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Earl Myers looks like afarmer – stout of build, firm ofhandshake, with a face that’s obvi-ously endured every element naturecould toss against it.

At 73, he’s spent a lifetime livingoff the land, and the Jeffersonvillenative’s knowledge and experienceare well-regarded throughout Sulli-van County’s ag community.

He’s spreading that knowledgearound, thanks to his role as aboard member with Cornell Cooper-ative Extension (CCE) in Liberty.

It represents a full circlein his life.

“My first experience[with CCE] was when Iwas 16,” he recalled. “It was a meet-ing they had on the quality of hay. Aneighbor had invited me.”

Earl Wilde was executive directorof CCE back then, and the youngerEarl quickly realized how valuableExtension’s skilled staff could be tohis budding dairy farm ambitions.

“If you only learned one thing atone meeting, you were ahead forthe day,” he affirmed.

By 19, he was a dues-payingmember (as were his parents beforehim), and by 21, he was running hisown dairy farm on – where else? –Earl Myers Road.

He spent the next five decades uti-lizing Cornell to keep up to date on

everything from pest control to cat-tle health to flower cultivation.

Of particular value was CCE’straining in how to smartly operate asmall business – a crucial skill forfarmers of both yesterday and today.

What he learned made him suc-cessful – and also very busy, yet thatproved no obstacle for CCE’s educa-tional efforts.

“If you had a problem, they’dcome out to the farm and help youwith it,” he said.

Nevertheless, you could find Earlat the Liberty headquarters often

enough, as he served on variouscommittees.

Yet it was just two years ago thathe finally decided to join the boarditself, becoming a director and oneof the Extension’s most familiarfaces.

He’s delighted to help a new gen-eration discover agriculture, even ifit’s not in the struggling dairy indus-try (though milk prices have im-proved for farmers in the past fewmonths, he said).

“Youth programs are really empha-sized,” the former 4-H’er explained,“because that’s the future of ag.”

And the latest technologies, in-cluding a brand new greenhouse

For all that he’s gained, Earl Myers gives back to Cornell

“The enthusiasm is coming back,...People are concerned about where their food is coming from.”

just erected at CCE, are part of thateffort.

Earl – who still helps his daughterand son-in-law, Dawn and Pete Erl-wein, on the family farm – is grati-fied to see people asking him andfellow Extension members and staffabout niche farming, be it in meat,dairy, vegetable or the increasinglypopular organic.

“The enthusiasm is coming back,”he remarked. “There’s a renewed in-terest in all sorts of areas. People areconcerned about where their food iscoming from.”

And CCE’s staff of paid and volun-teer experts stands ready to help.

“The staff is young and energetic,and they have a lot of expertise,”Earl nodded. “They are the peoplewho make this outfit run.”

He ticks off a slew of offerings,from classes on canning vegetablesto business strategy and marketing.

It’s not just about traditional agri-culture anymore, and Earl encour-ages everyone – yes, everyone – todiscover how diversified Cornell Co-operative Extension has become.

“I think everybody could join anddefinitely get their money’s worthout of it,” he affirmed.

After more than 50 years’ involve-ment, no one knows that better thanEarl.

Earl Myers has been a member ofCornell Cooperative Extension Sulli-van County almost as long as he’sbeen a farmer. His experience withthe local office spans more than halfthe Extension’s century of existence –and he remains a vital member.


STORY ANDPHOTO BY DAN HUST

significant years in Sullivan County’shistory, and not just because the firststeamship passed through the PanamaCanal or because a world war had bro-ken out in Europe.

In June of that year, the Hotel Wa-wonda in Liberty, the largest and grand-est of all the hotels in the county at thetime, burned to the ground. This finaldemise of the great resort was eerilysymbolic of the impending collapse ofthe Silver Age, a period of prolongedprosperity based on tourism that hadbegun around 1890. Coincidentally,earlier that same year a small family ofeastern European immigrants had paid$750 for a dilapidated farm-house in Ferndale called theLongbrook, and had startedto farm there. They also en-tertained nine boarders thatsummer, grossing $81.From those humble begin-nings, the Grossinger resortempire, which would become amongthe most famous in the world, hadbegun.

Perhaps most significantly, whatwould eventually become known asthe Cornell Cooperative Extension pro-gram was established as part of a fed-eral program designed to applyuniversity knowledge and resources toaddress community need. The federalprogram, enabled by the Smith-LeverAct, helped to connect the researchconducted at various land grant univer-sities across the country—such as Cor-nell in New York—with each state’sfarmers.

