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Board of Legislators County Office Building, Room 201 7 Court Street Belmont, New York 14813 Phone: 585-268-9222

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE AGENDA

August 21, 2019

1. Approval of Minutes - July 17, 2019

2. County Historian-Craig Braack - Monthly Report

3. Scott Torrey, Soil & Water Conservation Executive Director - Nothing Submitted

4. Brian Perkins, Youth Bureau Director - Monthly Report

5. Laura Hunsberger, Cooperative Extension - Monthly Report

6. Old Business

7. New Business 8. Questions from the Media 9. Good of the Order

10. Adjournment

Monthly Activity Report Of

County Historian, 7-17 to 8-21-2019

July 15 - 20, Volunteered many ours in the railroad history display at the County Fair

July 16, Tues. two trips to landfill/records building

July 17, Wed. attended monthly committee meeting,

July 18, Thur. attended meeting of Board of Legislators at the Fair.

July 23, Tues. Attended monthly meeting of county department heads

July 24, Wed. attended meeting of Local History Awareness Week in Sept.

July 24, Wed.. PM Talk in Genesee, PA.

July 25, Thur. Attended meeting of our county’s Town Historians group

July 25, Thur. PM attended meeting of Canaseraga Historical Society

August 15, Thur. Attended meeting of Local History Awareness Week committee

August19, Monday PM Talk for Canasearga Historical Society on local railroads.

August 20, Tues. Attended monthly meeting of county Historical Society in Andover.

August 21, Wed. Attended monthly committee meeting.

Employment & Training Allegany County Youth Bureau 5 Court Street, Room 1

Belmont, New York 148 Belmont, New York 14813 Ph: 585-268-9240 Ph: 585-268-5394

FAX: 585-268-5012

Brian Perkins Director

Resource Management Committee

Youth Bureau Report July 16, 2019 – August 15, 2019

Youth – On 7/15 - 7/19 I assisted with the Traffic Safety Board booth a the Allegany County Fair. I worked shifts on Tuesday and Friday, made stops in on Monday and Thursday. We handed out 54 helmets during the fair along with plenty of other informational pieces including coloring books, bookmarks, and other handouts. Youth – On 8/5 I attended the meeting for the Family Matters group of Partners for Prevention in Allegany County (PPAC). We discussed upcoming events of the Movie Night and looking ahead to back to school events in various districts. Youth – On 8/13 I participated in the Cornell Cooperative Extension program for their Adult and Life Skills Bootcamp. I spoke with the group of kids about networking and preparing for interviews and then listened to them give their “elevator speeches” about who they are. Youth – I have begun to plan this year’s SADD Conference and will be working with the schools on other programs they could be interested in. Youth – Stacy and I have also been working on completing the paperwork for funding this year’s programs. Ensuring that all paperwork is submitted from agencies and ready to handle their claims. Brian Perkins Youth Bureau Director/STOP-DWI Coordinator 8/14/19

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Allegany County August 2019

Livestock, Ag Economic Development and Natural Resources:

• Farm Women Learning Circle 11 attendees.

• Farmer Neighbor Dinner mailing – September 25th at Lake Lodge

• Developing online Poultry Processing training.

• Planning Pasture Walks – August 21st, 10:30-1 Dairy; 5:30-8 Livestock – introduction of SWNY ag team

• Planning Cover Crop Field Day for Sept. 10.

• Working with 5 new beginning farmers (berries, livestock); continuing assistance for 4 from prior months.

• Highlight of top topics addressed with individual 1-on-1: land leasing, regulations for selling products, agricultural grants, veterans ag programs, soil testing, pond maintenance, algae/mold, plant ID, soil testing.

• Maintain updates for CCEAC website and Facebook page, enrollment mailing, updating database, track contacts from web and association email account, newsletter articles, deposits - ongoing. Staff Development: Agronomy Scout School: Crop Scouting Fundamentals – online class; Teachable Training (new online course platform of Cornell); Soil Health Specialist training

Master Gardener Program oversight:

• Master Gardener Program oversight – Lavender Festival, hotline and radio program ongoing, planning fall pH clinics.

