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Communications Specialist
Department of Horticulture
167 Plant Science
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
cdc25@cornell.edu
607-255-5428
www.gardening.cornell.edu/cdc
While my focus is primarily on websites (see samples below), I do all kinds of communications work to help fulfill the mission of the Department of Horticulture.
This includes brochures, posters and hard copy publications. I edited the Cornell Guide to Growing Fruit at Home which won the 2003 Outstanding New Extension Publication Recognition Award. I also edited the recently published Lawn Care Without Pesticides.
In my spare time outside of work, I'm volunteer web developer for the Adirondack Chapter of the North American Rock Garden Society, and served on the steering committee for the Sustainable Agriculture Network, the communications arm of the USDA-SARE program. I'm also an avid gardener and enjoy creating PhotoShop art from garden images. You can view the results of both on my garden blog.
Occasionally, I provide editorial help to my wife Elly's website clients.
Gardening resources - A portal to gardening information at Cornell University and related institutions. Redesign in winter '04.
www.gardening.cornell.edu
Home gardening - A collaboration with the now-defunct Web Production Group. With the demise of ExploreCornell, website was flattened. We hope to get the database back up and running soon.
www.gardening.cornell.edu/homegardening
Vegetable Varieties for Gardeners - Citizen Science site describes more than 2,000 varieties. Gardeners rate and review which varieties perform best (or flop) in their gardens. Collaboration with CCE info tech service.
www.cce.cornell.edu/veg
Viburnum Leaf Beetle Citizen Science - A team effort to enlist gardeners and others to help Cornell researches track the expanding range of this pest and minimize its damage. Includes online forms for Citizen Scientists to submit data.
www.hort.cornell.edu/vlb
Garden-Based Learning - Public site for Department of Horticulture's Garden-Based Learning Program.
www.hort.cornell.edu/gbl
Art of Horticulture - Course website for popular new course in the Department of Horticulture.
www.hort.cornell.edu/art
MacDaniels Nut Grove - Heirloom nut tree varieties, agroforestry and forest farming 'rediscovered' at this research, teaching and extension site adjacent to campus.
www.hort.cornell.edu/mng
Organic Agriculture at Cornell University - A website is sponsored by the Cornell Organic Production and Marketing Program Work Team, also known as the Cornell Organic Working Group.
www.organic.cornell.edu
NEON - The Northeast Organic Network - An innovative multi-state consortium of farmers, researchers, extension educators and grassroots nonprofits working together to improve organic farmers' access to research and technical support. Funded with a $1.2 million grant from the US Department of Agriculture's Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food Systems.
www.neon.cornell.edu
Beach Plum - Serves as a communications tool for this project funded by the USDA-SARE program.
www.beachplum.cornell.edu
Cornell Fruit Resources - This portal for commercial fruit growers is still in draft form, awaiting more feedback from the Fruit Program Work Team.
www.fruit.cornell.edu
Cornell Vegetables - A portal for commercial growers to vegetable information at Cornell.
www.vegetables.cornell.edu
Greenhouse Horticulture - A portal for commercial greenhouse growers to information at Cornell.
www.greenhouse.cornell.edu
Urban Horticulture Institute - A hort department project since '80 improving the quality of urban life by enhancing the functions of plants within the urban ecosystem.
www.hort.cornell.edu/uhi
Community Forestry - A clearinghouse for information to help communities manage their urban trees.
www.hort.cornell.edu/commfor
Freeville Organic Research Farm - Helps general public and researchs understand research program.
www.hort.cornell.edu/organicfarm
Dilmun Hill Student Organic Farm - 'Brochure' site to help publicize this facility and program to Cornell community, school teachers, and others.
www.hort.cornell.edu/department/facilities/dilmun
Discovering the Food System - Curriculum helps youth better understand where their food comes from.
foodsys.cce.cornell.edu/
Department of Horticulture - I recently assumed chair of the department's Web Committee. We'll be undertaking a redesign of the site in 2004.
www.hort.cornell.edu
SUNY Horticulture - A portal for prospective students to the many undergrad horticulture programs throughout the SUNY system.
www.hort.cornell.edu/sunyhort
Weed Science - A fledgling site for the Weed Science program in the Department of Horticulture.
www.hort.cornell.edu/spray
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