Extension services in New York hadactually begun in Broome County in1911, but following the federal legisla-tion expansion was immediate, and by1918 every rural county in the state ex-cept two were served. Initially, localrepresentatives were called Farm Bu-reau, Home Bureau and 4-H Clubagents. This remained the case until1956. As early as 1917, the programwas recognized as “one of the largestand best contributions to rural growthand betterment and the closest tie be-tween science and practice that has yetbeen brought about.”

Of course, in those years agriculturewas still among the leading economicdrivers in Sullivan County. While thenumber of farms in the county had

steadily declined since reaching a peakof nearly 4,400 in 1880, there were stillmore than 3,800 operating at the time,mostly engaged in dairy or poultryfarming. At first only a tiny percentageof the farms joined the Farm Bureau,but that percentage grew steadily overthe next several years.

Early Farm Bureau agents in SullivanCounty included James A. Richardson,H.P. Smith and Charles Wille. In addi-tion, there was a Special AssistantCounty Agent for Jewish Farmers insome of those early years, with PincusSchereschevsky being the first.Schereschevsky split his time between

In 1919 Ella Zurbrick urged Sullivan County housewives “to get as soon as possible, runningwater with a sink, a wash machine, a bread mixer, apressure cooker, a fireless cooker, a vacuum cleanerand a screened porch.”

It is indisputable that1914 was one of the most

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Sullivan, Ulster and Rensselaer Coun-ties, where the largest concentration ofJewish farmers was found. WhenCharles Wille took over as the SullivanCounty agent, he learned to speak Yid-dish so that he could better communi-cate with the estimated 1400 Jewishfarmers in the county.

In 1916, the Sullivan County Farm Bu-reau joined the ranks of those countiespublishing a Farm News on a regularbasis. These local publications wereconsidered essential “in keeping themembership in close touch with thework and in disseminating importantagricultural facts and news.”

As it did throughout the state, mem-bership in the Home Bureau in SullivanCounty grew at a slower rate than thatin the Farm Bureau. The earliest HomeBureau or Home Demonstration agentsin Sullivan County included Ella Zur-brick. In a 1919 article she urged Sulli-van County housewives “to get as soonas possible, running water with a sink,a wash machine, a bread mixer, a pres-sure cooker, a fireless cooker, a vacuumcleaner and a screened porch.”

By the time Rosamond Adams wasappointed thecounty’s Home

Bureau Manager in October of 1919,there were about 250 members in thecounty. During those early years, theHome Bureau’s work mainly involvedfive areas of home economics: foodsand nutrition, clothing, thrift, civics, andcommunity enterprise. Community en-terprise activities included the develop-ment of rest rooms, food centers andcommunity centers. In those years, thelocal Home Bureau supplemented itsrevenues by managing the food conces-sions at the annual Sullivan County Fair,which was a considerable undertaking.

In 1953, the Farm Bureau and Coop-erative Extension were legally separatedfrom one another, and in 1956 theCounty Extension Service Associationreplaced the Farm and Home Bureaus.Of course, by that time the role ofcounty agents had shifted dramatically,as technology and lifestyles continuedto change. The demand for land fordevelopment drove its market valueabove its value for farming and therewere fewer and fewer farms throughoutthe state as a result. By 1940, therewere just 2,778 farms in SullivanCounty, averaging in size about 90

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acres each, and by the time The Tem-porary State Commission to Study theCatskills released its final report, enti-tled The Future of the Catskills, in Aprilof 1975, there were only a few morefarms in the entire six county Catskillregion than there had once been in Sul-livan County alone.

At the time agent Earle A. Wilde cameto work in Sullivan County, he had al-ready served as County Agent in St.Lawrence, Rensselaer and OtsegoCounties, and he had witnessed this on-going evolution of duties first hand.Gerald Skoda became the SullivanCounty Cooperative Extension Execu-tive Director in 1968, having previouslyworked as a County Agricultural Agentin Delaware and Madison Counties. Bythe time he retired in 1998, his work in-volved business management, market-ing and economic development asmuch as anything else. Skoda obtained

grants for studying duck and turkeyproduction and conducted workshopson poultry production, but his day today duties were considerably differentfrom those performed by the county’sfirst agent, James A. Richardson.

