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Extension Connection (USPS-525-100) is published monthly for $25.00 enrollment by Cornell Cooperative Extension Sullivan County, located at 64 Ferndale-Loomis Road, Suite 1, Liberty, NY 12754-2903. Entered at Liberty, New York, as a periodical class matter. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in section 412, Act of February 24, 1925.

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Cce Sullivan Staff

Pat Bennett............................................................Healthy Families Program Manager

Thomas Bosket...................................................................SALT/DFC Program Manager

SueAnn Boyd...................................................Healthy Schools Program Coordinator

Fabio Campanati................................................Shop Taste NY Program Coordinator

Lynn Colavito.......................................Community Cupboard Program Coordinator

Martin Colavito..................................Community Cupboard Program Coordinator

Wanda V. Cruz......................................Healthy Communities Program Coordinator

Erin Denman........................................................Association Operations Coordinator

Katie Gasior..............................................................Horticulture Program Coordinator

Christopher Jones..........................................Shop Taste NY Operations Coordinator

Katie Rose Lugauer.................................................................4-H Program Coordinator

Erica Lynch.......................................................Catskills Kitchen Program Coordinator

John Mastrangelo...........................................................Assistant Ag Market Manager

Melinda Meddaugh..................................................Ag & Food Systems Issue Leader

Colleen Monaghan...............................................................................Executive Director

Vivian Monsanto...............................................................................Finance Coordinator

Barbara Moran........................................4-H Youth Development Program Manager

Bee Moser........................................................................SNAP-Ed New York Nutritionist

Board Of Directors

Dara Smith.............................President

John “JP” Lang............Vice President

Denise Frangipane..............Secretary

John Kiefer.............................Treasurer

Nadia Rajsz..................Legislative Rep.

Adam Hughes.................Cornell Rep.

Alex Alorro

Heather Berg

Marcie Ehrman

Freda Eisenberg

Lee Karasik

Amanda Langseder

Denise Luckman

Dawn Parsons

Erika Malmgreen

Gary Silver

Gary Silverman

Dear Friends of Extension, In 2022, we got to reimagine Extension work after two years of staring “into the box”, or otherwise limited web-based outreach and programming. Admittedly, the pandemic opened new opportunities for folks to engage with Extension work in the virtual setting. Reaching more people is definitely a good thing, but we’re still here as your boots on the ground resource for all things agriculture, environment, health, youth, and families.

While we’re looking forward to continuing to make our programs more accessible using technology, we’re most excited about bringing programs back into neighborhoods and community spaces where face-to-face relationships can really thrive.

To that end, you might have visited one of eight Sullivan Fresh Farmers’ Markets, or sent your kids to municipal summer camps where the 4-H Youth Development Program staff introduced youngsters to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math learning through the animal sciences and health curriculum. Maybe you met with our partners Sullivan Allies Leading Together (SALT) during their street outreach or have seen the Sullivan Fresh Community Cupboard mobile food pantry delivering groceries to you or your neighbors.

At a time when the internet seems to dominate informational and social interaction, we’re proud to have more than two dozen Extension professionals across program areas meeting you in the community to learn about nutrition, safe food handling, agricultural business and management practices, family caregiving, gardening, home energy, and youth development.

Through a combination of local, state, and federal funding partners, we are able to continue to work with the Land Grant University system and Cornell University to bring high quality, accessible, vetted information and resources to your home and families. The support from the Sullivan County Legislature, New York State Departments of Agriculture and Markets and Health, the United States Department of Agriculture, and local donors makes us able to respond to local issues that matter to you.

This issue of the Extension Connection magazine is also our 2022 Annual Report to the Community. We hope the success stories we share provide a snapshot of some of the work we do throughout the year, and serves as recognition of the many local individuals, families, and businesses that support CCE Sullivan’s programming in the community.

Together, we’re bringing our mission of sharing research-based education, outreach, and opportunities in response to Sullivan County’s needs in the areas of Agriculture, Nutrition, Family, and Environment “out of the box” for generations to come.

Dara Smith, Board President Colleen Monaghan, Executive Director