Senator Nozzolio attends ribbon cutting ceremony at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station

Geneva-Senator Mike Nozzolio was recently honored at a ribbon cutting ceremony as the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station celebrated the opening of the new, state of the art research greenhouses in Geneva. Senator Nozzolio was instrumental in securing the $4.7 million in funding, the largest State grant in the Station’s history, to reconstruct 21,000 square feet of greenhouse space. These new greenhouses will provide enhanced research opportunities that will help assist New York farmers grow better products and help New York agriculture become more productive, efficient and more competitive in the global marketplace.

Pictured left to right are: Don Barton, former Director of the NYSAES; Joel Malina, Vice President for Cornell University Relations; Senator Mike Nozzolio; Dr. Tom Burr, Director of the NYSAES; Dr. Susan Brown; and Dr. Jan Nyrop, Senior Associate Dean for Cornell University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.