labor Day, we recognize and appreciate the hard work, dedication, and contributions of workers in our community and across the country. 💚

Our office will be closed Monday, September 7, in observance of Labor Day. We hope everyone has a safe and restful holiday, and we’ll see you Tuesday!

09/04/2026

Join us for this great event! Did you know fall is the best time to plant? Our Master Gardeners will be selling a limited number of MUMS and PERENNIALS. All CCE Monroe programs will be onsite with engaging educational activities. Stop by our Agriculture table to learn more about garlic and purchase some seed garlic for your own garden. One afternoon...you won't want to miss it! https://www.monroecounty.gov/harvestfest

09/04/2026

A great garden starts with great soil! One way to maintain a good health and high nutrient content of your production soil is through addition of garden compost. Organic compost is a great source to keep your soil performing well. But composting is more than recycling garden waste or kitchen scraps – it’s a way of creating a healthy environment for all creatures living in it or above it, including you! Come and learn good composting practices to help you convert your garden into a sustainable heaven.

Instructor Jarmila Haseler, Agriculture and Food System Educator, CCE Monroe, will discuss an introduction to hot, cold, and tumbler composting at home!

A great garden starts with great soil! One way to maintain a good health and high nutrient content of your production soil is through addition of garden compost. Organic compost...

09/03/2026

Making deliveries is one of our favorite things to do! - GROWS team

09/02/2026

Big shoutout to the The Arc of Monroe work experience groups that visit South Lawn Farm and help the GROWS team out weekly! Together we accomplish so much! From harvesting, deadheading, seeding, prepping packaging, farm maintenance and so much more! Thank you for being a part of Rochester's local food system.

09/01/2026

SAVE THE DATE!

Mark your calendars! Our Durand Eastman Park Arboretum Tours are returning this fall, beginning Sunday, October 4!

Join us for a series of guided tours exploring the trees, plants, and unique landscape features of beautiful Durand Eastman Park. It’s a wonderful opportunity to get outside, learn something new, and enjoy the park as the seasons change.

📅 Tours begin Sunday, October 4
📍 Durand Eastman Park
🌿 No registration required!

More information, including tour dates, times, meeting locations, and details, can be found on our event page:

https://monroe.cce.cornell.edu/events/2026/10/04/durand-eastman-park-arboretum-tours

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