CANTON -- Regional horticulture and crops specialists will be in Canton Aug. 3 at 6:30 p.m. at the Cornell Cooperative Extension Learning Farm, 2043B Route 68.

The meetings are free, open to the public, and will conclude at 8 p.m. Registration is requested by July 31 for the meetings by calling 379-9192 or emailing stlawrence@cornell.edu.

The program will cover: training and pruning high tunnel cherry tomatoes, leaf mold-resistant cherry tomato variety trial, this year’s disease challenges and summer cover crops.

Speakers include Cornell Professor of Plant Pathology Christine Smart, Cornell University New York State Vegetable Specialist Judson Reid, and Amy Ivy, a regional vegetable specialist with Cornell Cooperative Extension Eastern NY Commercial Horticulture Program. Kitty O’Neil, a crops and soils specialist with the Cornell University Cooperative Extension Regional Ag Team for Northern New York, will join the group in Canton.

The meetings are part of the Northern New York Agricultural Development Program funded project on advancing vegetable production in NNY with cover crops and disease-resistant cherry tomatoes. Funding for the Northern New York Agricultural Development Program is supported by the New York State Senate and administered through the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets. Learn more: www.nnyagdev.org.