Currently, Cornell Cooperative Exten-sion provides resources to every countyin the state, as well as to the five bor-oughs of New York City. Services areprovided in six broad program areas,including agriculture and horticulture,family well being, 4-H youth develop-ment, community and economic vital-ity, environment and natural resources,and nutrition, food safety and health.The agency’s mission now describes itspursuit of economic vitality, ecologicalsustainability and social well-being. Byconsistently demonstrating flexibility,adaptability, and a willingness to rein-vent itself, Cornell Cooperative Exten-sion has managed to remain relevant inspite of a rapidly changing world.

unique partnerships with Cornell Uni-versity and state, local and federalgovernment with strong advocacyfrom families and businesses in agri-culture. In the early days, CCE, thenknown as Farm Bureau, helped farm-ers address the major agriculturalconcerns of the day.

With the adoption of the MorrillLand Grant Act signed by PresidentAbraham Lincoln, Cornell Universitywas founded in 1865 as New YorkState’s land grant university.

1913 The New York State legislaturepassed the first act supporting CooperativeExtension work with a financial appropria-tion to help support county associations,which were and still are, unique to NewYork State. The act provided funding anddesignated the responsibility for Supervis-ing Cooperative Extension programs toCornell University, later in conjunction withlocal volunteer boards of directors andcommittees.

1914 The United States Congresspassed the Smith Lever Act, supporting the Cooperative Extension in each state to ex-tend teaching and research to the people in their home communities.

Through the Sullivan County Farm Bu-reau, Cooperative Extension programmingbegan in Sullivan County.

1915 One Agricultural Agent begandisseminating Cor-nell research infor-mation to SullivanCounty farms.

1917 AHome Econo-mist was added.

1938 The first 4-H Agent started.

1951 The local partnership wasstrengthened by County Law, 224 whichofficially establishes an extension in eachcounty of the state and designates countyfunds to support local extension associa-tions. It further gives decision-making re-sponsibilities to a board of directors andoverall supervision and direction of exten-sion programming to Cornell University.

1955 The Farm Bureau and the CountyExtension Service Association became sep-arate entities. Farm Bureau was more in-volved in state and national legislativeconcerns. Extension Service, as a publicsupported organization, could not directlyinfluence legislation. The New York StateLegislature enacted legislation, changingthe name of the county organization toCounty Extension Service Association.

1987 With the support of the SullivanCounty Board of Supervisors, the CCEBoard of Directors and many contributionsfrom the community, the Gerald J. SkodaEducation Center opened in Liberty.

2014 The Cooperative Extension ofSullivan County celebrates 100 years of

continuous education pro-gramming in Sullivan

County.

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Patricia ClaiborneInterim Executive [email protected]

Tracey ArgentOffice & Personnel [email protected]

SueAnn BoydEat Smart NY Nutrition Supervising [email protected]

Susan DollardMaster Gardener Coordinator / [email protected]

Erica FerberEat Smart NY Nutrition [email protected]

Maria GrimaldiEaT Kitchen Project Coordinator/ [email protected]

Marylin Jones4-H Youth Development Educator [email protected]

Bonnie LewisCaregiver & Senior Resource Coordinator/ [email protected]

Michelle LipariAgriculture/ 4-H Educator& Greenhouse [email protected]

Melinda MeddaughAgriculture & Natural Resources Leader/ CountyAg [email protected]

Nancy PierroAdministrative [email protected]

Nicole SlevinScience & Technology Educator/ Communications [email protected]

Tara VanHornFinance & Grants [email protected]

Sean WelshYouth & Family Leader/Energy [email protected]

John WilcoxGrounds & Facilities [email protected]


board of directors & committeesCornell Cooperative

Extension SullivanCounty Board of Direc-tors meet on the fourthTuesday of every othermonth at 7 pm.

Board Personnel & Fi-nance Committee meetson the fourth Tuesday ofevery month at 5:30 pm.

Program Committeemeets on the third Tues-day of every month at7:00 pm.

All meetings are opento the public and held atthe CCE Gerald J. SkodaExtension Education Cen-ter on 64 Ferndale-Loomis Road in Liberty.

Board of Directors

• Christopher Gozza• Joan Howard, President• Earl Myers, Vice President• Glenn Pontier, Secretary• Donna Willi, Treasurer• Dawn Boyes• Sonja Hedlund• Steven Mogel• Ed Moran• Louisa Parker• Pamela Rourke• Mike Sakell• Janet Threshman• Pedro “Pete” Tweed• Legislative Rep. Kathleen

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• Dawn Boyes• Karen Coombe• Amy Erlwein• Sonya Hedlund• April Kackos• Kathy Kreiter• John Lang• Jennifer Mall• Ed Moran• Earl Myers• Malek Rabadi• Diana Weiner• Evelyn Weissmann

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revolutionize agriculture in SullivanCounty. For less than $10,000 any-one can erect a greenhouse capableof growing vegetables, herbs, andflowers – all year long.

