Cornell Cooperative Extension Tompkins County
@ccetompkins.bsky.social
We put knowledge to work in pursuit of economic vitality, ecological sustainability and social well-being. We bring local experience and research based solutions together, helping New York State families and communities thrive in our rapidly changing world
Your support will help these programs — and all who benefit from them — thrive. Each dollar can make a difference! bit.ly/CCE-TC25
November 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Your support will help these programs — and all who benefit from them — thrive. Each dollar can make a difference! bit.ly/CCE-TC25
Our mission is to bring local experience and research based solutions together, through our 4-H youth programs, ag and home gardening support, energy advising, family/parenting workshops, nutrition classes, compost education, health navigation, and other supportive spaces. bit.ly/CCE-TC25
November 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Our mission is to bring local experience and research based solutions together, through our 4-H youth programs, ag and home gardening support, energy advising, family/parenting workshops, nutrition classes, compost education, health navigation, and other supportive spaces. bit.ly/CCE-TC25
Take earth and make it art! Join Primitive Pursuits to learn the processes of taking clay from the ground and transforming it into pottery you can enjoy. At this one day workshop, 1-4 pm on Saturday, December 7, you will learn to clean and sculpt wild clay into ceramic art you can take home.
November 18, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Take earth and make it art! Join Primitive Pursuits to learn the processes of taking clay from the ground and transforming it into pottery you can enjoy. At this one day workshop, 1-4 pm on Saturday, December 7, you will learn to clean and sculpt wild clay into ceramic art you can take home.
Pruning reduces pests & diseases while maximizing production. Prune fruit trees & cane berries as instructed for that variety late fall for the next growing season or as days lengthen before buds begin to swell in early spring. Compost fallen fruit/prunings in another location.
#ecologicalgardenCCE
#ecologicalgardenCCE
November 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Pruning reduces pests & diseases while maximizing production. Prune fruit trees & cane berries as instructed for that variety late fall for the next growing season or as days lengthen before buds begin to swell in early spring. Compost fallen fruit/prunings in another location.
#ecologicalgardenCCE
#ecologicalgardenCCE
Sign up for Monday morning Open Family Play! From Nov 24-Apr 13, families with children ages 0-4 can play and socialize with other families. We'll provide toys, books, and space for movement. Register online at ccetompkins.wufoo.com/forms/family-open-play-20252026
November 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Sign up for Monday morning Open Family Play! From Nov 24-Apr 13, families with children ages 0-4 can play and socialize with other families. We'll provide toys, books, and space for movement. Register online at ccetompkins.wufoo.com/forms/family-open-play-20252026
Trees on farms can serve many purposes: shading livestock, sheltering from wind, serving as stream buffers along field edges, and producing a nut, fruit or timber crop. Alongside these functions, they also sequester carbon!
Learn more and sign up for this workshop: ccetompkins.org/events/2025/...
Learn more and sign up for this workshop: ccetompkins.org/events/2025/...
November 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Trees on farms can serve many purposes: shading livestock, sheltering from wind, serving as stream buffers along field edges, and producing a nut, fruit or timber crop. Alongside these functions, they also sequester carbon!
Learn more and sign up for this workshop: ccetompkins.org/events/2025/...
Learn more and sign up for this workshop: ccetompkins.org/events/2025/...
Join a special cooking & nutrition class on Healthy Thanksgiving Cooking 🍽️, 4:30-5:30 pm, Thursday, 11/20 at CCE Tompkins. Pick up tips and kitchen skills while learning to prepare cranberry sauce, mac & cheese, and roasted squash! RSVP to Nutrition Director Craig at cl2742@cornell.edu.
November 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Join a special cooking & nutrition class on Healthy Thanksgiving Cooking 🍽️, 4:30-5:30 pm, Thursday, 11/20 at CCE Tompkins. Pick up tips and kitchen skills while learning to prepare cranberry sauce, mac & cheese, and roasted squash! RSVP to Nutrition Director Craig at cl2742@cornell.edu.
