January 26, 2010                      

Employment Opportunity

Community Nutrition Educator (FT) with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Monroe County:  This highly skilled person is responsible for implementing public education to improve healthy lifestyle choices among limited resource families.  This includes presenting a series of lessons that focus on nutrition, food preparation, food safety and food budgeting.  Required experience:  Associates degree and one year volunteer or work related experience or high school diploma and two years volunteer or work related experience.  Additional relevant experience working with the target audience and community organizations is desired.  Special requirements:  Must be able to meet travel requirements of the position.  When a personal vehicle is used, mileage will be reimbursed for official business use.  Must be available to work some flexible hours, including some evenings and weekends and occasional holidays.

 Visit www.mycce.org/monroe.  Send resume and application to dfc23@cornell.edu or mail to Cornell Cooperative Extension, 249 Highland Avenue, Rochester, NY 14620  Attn: Dora Christian  by 2/26/10.  EOE

Over the past 40 years, the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) has aimed to assist limited resource audiences in acquiring the knowledge, skills, attitudes and changed behaviors necessary for nutritionally sound diets, and to contribute to their personal development of the total family diet and nutritional well-being (USDA CSREES, 2009). Watch to find out more about the ongoing efforts of EFNEP programming in New York State, which are delivered through Cornell Cooperative Extension. View video here...

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Cornell Cooperative Extension actively supports equal educational and employment opportunities. No person shall be denied admission to any educational program or activity or be denied employment on the basis of any legally prohibited discrimination involving, but not limited to, such factors as race, color, religion, political beliefs, national or ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital or family status, veteran status, or disability. Cornell Cooperative Extension is committed to the maintenance of affirmative action programs that will assure the continuation of such equality of opportunity.

December 28, 2009

Business briefs

 Monroe Farm Bureau receives six awards

The Monroe County Farm Bureau received six Silver Key Awards at the New York Farm Bureau's annual state meeting, held earlier this month in Rochester.

These awards go to county farm bureaus that have exhibited excellence in a variety of areas.

Monroe County received awards for excellence in:

Policy implementation ­ local.

Policy implementation ­ state and national.

Information and public relations.

Agricultural education and promotion.

Leadership development.

Membership.