Cornell Cooperative Extension Sulli-van County (CCESC) actively soughta partnership with Sullivan CountyBOCES to engage students in theconstruction and operation of such agreenhouse. With the guidance of

BOCES natural resources teacher SamRogers, the greenhouse is being inte-grated into the curriculum for the stu-dents to learn hands-onagriculture/horticulture techniques.This involves the planning, growth,and harvesting of plant materials withintegrated lessons on pest manage-ment, disease control and best man-agement practices.

CCESC will also use the greenhouseas a teaching tool, to hold workshopsand classes through the Master Gar-deners and other agriculture pro-

grams. Sullivan Renaissance, whichhelped fund this project, is the firstgroup to store plants in the facilityuntil they can be planted around thecounty for beautification projects.

A high tunnel will be constructed on-site as a follow up component to thisproject.

Using a greenhouse on this scale todevelop hands-on activities is a power-ful learning tool that actively engagesstudents and the public in agriculture.There is no limit on curricula or les-sons available to be learned.

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Far left: Sullivan BOCES studentsprepare CCE grounds for green-house in early winter.

Left: John Wilcox, CCE groundsmanager, helps install some struc-tural components of greenhouse.

Below: BOCES & CCE worked to-gether to fasten protective cover-ing on greenhouse.

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All Sullivan County High Schoolgraduating seniors are eligable toapply for the following:

• The Earle and Elizabeth Wilde-Cornell

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• The Skoda Family Scholarship-Cornell

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The Earle and Elizabeth Wilde – CCESCScholarship is open to graduating highschool seniors from the Sullivan Countyarea who plan to continue their educationin an agricultural related field at either theState University of New York College ofAgriculture and Technology at Cobleskillor Morrisville.

The Skoda Family Scholarship – CCESCwill be given to a Sullivan County gradu-ating high school senior who plans to at-tend Delaware Valley College inDoylestown, PA and major in agriculture.Orange County graduating high schoolstudents who plan to attend Delaware Val-ley College in Doylestown, PA and majorin agriculture may also apply with the un-derstanding that preference will be givento graduating high school students in Sul-

livan County. If there are no applicationsfrom Sullivan County graduating high stu-dents who plan to major in agriculture inany year, then the scholarship may beawarded to any resident of SullivanCounty (with any major) who plans to at-tend Delaware Valley College inDoylestown, PA. If there are no graduat-ing high school students in Orange or Sul-livan County who fit the criteria, then thescholarship may be awarded to a currentlyenrolled Delaware Valley College studentfrom Sullivan County majoring in agricul-ture.

The Earle and Elizabeth Wilde-CCESCScholarship Fund and the Skoda FamilyScholarship at CCESC are facilitatedthrough the Community Foundation ofOrange and Sullivan, a 501(c)(3) publiccharity that was created to help individu-als, organizations, and businesses establishcharitable endowment funds to benefittheir community. To make a contributionto this scholarship fund, please contactthe Community Foundation, Karen Van-Houten Minogue, at (845) 769-9393, e-mail to [email protected], or visitwww.cfoc-ny.org.

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Congratulations to theSullivan County Cooperative Extension Service

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Going ForwardFor 100 years, Cornell

Cooperative Extension SullivanCounty (CCESC) has shared evi-dence-based knowledge with thecommunity through its monthlynewsletters. Since 1914 the Exten-sion Service has provided innovativepractices based on research fromCornell University.

To celebrate its centennial year in2014, CCESC has kicked off

a campaign to raise funds that willmake it possible to transform its Lib-erty center and grounds into a mod-ern learning and teaching classroomexhibiting the latest technologies insustainable systems and programs.Highlights include: • The new Entrepreneurial &

Teaching (EaT) Kitchen on site to beused by local farmers, chefs, value-added producers, and businessowners;

• Development of forest land asa demonstration area for mapleproduction and woodlot manage-ment;

• Endowed scholarships forlocal youth pursuing agriculturalcareers at local universities;

• Geo-thermal, solar andother sustainable energy sys-tems to operate and serve as anexample in the education cen-ter; and

• Innovative programmingto include all corners andconstituents in the county inthis 21st century universityeducation.

