Lizzy Cooper

Farm to School Coordinator, Central NY

Central NY
phone 315-630-0405
email Lizzy

Lizzy Cooper is the Central NY Farm to School Coordinator with Cornell Cooperative Extension's Harvest NY team. She works with producers, community partners, and school food authorities to increase the quantity and variety of local foods in K-12 schools in the region. Lizzy earned her M.S. in Agriculture, Food, and the Environment from Tufts University's Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy with a concentration in food systems planning and policy and her B.S. in Environmental Studies from Gettysburg College. Prior to attending grad school, Lizzy worked for non-profits to coordinate food systems projects including a gleaning program, a nutrition incentives program, and a community farm. 

Log Inoculation Party

April 28, 2024
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
New York, NY

Join us for a log inoculation party and Community Mushroom Educator (CME) reunion at the Randall's Island Urban Farm with past and prospective CMEs. We will be inoculating local tree species with shiitake and oyster spawn as part of a larger research project with the Randall's Island Park Alliance Urban Farm and Cornell Cooperative Extension. 

Field Guide: Arthropod Pests of NYC Vegetables

Arthropod Pests of NYC Vegetables aims to help urban farmers and gardeners find, identify, and understand the most common and important insects and other arthropod pests found in New York City farms and gardens. Some of these pests are rarely mentioned in other guides but are common in NYC. The guide emphasizes scouting tips, including how to identify pests by the damage they leave behind, even when you can't find the insect itself.

This guide was created as a collaboration between Cornell Cooperative Extension's Harvest New York team and the New York State Integrated Pest Management Program.