Add a personal touch to your holiday décor with a cozy evening of cross-stitching! In this beginner-friendly workshop, learn the basics of cross-stitch as you craft a delicate snowflake design.
Wednesday, November 12, 6:30–8:00 PM
CCE Tompkins, 615 Willow Ave, Ithaca
$30 per person | Ages 12+
Wednesday, November 12, 6:30–8:00 PM
CCE Tompkins, 615 Willow Ave, Ithaca
$30 per person | Ages 12+
November 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Add a personal touch to your holiday décor with a cozy evening of cross-stitching! In this beginner-friendly workshop, learn the basics of cross-stitch as you craft a delicate snowflake design.
Wednesday, November 12, 6:30–8:00 PM
CCE Tompkins, 615 Willow Ave, Ithaca
$30 per person | Ages 12+
Wednesday, November 12, 6:30–8:00 PM
CCE Tompkins, 615 Willow Ave, Ithaca
$30 per person | Ages 12+
If you missed this month's newsletter, you can find it online at conta.cc/4nvSD0Z to read about:
🔥 Primitive Pursuits Outdoor Skills
🏡 Free Energy Advising
🍠 Healthy Thanksgiving Cooking
🧸 Free Family Events
🍂 Bokashi Composting
☃️ Winter Crafts
🖌️ Thriving Futures Murals
✅ And More!
🔥 Primitive Pursuits Outdoor Skills
🏡 Free Energy Advising
🍠 Healthy Thanksgiving Cooking
🧸 Free Family Events
🍂 Bokashi Composting
☃️ Winter Crafts
🖌️ Thriving Futures Murals
✅ And More!
November 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
If you missed this month's newsletter, you can find it online at conta.cc/4nvSD0Z to read about:
🔥 Primitive Pursuits Outdoor Skills
🏡 Free Energy Advising
🍠 Healthy Thanksgiving Cooking
🧸 Free Family Events
🍂 Bokashi Composting
☃️ Winter Crafts
🖌️ Thriving Futures Murals
✅ And More!
🔥 Primitive Pursuits Outdoor Skills
🏡 Free Energy Advising
🍠 Healthy Thanksgiving Cooking
🧸 Free Family Events
🍂 Bokashi Composting
☃️ Winter Crafts
🖌️ Thriving Futures Murals
✅ And More!
Providing food and habitat encourages birds to forage and take shelter in your garden. Leave the seeds of late blooming perennials for our feathered friends to eat.
#ecologicalgardenCCE
#ecologicalgardenCCE
November 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Providing food and habitat encourages birds to forage and take shelter in your garden. Leave the seeds of late blooming perennials for our feathered friends to eat.
#ecologicalgardenCCE
#ecologicalgardenCCE
A local fiber Holiday Pop up Store will be open Wednesday to Sunday, 11 am-6 pm (and until 8 pm Thursdays) Nov 1 to Dec 28! Stop by 115 South Cayuga St for yarn, fiber, handmade items, and crafting supplies. They will be hosting open spinning and knitting evenings & workshops over the next 2 months.
October 31, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A local fiber Holiday Pop up Store will be open Wednesday to Sunday, 11 am-6 pm (and until 8 pm Thursdays) Nov 1 to Dec 28! Stop by 115 South Cayuga St for yarn, fiber, handmade items, and crafting supplies. They will be hosting open spinning and knitting evenings & workshops over the next 2 months.
This Tuesday, hear presentations from four Master Gardener Volunteers about how each went about growing native plants in their gardens, their successes, and lessons learned. This program is valued at $20, however, please pay what you are able. Sign up at ccetompkins.wufoo.com/forms/za9ql120ey7be8.
October 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
This Tuesday, hear presentations from four Master Gardener Volunteers about how each went about growing native plants in their gardens, their successes, and lessons learned. This program is valued at $20, however, please pay what you are able. Sign up at ccetompkins.wufoo.com/forms/za9ql120ey7be8.