• Orientation for Ag Community Educator - ongoing

EFNEP/Nutrition:

Existing Cooperating and Referral Agencies

ACCORD, Physician offices, Catholic Charities Kinship Allegany, County Schools, Ardent Solutions, Inc., D.S.S. of Allegany County, Allegany County Family Courts, Healthy Families, Families First, Families Together, Cuba Cultural Center, CORE Literacy West, Catt Community Action, The Counseling Center, & Directions in Independent Living, Office For the Aging, Genesee Valley School, Arbor Development.

• Presented/recruitment to participants before Cuba Cultural Centers’ Mobile pantry about EFNEP class beginning July.

• Worked Mobile Pantry at Cuba Cultural Center for recruitment. • Attended Allegany County Food Coalition meeting. • Attended social media, poster and font workshop at CCE Allegany. • Attended EFNEP marketing training in Ellicottville. • Continuing to present workshop series for home and group sites. • Ongoing recruitment agency visits.

4-H and Youth Development:

The 2019 Allegany County Fair was “Super Amazing” so many youth, volunteers and staff embraced the Super Hero theme. The created fun themed projects that were on display in our 4-H Youth Building all week long. Many decorated their animals stall with a variety “super” decorations! In addition, capes, aprons, super hero shirts and hats were all on display! Members will be voting on next year’s theme soon, we are really looking forward to hearing their decision and seeing how they incorporate it into next year’s fair. Despite the sound of it, it was not all fun and games at fair this year. Our 4-Hers really worked hard this year creating State Fair worthy youth building projects and animal projects. Allegany County will be well represented at the New York State Fair that begins on August 21st in Syracuse, NY.

• We will have 34 members bringing a large assortment of items to the judged and displayed in the NYS 4-H Youth Building, August 21st-25th.

• We will also have 9 members showing horses, 3 showing sheep, 4 showing dogs and 20 members showing rabbits and cavies!

• Allegany County will also have several members participating in Judging/ Skill competitions! As we are preparing for our excitement in Syracuse, many neighboring counties are still holding their county fairs. In an effort to strengthen relationships with our fellow 4-Hers, many youth have been visiting neighboring fairs. Our 4-Hers have met with other 4-Hers, shared stories, tips and support! These trips to neighboring fairs also included tours at some of our local 4-H Market supporters. We are incredibly proud of our youth and am sure you are too! If you would be interested in attending the NYS Fair, we have free passes available at the 4-H Office. The fair runs from 8/21-9/1. 4-H activities run the duration of fair however, youth building items are rotated. Our time slot is 8/21-8/25. We hope to see you at the fair!

Job and Life Skills Boot Camp (now Adulting Boot Camp (ABC)): • Boot Camp offered for 3 days in each of the following locations: Wellsville, Cuba, Canaserega

(cancelled)

• Friendship, Genesee Valley and Bolivar Richburg interested in ABC for Fall of 2019

• Collaborating with AC Youth Bureau to fund a volunteer coordinator position

• Fileve Palmer, AmeriCorp VISTA position ends 8/29

• Still working on a list of organizations and individuals from which to recruit volunteers to be used a resource for the next volunteer coordinator.

