Robert Hadad is an Extension Vegetable Specialist at Cornell Cooperative Extension. Before joining the Cornell Vegetable Program in 2005, he worked as an Extension Educator through both the North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension Service and the University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service, developing programs for growers exploring sustainable and organic agricultural production practices. The production and marketing of local foods has always been his passion through his previous Extension work and as a former owner and operator of a small vegetable-and-fruit farm in Rhode Island. Today, Robert is the team’s food safety, organic, marketing, and fresh market specialist.