Overwintering insects need winter cover. Leave the hollow stems of late blooming perennials for beneficial invertebrates to use as a cozy home for winter.
#ecologicalgardenCCE
#ecologicalgardenCCE
October 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Overwintering insects need winter cover. Leave the hollow stems of late blooming perennials for beneficial invertebrates to use as a cozy home for winter.
#ecologicalgardenCCE
#ecologicalgardenCCE
All are invited to a community book discussion of Charles Darwin’s last published work, The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms with Observations on Their Habits, at CCE Tompkins!
This event is free and open to the public. Sign up online at civi.ccetompkins.org/civicrm/even...
This event is free and open to the public. Sign up online at civi.ccetompkins.org/civicrm/even...
October 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
All are invited to a community book discussion of Charles Darwin’s last published work, The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms with Observations on Their Habits, at CCE Tompkins!
This event is free and open to the public. Sign up online at civi.ccetompkins.org/civicrm/even...
This event is free and open to the public. Sign up online at civi.ccetompkins.org/civicrm/even...
Join us for the 4-H Fall Festival, 10 am - 3 pm on Saturday, October 18 at Ithaca's Tractor Supply Co.!
Stop by any time to visit local animals, make crafts, play games, purchase baked treats, and learn more about 4-H programs for local youth.
Stop by any time to visit local animals, make crafts, play games, purchase baked treats, and learn more about 4-H programs for local youth.
October 9, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Join us for the 4-H Fall Festival, 10 am - 3 pm on Saturday, October 18 at Ithaca's Tractor Supply Co.!
Stop by any time to visit local animals, make crafts, play games, purchase baked treats, and learn more about 4-H programs for local youth.
Stop by any time to visit local animals, make crafts, play games, purchase baked treats, and learn more about 4-H programs for local youth.
Winter is time for record keeping, resource gathering, and reflection. Maximize your success with ecological site planning. With the "right plant, right place" approach, your garden landscape will thrive and provide abundance and habitat in a changing climate.
#ecologicalgardenCCE
#ecologicalgardenCCE
October 9, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Winter is time for record keeping, resource gathering, and reflection. Maximize your success with ecological site planning. With the "right plant, right place" approach, your garden landscape will thrive and provide abundance and habitat in a changing climate.
#ecologicalgardenCCE
#ecologicalgardenCCE
The Healthy Eating Support Community is a welcoming, non-judgmental, and trauma-informed space for anyone struggling with making changes to their diet, for whatever reason, with whatever goals.
Next meeting Oct 9 4:30-5:30 pm, making sweet potato pie (gluten free) and winter squash salad.
Next meeting Oct 9 4:30-5:30 pm, making sweet potato pie (gluten free) and winter squash salad.
October 2, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The Healthy Eating Support Community is a welcoming, non-judgmental, and trauma-informed space for anyone struggling with making changes to their diet, for whatever reason, with whatever goals.
Next meeting Oct 9 4:30-5:30 pm, making sweet potato pie (gluten free) and winter squash salad.
Next meeting Oct 9 4:30-5:30 pm, making sweet potato pie (gluten free) and winter squash salad.
Outdoor composting skills can help you to deal with large amounts of leaves, garden debris, food scraps and more in a productive and environmentally-friendly way! The compost will improve your soil and your garden will thrive.
Just $5 per household — sign up at civi.ccetompkins.org/civicrm/even....
Just $5 per household — sign up at civi.ccetompkins.org/civicrm/even....
September 30, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Outdoor composting skills can help you to deal with large amounts of leaves, garden debris, food scraps and more in a productive and environmentally-friendly way! The compost will improve your soil and your garden will thrive.
Just $5 per household — sign up at civi.ccetompkins.org/civicrm/even....
Just $5 per household — sign up at civi.ccetompkins.org/civicrm/even....