Administration:

• Assisting CCE Wyoming as Interim Executive Director while search for new ED is ongoing • Regional SNAP Education Funding approved ($300,000) for Allegany, Cattaraugus and

Chautauqua counties (Oct 1 start) • Will be hiring for FT administrative assistant • Attended Industrial Hemp Field Day in Geneva 8/13 • Assisting with Adulting Boot Camp (ABC) in Wellsville (8/12-14) and Cuba (8/19-21) • Taught Bird Habitat Class to ICS students with 4-H Issue Leader • Assisted with interviewing and hiring of Diary Specialist for SWNY Ag Team (start date

November 1) • Planning for Belmont Tractor Show/ Outdoor Show

Farm-to-School:

CONFERENCES (giving): Planning a presentation for the 2019 Erie1 BOCES summer teacher conference. This will be held at Cuba Rushford CSD from August 6-8, and will have a focus on agriculture. Description of sessions:

Dig Art! Cultivating Creativity in the Garden - Attention creative teachers! Dig Art: Cultivating Creativity in the Garden is a new project toolkit for educators working with youth that integrates gardening with the arts. Do the Rot Thing: A Teacher’s Guide to Compost Activities - Whether your school district already composts, is interested in composting, or just wants to educate students on the subject, composting is an excellent way to teach students about the life cycle: life, death, decay, and re-birth. Garden based STEAM successes in Allegany County - From composting, to courtyard chickens, hydroponics and so much more, listen to a panel of experienced teachers describe their school garden programs, what it took to build them, and give best practices to any school looking to start gardens of their own. Cafeteria Manager’s perspective on Farm to School & Agricultural Education - Nutrition and cognitive development are closely related, and these cafeteria managers are diving head-first into purchasing better ingredients from NY state farms. Learn how several Allegany County cafeterias are being treated as an extension of the classroom, hear what new local products are being served in your schools, and find out about the future of farm to school menus in this region.

• Planning a Farm to School Summer Training Session that will be hosted by Farm to School Coordinators of CCE Allegany, Niagara and Erie Counties at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Erie County in East Aurora. This is scheduled for August 20, 2019 from 9-3:30pm. The target audience includes Public School Food Service Directors in Western New York. This workshop will focus on addressing challenges, knowledge barriers, and opportunities unique to Farm to School programming in Western NY (WNY). Topics include: Introductions and overview of NYS 30% Initiative, Procurement Review, Vendor Review, the USDA Pilot Project, Planning to hit 30%/Roadmap, Tracking NYS Purchases, NYS 30% Initiative – applying, how you’ll get reimbursed, what folks are doing with their reimbursement, Marketing Your F2S Program – including the admin part, and Applying for the NYS F2S Grant. This training has received 5CEU credits from the NY School Nutrition Association that will help cafeteria managers with their necessary professional development hours.

SUCCESS STORIES: • Only 18 out of 732 school districts in New York State qualified for the 30% local food

reimbursement. Four of those 18 worked with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Allegany County to achieve this goal.

• Please see attached page, or community food section of the August / September newsletter, for updated numbers on local food purchases by regional schools in 2018-2019.

REGIONAL OUTREACH: • Met with new Farm to School / Ag in the Classroom Coordinator for Cornell Cooperative

Extension of Cattaraugus County, Jesse Meader. Meader was grant funded by the NYS Dept. of Ag and Markets Farm to School Grant awarded to Franklinville CSD. Trained Meader and outlined local farms, school procurement, the 30% legislation, distribution, garden based learning, etc.

• Allegany County Sheriff’s Department updates: Contractors for installing electricity and pouring a concrete pad for the outdoor freezer at the Jail have been chosen. The outdoor

freezer has also been quoted and finalized. New York State Dept. of Ag and Markets have approved the changes to the original budget that were requested by Wellsville CSD. A new flash freezer, available through grant funding, was quoted and chosen by the Allegany County Jail. This order has not been processed but will be finalized soon. Approximately 500 pounds of vegetables have been processed as of July 2019.

• Compiling a Year One publication for the Allegany County Farm to School program. Will distribute and publish online when completed.

TEACHERS: • Purchased 5 Tower Gardens aeroponic systems and LED lights for five districts in Allegany

county.

CAFETERIA MANAGERS: • Met with Nora Burdick and Kate Rahr from Immaculate Conception School. Informed them

of the project, and set meeting to outline a plan to 30% NYS products for August 1, 2019.

