Roots & Wisdom

Roots & Wisdom Roots & Wisdom runs an annual summer program for high school youth, lasting 6 - 9 weeks.

Roots & Wisdom is a program of Cornell Cooperative Extension, Schenectady County, whose mission is to educate and empower Schenectady County youth through an agricultural lens. Roots & Wisdom's mission is to educate a diverse group of residents - particularly youth - from Schenectady County about organic agriculture, sustainability, healthy nutrition, job readiness, the importance of community inv

olvement and more. Youth participants from both urban and suburban backgrounds work together in our garden located in Central Park. They are mentored by crew leaders and together, the group becomes a family as they grow, harvest, sell and donate vegetables to the local community together. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram () to get the latest on our program, including when Harvest Share sign-ups begin and when we open our weekly Farm Stand!!

02/14/2026

🌱 What will you learn in Seed to Supper? 🌱
This 6-session course covers:
🥕 Planning your garden
🌱 Building healthy soil
🌼 Planting your garden
💧 Caring for your plants
🥬 Harvesting and using your bounty
You’ll gain the skills you need to grow food successfully—step by step.
If you are an adult with limited budget register for Seed to Supper classes by visiting:
🌐 Website: schenectady.cce.cornell.edu

Think gardening is expensive or complicated? 🌿Seed to Supper shows individuals on a limited budget that growing your own...
02/13/2026

Think gardening is expensive or complicated? 🌿
Seed to Supper shows individuals on a limited budget that growing your own food can be simple, affordable, and fun.
✔️ No gardening experience needed
✔️ Perfect for first-time gardeners
✔️ Designed for real life and real budgets
Enrollment is now open—reach out today to reserve your spot!
To register for Seed to Supper classes or learn more:

Welcome to Cornell Cooperative Extension of Schenectady County! Since 1918, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Schenectady County (CCE,SC) has responded to the needs of local residents with unbiased, research-based information, tools and education that people have come to depend on and trust. ...

We did it!
11/12/2025

We did it!

Time to plant our garlic!
11/10/2025

Time to plant our garlic!

The fields are doing well with the cover crops. Today we are getting ready to split garlic for planting and our goal is ...
10/30/2025

The fields are doing well with the cover crops. Today we are getting ready to split garlic for planting and our goal is to seed 3000 next week. We have seed and consumption quality for sale. Please reach out to [email protected] or at 518-598-5511 to place your order.

Thank you to the GE Aerospace volunteers for all of their help this morning. They helped us with the harvest of Swiss ch...
09/11/2025

Thank you to the GE Aerospace volunteers for all of their help this morning. They helped us with the harvest of Swiss chard, Dino kale, banana peppers and the creation of all the flowers bouquets.

Farm stand is open every Monday and aThursday from 12 to 4 pmDon’t forget to stop at our farm stand. Our crew takes a lo...
07/17/2025

Farm stand is open every Monday and aThursday from 12 to 4 pm

Don’t forget to stop at our farm stand. Our crew takes a lot of pride in providing good produce to sell. This morning we had wonderful help from Liberty ARC, both City club and Life prep 2.

We always have time for fun while we work and learn as well!

We are ready for our farm stand
07/07/2025

We are ready for our farm stand

What a productive Thursday! Our Crew Leaders Isabella, Sawyer and Phil started their training on getting the Harvest Sha...
06/27/2025

What a productive Thursday! Our Crew Leaders Isabella, Sawyer and Phil started their training on getting the Harvest Shares and farm stand ready with the help of our amazing volunteers Pat, Janette, Dr Chen, Jessica and Jane. We harvested over 300 lbs of lettuce to be donated to different food pantries in the area.
We also had the help of Liberty ARC with City Club and Life prep 2, with the project later being finalized by The group of Living Resources - The College Experience.
The most joyful part of the day was that our tractor arrived!!
Thanks to everyone who supported this great effort to get this equipment.!!

Look at what was delivered today!!! A huge THANK YOU to all of our generous donors! This tractor will be an incredible a...
06/26/2025

Look at what was delivered today!!!
A huge THANK YOU to all of our generous donors! This tractor will be an incredible asset to the Sustainable Living Center and Roots & Wisdom programming. We could not have done it without you!

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180 PTL Arthur Chaires Lane
Schenectady, NY
12309

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