Seneca County Cornell Cooperative Extension

10/18/2026

Celebrate Seneca County Ag Night on Monday, October 19 from 5pm-7pm at Fall Street Brewing with us!

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Seneca County invites all interested in local food and agriculture to join us in celebrating the bounty of Seneca County’s farms, dairies, and vineyards!

Sample local produce and foods prepared using our Farm to School and SNAP-Ed recipes. The recipes will be available so you can recreate them at home. Additionally, several other local food purveyors will be on hand featuring their unique products. Craft beverages and wood fired oven pizza from Fall Street Brewing will be available for purchase.

Representatives from CCE’s Regional Agriculture teams and other county agricultural related organizations will also be on hand to provide information and answer questions.

This event is open to the public and there is no charge or registration needed. Event information can also be found on our website at www.senecacountycce.org

Questions? Call CCE Seneca at 315-539-9251

10/17/2026

The Seneca County Cornell Cooperative Extension Staff were out and about yesterday traveling around the county to search out the Seneca County Root b**r we will pair with Cornell Dairy Ice Cream during our Annual Celebration of Seneca County Root b**r Floats in July. We visited Three Brothers Wineries and Estates, Wagner Vineyards Estate Winery, and Fleur de Lis Brew Works. We even selected an Orange soda as Creamsicle Floats have been requested by taste testers in the past.

Curious what we have selected? Visit us next summer at Farmers Markets and the Cayuga and Seneca County 4-H Youth Fair to get a taste!

We make numerous efforts throughout the year to highlight and share local products as part of our Agriculture Economic Development Program. We encourage supporting local farms,agricultural producers, and agribusinesses.

We will be highlighting numerous other Seneca County products at our Annual Celebrate Seneca County Agriculture Event. All are welcome, join us!

• Monday, October 19, 2026, from 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
• Location: Fall Street Brewing Co., 97 Fall Street, Seneca Falls, NY 13148
• Free admission open to the public

Celebrate Seneca County Ag Night

10/17/2026

It's a beautiful fall day at the Seneca County Community Garden ! ☀️ Your Seneca County Cornell Cooperative Extension staff are here to celebrate the season with you!!

🧥 Grab your coat and come enjoy some sunshine with us!

🎨 Kid activities (sun catchers, wooden decorations, face painting, pumpkin painting), lessons on how to identify trees and food samples (apple and grape juice, fire c***r, harvest soup) for all.

And of course learn from Master Gardeners who are "putting the garden to bed" for the winter. 🪏

Here until 11 ... right next to the Seneca Falls Police Department!

10/15/2026

Please join us today , Thursday October 15, from 2pm -6pm at Gems Waterloo for our CCE Seneca Pumpkin Day at Waterloo Farmers Market!

We will have mini pumpkins to decorate, pie 🥧 pumpkins to hand out to families , and of course pumpkin muffins to sample .

We will have upcoming events to share as well as fun fall recipes to try out at home . Hope to see you this afternoon.

10/14/2026

TOMORROW, October 15th from 2pm-6pm at Gems Waterloo!

CCE Seneca will be handing out FREE locally grown pie pumpkins from The Pumpkin Stand! (one per family while supplies last) And for youth who answer a pumpkin question correctly, we will have either mini or carving pumpkins (while supplies last)

There will also be mini-pumpkin muffins to sample along with pumpkin recipes and information about the nutritional benefits of orange veggies to take home.

The 4-H program will have fun Fall activities and games for youth with the opportunity to decorate a pumpkin and win prizes, too!

To help carry everything, get a Seneca Recycles reusable shopping bag or backpack with recycling information. Seneca County residents can also take home a recycling blue bin while supplies last.

SAVE THE DATE (Tuesday, October 20) for CCE Seneca Pumpkin Day at Seneca Falls Farmers Market 🎃

10/13/2026

Rain, shine, or snow on Saturday, October 17th, come celebrate the harvest season with us by bringing the family to Fall Fun Day!

We are excited to offer a day of FREE hands-on fun fall activities at the Seneca County Community Garden, for all ages!

Register online at: https://reg.cce.cornell.edu/fallfunday2026_245
If you do not have access to the internet, call our office at 315-539-9251.
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CCE Seneca Master Gardeners will be sharing advice on how to put your garden to bed for winter, including demonstrations on how to clean and care for your gardening tools and trellises for end of the season.

CCE Seneca Master Food Preservers will be demonstrating how to steam juice and share food preservation methods for juicing apples and grapes, in addition to tips and tricks on how to harvest, freeze, can, dehydrate and ferment your fall produce. There will be nutrition information on fall fruits and vegetables as well as samples to enjoy.

CCE Seneca 4-H staff will be leading youth in pumpkin and other fall themed activities, so don’t miss out on this jam-packed event!

10/13/2026

Hey Flower Friend,

At this past Saturday’s “Let’s Garden Day” hosted by Seneca County Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) we all got super-charged to dig right into spring gardening with-
✔️free references
✔️knowledgeable presenters
✔️a nutritional spread of food
✔️Master Gardener’s at the ready for all of our questions and
✔️generous door prizes

As one of 3 presenters I took attendees on a visual tour of my naturally evolving life, which has been Divinely designed from day 1 up to where I’m at now, in this ever-evolving nature and art education business 🥰 💐 🎨

And of course we had to create something using natural materials, so we took a “field trip” outside to sculpt vine wreaths. We then embellished them for spring using dried botanicals and blown out (naturally) colored eggs from our youngest chickens ♥️


The other presenters included-

🍒Roger Ort – Ort Family Farm
2761 Yorski Rd. Bradford NY 14815 607-583-2467
[email protected]
*Specializing in (specialty) Grafted Fruit Trees

Eager and super excited, Roger convinced us all of a variety of trees we need to have including the Paw Paw! It’s on my list and I plan to make an appointment at their farm early Fall to purchase a few to add to our orchard.

🪏Amanda Martinez – Graduate Student @ Cornell University, Department of Horticulture
*Educated us all on Soil Organic Matter

Andrea took us deep into the science of soil, confirming my “no dig”, chemical-free practice and use of compost, mulching with organic matter and keeping root systems in the soil year round, which benefits the fungi and mycelium who provide necessary nutrients to growing plants.
Now all I have to do is make sure all those “native species” don’t go to seed in my cut-flower beds 😳

Please feel free to reach out with any of your spring gardening and seed starting questions!
I’d be happy to help and wish you all the best,
🌷Danielle

10/10/2026

We were so happy to be a part of STEPS Project annual Day of Service this year!

We had fun connecting with the Hobart and William Smith Colleges Women’s Ice Hockey Team 🏒 and were very appreciative of their help preparing Ovid Community Garden for hibernation this winter. Thank you for all of the help ladies!

If anyone is free next Saturday morning, we’ll be at Seneca County Community Garden for our annual Fall Fun Day! CCE Seneca Master Garden Volunteers will be demonstrating how to clean and care for your trellises and tools, and how to prepare your beds for winter after the harvest season has passed. We will have fun fall activities for youth and families provided by Seneca County 4-H NY, samples and recipes provided by Seneca CCE Master Food Preservers, handouts on putting your garden to rest, winter composting, upcoming events and more ! Please join us during 9am -11am if you’re able to next Saturday, October 17th 🍁

10/09/2026