STORY (Science & Technology Opportunities for Rural Youth) Program:

• Will be starting new program in the fall at Wellsville

PRESS RELEASE

8/12/2019

BELMONT, NEW YORK - Cornell Cooperative Extension of Allegany County’s 4-H Program is excited to share:

Andover Central School District Youth Gardening Project

Sponsored by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Allegany County, a youth gardening program was held at the Andover Central School District, August 4th – 8th, 2019.

Andover Central School district teamed up with members of Allegany’s CCE 4-H to host a garden program discussing the importance of plants, fungus and our local pollinators. Much like the program last year, many hours were spent refurbishing the garden found behind the school’s Art classroom. A great time was had by all, as everyone got down on their hands and knees to dig out weeds and prepare the garden to plant flowers. The children familiarize themselves with plants you might find in your own garden, such as snapdragons, begonias, hostas and geraniums. The end result was beautiful and the hard work that the students put into the garden showed. They kids smiled proudly, knowing that the end result was because of their efforts.

At the end of the program the students were able to head home happy, with flowers which they potted and propagated themselves. Along with the knowledge they can use to further improve their own indoor or outdoor gardens back at home.

A special thanks to guest speaker Deb Wagoner for coming in to give an educational lesson on bees and why we should take a moment to understand the importance of our local buzzing pollinator. Flowering would be extremely difficult without the assistance of honey bees, many of our major crops (apples, mangos, and peaches) wouldn’t be able to fertilize.

Also, a shout out to the awesome staff members who were able to help with the program, without them, things would not have moved nearly as smoothly. The members of CCE had an amazing time working with everyone who participated and hopes to work together in future.

If you’re interested in teaming up and working with Allegany’s Cooperative Extension you can contact us directly at the Allegany County 4-H Office or we can be reached by mailed to Allegany County Cooperative Extension, 5435A County Road 48, Belmont, NY 14813. Please contact Allegany’s CCE STEM educator, Lisa Reynolds at (585) 268-7644 Ext 22 or CCE’s Agricultural Educator, Jeremy Baier at (585) 268-7644 Ext 14 with any questions.

The Andover Gardening Project is one of many programs offered by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Allegany County (CCE-Allegany). The association is part of the national cooperative extension system, an educational partnership between County, State, and Federal governments. As New York’s land grant university Cornell administers the system in this state. For more information, call 525-268-7644 or visit our website at www.cce.cornell.edu/allegany. Cornell University Cooperative Extension provides equal program and employment opportunities.

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HELPING NEW YORK STATE FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES

THRIVE IN OUR RAPIDLY CHANGING WORLD.

COMMUNITY

FOOD SYSTEMS GROWING TOGETHER

FROM CARROTS TO CURRICULUM: YEAR ONE AT A GLANCE

CASSANDRA BULL FARM-TO-SCHOOL COORDINATOR

IN SCHOOL YEAR 2018-2019:

8/12 school districts have a

school garden or dedicated

agriculture class.

2/12 districts compost food waste.

3/12 districts & (1 in Cattaraugus

County) achieved 30% local

(NYS) food procurement.

12/12 school districts purchased

over 20% local (NYS) ingredients.

$103,350 in grant awards to

school districts and nonprofits in

Allegany County for farm to

school purposes.

Approximately 20% of all school’s

lunch purchases go to Upstate

Farms dairy products, which

amounts to 1,071,450 pounds of

dairy products from exclusively

WNY dairy farms, totaling

$4,464,375.

Approximately 4% of school’s

lunch purchases are in NYS

apples, which amounts 36,000

pounds of apples, totaling

$57,144.

PURCHASING INFORMATION

FROM 5 LOCAL DISTRICTS IN SCHOOL YEAR 2018-2019:

5,161 pounds of meat from

Allegany or Steuben Farms,

totaling $21,935.

781 pounds of meat from

greater NY, totaling $3,570.

4,366 pounds of vegetables

grown in New York State,

totaling $7,883.