Lydia M. C. Reidy, Executive Director
10 Westbrook Lane
Kingston, NY 12401
Phone: 845-340-3990
Fax: 845-340-3993
E-mail: ulster@cornell.edu
Website: cce.cornell.edu/ulster
Office Hours: 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM Mon-Fri
Home/Consumer Horticulture Diagnostic Lab
Soil Tests, Insect & Plant Identification
Office & Hort Hotline Hours: 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM Mon., Wed. & Fri.
Hort Hotline: 845-340-DIRT (3478), Open March 1st through November 1st
Phoenicia
Satellite Office - Esopus Creek Management Plan Program
5575 Rt. 28 (Phoenicia Plaza) Phoenicia, NY 12464
(No Mail
Service)
Office
Hours: Please call for office hours
Phone
number: 845-688-5496
Hudson Valley Research Laboratory
Agricultural Research & Extension on Tree Fruits & Vegetables -
Commercial Production Only
3357 Route 9W, PO 727
Highland, NY 12528
Phone: 845-691-7117
Fax: 845-691-2719
Website: http://www.cce.cornell.edu/hvfruit
For more than ninety years Cornell University
Cooperative Extension has been delivering state-of-the art, university
based research to people throughout Ulster County.
Our efforts seek to strengthen the economic and social
vitality of communities; develop the skills, abilities and character of
youth and adults; strengthen agriculture and help local food systems
thrive; improve the quality of the environment and natural resources; and
to improve the health, nutrition, and safety of communities and
individuals. We accomplish this through a network of community-based
educators providing information and education to residents, businesses and
community leaders in the following areas.
Agriculture
- Production practices, integrated pest management, marketing, business
planning, diversification, organic growing methods & alternative
crops
- Techniques to improve farm profitability, worker safety & environmental stewardship
- Outreach through commodity schools, on farm
meetings, demonstration plots, newsletters, electronic messages & collaborative research.
Environment
- Safe pest control for the home, school, athletic fields, garden & landscape
- Soil nutrient testing for commercial producers & home gardeners
- Information and landscape advice for home gardeners through Master
Gardener Horticulture Hotline, Diagnostic Lab, workshops & demonstrations
- Training pesticide applicators for state certification
- Stream management education and outreach (upper Esopus Creek)
Community and Economic Vitality
- Demonstration & learning gardens
- Land use issues (farmland preservation, agritourism, sprawl, etc.)
- Leadership training & development
- Community collaboration for children & families
- Housing resources & education
Families and Youth
- Financial Literacy
- Parenting education: practices & policies
- Education programs on early childhood care & development
- Child, youth & family development programs
- 4H
Club program
- In school & after school programming
- Special interest Programs (Tractor Safety Certification, Environmental
Awareness Day, Vet Science, etc.)
Nutrition and Health
- Consumer nutrition education in group and individual settings
- Low income nutrition education programs (Eat Smart New York-Food
Stamp Nutrition Education, Expanded Food and Nutrition Education
Program)
- Farmer's Market nutrition education programs