Looking ahead, CCESCwill introduce bold, new

programs in agriculture, natural re

Newsletters shown on these pagesranging from 1916 through 1990, pointout how far we’ve come and how involved we’ve been.


sources, science, technology, engineering and math, nutrition,health, care-giving, energy andsustainability, and youth, familyand community development.

Yet Extension will never movepast its roots,

as it brings the community “back tobasics” with programs that help resi-

dents become more self-sustain-able through home foodpreservation, backyard agricul-ture, gardening and small busi-ness education. CCESC’s highlytrained team of professionals hasdirect access to Cornell Univer-sity resources as it collaborateswith many organizations thatserve Sullivan County and the sur-rounding region. It is a mission of“Supporting Strong & Vibrant NewYork Communities.” Cornell Cooperative Extension Sul-

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cles, recipes, photos and upcoming pro-gram information. In order to receive thenewsletter via email or through the mail,the public can contact the CCESC office toenroll in 2014’s Extension ConnectionNews for a nominal donation. Along withseveral fundraising events and opportuni-ties in celebration of its 100 year anniver-sary, a unique “Centennial Issue” will bedelivered to all enrollees.

CCESC and Liberty CommunityDevelopment Corporation (CDC),with support from Sullivan Renais-sance, are developing an entrepre-neurial food, nutrition education, andtraining center in Liberty. The mainpurpose of the EaT Kitchen is to pro-vide training and access to infrastruc-ture for small-scale food entrepreneurswith a goal of enabling them to scaleup to larger facilities and productionlevels. The kitchen and classroomwill serve as an educational center toprovide cooking, food preservation,nutrition education, andsmall-scale food busi-ness instruction. Therange of topics will in-clude: basic and ad-vanced cooking skills;healthier eating on abudget; growing, using,and preserving foodfrom the garden; foodsafety for residential and

commercial cooks; and starting a suc-cessful small-scale food business.

The community kitchen allowsCCESC to offer new programs andbuild on existing initiatives. It alsoprovides an opportunity to forge newpartnerships in the community. Thekitchen allows the CDC to offer spaceto the community and entrepreneursfor classes and activities that improvethe quality of life for Sullivan Countyresidents through improved nutrition,access to healthy, local foods, and ex-panded economic opportunity.

The EaT kitchen will befully certified by thehealth department andprovide a place for the at-home baker, food pre-server, and small scalecaterer to try their hand atthe industry and get theirbusiness off to a strongstart.

Food entrepreneurship


Entrepreneurial and


is a growing area of interest forcounty residents due to the proximityto high-value markets in the NewYork metro area, the influx of summervisitors to the Catskills region, and thegrowing interest in local foods. Smallscale food entrepreneurship andadding value to agricultural productshas been identified as a key strategyby the Sullivan County Legislature’sAgricultural Advisory Board.

Applications are being acceptedfrom prospective outside users of thekitchen. A special program series,Recipes for Success, is being offeredto assist individuals who wish to starta value-added food production busi-ness. This program is being offered incooperation with the Liberty Commu-nity Development Corporation.

Other programs planned for thekitchen this summer include: the Mas-ter Food Preservation Training, cook-ing with children, and better nutritionfor seniors. The workshops will focus

on healthy eating, using locally pro-duced ingredients sourced from theCCE Edible Garden, Master GardenerHerb Garden and greenhouses, aswell as area farms.

The public is encouraged to join inthe celebration by attending events,volunteering, donatingequipment/supplies/talent, and spon-soring at one of the special centenniallevels listed below.

Cooperative $199Centennial $100Garnet $250Blue Ribbon $500Millennial $1,000

Gold $2,500Diamond $5,000Platinum $10,000Excelsior $10,000 & Upward

Connect with CCESC onFacebook/ccesullivan or /ccecenten-nialcampaign, Twitter @ccesullivan,and on the web atwww.sullivancce.org for more infor-mation.

Teaching (EaT) Kitchen


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“What Cornell Co-operative Extensiondoes is give localpeople access to research based infor-mation. EverythingCornell recommendsis proven by research

and that’s the big advantage. Also, theprograms change as times change. Yearsago poultry was very big but lately therehas been a lot of interest in sustainableagriculture, like vegetable farming. CCE is a unique program where local committees decide program efforts and request backstopping and specialist

assistance from Cornell University.”Jerry SkodaWoodbourne Farmer Former Executive Director of

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