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Different Shade of Green Program
Prepares Veterans for Green Jobs

The New York State Department of Labor
has awarded more than $317,000 to Cornell University Cooperative Extension of Onondaga County to provide green job training to 120 veterans, many of them veterans with disabilities.

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Events

Hemlock Hike 


Cornell Cooperative Extension of Onondaga County and the Finger Lakes Land Trust will host a hemlock hike/snowshoe at Carpenter Falls Unique Area and Bahar Preserve on the western shore of Skaneateles Lake. Experience the winter beauty of the forested ravine along Bear Swamp Creek, as we take a close look at the local hemlock trees that line the hillside.

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        State to Help Dairy Farmers
        with Workshops

        New York State Agriculture
        Commissioner Patrick Hooker has
        announced four upcoming workshops
        designed to help dairy farmers optimize
        their income while minimizing risk during
        times of uncertain and volatile milk and
        input prices.  Learn More >>


 

 

        Different Shade of Green Program
        Press Conference

        February 1, 2010 @ 10 a.m.
        The Atrium, Lobby
        2 Clinton Square, Syracuse, NY 13202
        
        Congressman Daniel Maffei will join
        Cornell University Cooperative Extension
        of Onondaga County to launch the
        Different Shade of Green program, a new
        job training program for 120 veterans and
        spouses of veterans that will provide
        skills for employment in Central New
        York’s expanding green economy.
       
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New beginnings!

Cornell University Cooperative Extension of Onondaga County is starting it's Different Shade of Green veteran job training
program in 2010.  Check back for updates on this exciting and enriching new program.