Fall is an ideal time to build new garden beds, or rehabilitate existing beds by adding compost. Sheet mulching - or lasagna gardening - is an easy, low-cost method of smothering weeds while building soil organic matter. #ecologicalgardenCC
September 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Fall is an ideal time to build new garden beds, or rehabilitate existing beds by adding compost. Sheet mulching - or lasagna gardening - is an easy, low-cost method of smothering weeds while building soil organic matter. #ecologicalgardenCC
If you've found yourself with too many apples for fresh eating, or if you're just curious about food preservation, join us at 5:30 pm on Tuesday, October 7, for a workshop on how to preserve apples and other seasonal foods at their peak flavor.
ccetompkins.org/events/2025/...
ccetompkins.org/events/2025/...
September 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
If you've found yourself with too many apples for fresh eating, or if you're just curious about food preservation, join us at 5:30 pm on Tuesday, October 7, for a workshop on how to preserve apples and other seasonal foods at their peak flavor.
ccetompkins.org/events/2025/...
ccetompkins.org/events/2025/...
Cover crops are an inexpensive and efficient way to rebuild soil fertility and organic matter while protecting your soil from winter damage. There are different cover crops for different purposes such as adding soil nutrients, feeding soil microbes, or keeping weeds at bay. #ecologicalgardenCCE
September 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Cover crops are an inexpensive and efficient way to rebuild soil fertility and organic matter while protecting your soil from winter damage. There are different cover crops for different purposes such as adding soil nutrients, feeding soil microbes, or keeping weeds at bay. #ecologicalgardenCCE
Learning doesn't have to stop once the school day ends! Register for Primitive Pursuits Afterschool Adventures at 4-H Acres. Our all outdoor all-weather program gives kids what they need to grow and deepen their connection with the world around them. Register at PrimitivePursuits.com/after-school.
September 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Learning doesn't have to stop once the school day ends! Register for Primitive Pursuits Afterschool Adventures at 4-H Acres. Our all outdoor all-weather program gives kids what they need to grow and deepen their connection with the world around them. Register at PrimitivePursuits.com/after-school.
The Cornell Maple Program will host a workday in the 1-acre Arnot Agroforestry Research and Demonstration Plot. The plot includes 18 species of woody and herbaceous crops growing under the canopy of a mature maple forest in an active sugarbush.
Sign up online ccetompkins.wufoo.com/forms/farmin....
Sign up online ccetompkins.wufoo.com/forms/farmin....
September 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The Cornell Maple Program will host a workday in the 1-acre Arnot Agroforestry Research and Demonstration Plot. The plot includes 18 species of woody and herbaceous crops growing under the canopy of a mature maple forest in an active sugarbush.
Sign up online ccetompkins.wufoo.com/forms/farmin....
Sign up online ccetompkins.wufoo.com/forms/farmin....
Learn the art of baking gluten-free treats that are so moist and delicious, no one will believe they're gluten-free!
This class will take place at 4:30 pm, Thurs, September 11, as part of the Healthy Eating Support Community — message Nutrition Director Craig at cl2742@cornell.edu to sign up.
This class will take place at 4:30 pm, Thurs, September 11, as part of the Healthy Eating Support Community — message Nutrition Director Craig at cl2742@cornell.edu to sign up.
September 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Learn the art of baking gluten-free treats that are so moist and delicious, no one will believe they're gluten-free!
This class will take place at 4:30 pm, Thurs, September 11, as part of the Healthy Eating Support Community — message Nutrition Director Craig at cl2742@cornell.edu to sign up.
This class will take place at 4:30 pm, Thurs, September 11, as part of the Healthy Eating Support Community — message Nutrition Director Craig at cl2742@cornell.edu to sign up.
Calling all farmland owners! Interested in leasing your land to a farmer? Join our webinar, 7-8:30 Sept 17, to learn about the benefits, challenges, legalities, tax breaks, and how to find the right farmer for you. We'll also explore cooperative farming options.
September 3, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Calling all farmland owners! Interested in leasing your land to a farmer? Join our webinar, 7-8:30 Sept 17, to learn about the benefits, challenges, legalities, tax breaks, and how to find the right farmer for you. We'll also explore cooperative farming options.