Project Director
Thomas Björkman, Professor of Vegetable Physiology, Section of Horticulture, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Geneva, NY 14456 tnb1@cornell.edu
Principal Investigators
Jeanine Davis, Associate Professor, North Carolina State University, Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center, 455 Research Drive, Mills River, NC 28759 jeanine_davis@ncsu.edu
Mark Farnham, Research Leader, USDA-ARS-US Vegetable Laboratory, 2700 Savannah Hwy, Charleston, SC 2941 Mark.Farnham@ars.usda.gov
Miguel Gómez, Associate Professor, Department of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 mig7@cornell.edu
Phillip Griffiths, Associate Professor of Vegetable Breeding, Section of Horticulture, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Geneva, NY 14456 pdg8@cornell.edu
Carl Sams, Austin Distinguished Professor, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996 carlsams@utk.edu
Key Personnel
Betsy Bihn, Senior Extension Associate, National GAPS Program Coordinator, Department of Food Science, Cornell University, Geneva, NY 14456 eab38@cornell.edu
Tim Coolong, Associate Professor, Department of Horticulture, University of Georgia, Tifton, GA 31793 tcoolong@uga.edu (2015-2018)
André da Silva, Assistant Professor, Department of Horticulture, University of Georgia, Tifton, GA 31793 adasilva@uga.edu (2018-)
Ashley Edwards, Commercial Horticulture Extension Agent, Virginia Cooperative Extension, Hillsville, VA aledwards@vt.edu
Christy Hoepting, Extension Specialist, Cornell Cooperative Extension Vegetable Program, Albion, NY 14411 cah59@cornell.edu
Mark Hutton, Associate Professor of Vegetable Crops, Department of Plant, Soil & Environmental Sciences, University of Maine, Monmouth 04259 mark.hutton@maine.edu
Dean Kopsell, Professor of Vegetable Crop Physiology, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996 (2010-2015)
Wythe Morris, Agricultural Consultant, Wytheville, VA swhortagent@gmail.com
James Myers, Baggett-Frazier Professor of Vegetable Breeding, Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331 myersja@hort.oregonstate.edu
Monica Ozores-Hampton, Associate Professor of Vegetable Horticulture, University of Florida Southwest Research and Education Center, Immokalee, FL ozores@ufl.edu (2015-2018)
Powell Smith, Clemson University Extension Associate, Horticulture Program Team Leader, Lexington, SC (2010-2018)
Cheryl Thayer, Agricultural Economic Development Specialist, Harvest NY Regional Team, Cornell Cooperative Extension, Buffalo, NY 14216 cbt32@cornell.edu
Brian Ward, Research Scientist, Clemson University Coastal Research and Education Center, Charleston, SC 29414 bw@clemson.edu
Lincoln Zotarelli, Assistant Professor, Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, 32611 lzota@ufl.edu
Collaborators
Chris Callahan, Assistant Extension Professor of Agricultural Engineering, University of Vermont, Bennington. chris.callahan@uvm.edu
Ron Morse, Associate Professor Emeritus, Department of Horticulture, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA (2010-2015)
Bejo Seeds, Oceano, CA
Monsanto Vegetable Seeds, Arroyo Grande, CA
Syngenta Seeds, Gilroy, CA
Enza Zaden, San Jaun Bautista, CA
Johnnys Seeds, Albion, ME
Wegmans Markets, