New CCE ag educator plants roots
Dr. Carly Summers brings focus on diversity, interaction to support sustainable farming here
Newly hired by Cornell University Cooperative Extension (CCE), Agriculture Resource Educator Dr. Carly Summers has begun visiting local farms and talking to farmers about hurdles in growing businesses.
Sometimes it’s budgeting or marketing presence, other times an issue might present specific to a crop, soil science, plant disease, a pest or environmental conservation options.
Many concerns, she suggests, can be addressed with access to expertise and grant resources.
She is ready to do the legwork to find answers.
….. Hired in April, Summers earned her doctorate in Plant Pathology and Microbe Interactions at Cornell University. Her undergraduate degree in Biochemistry is from New College of Florida.
Photo provided/Cornell Cooperative Extension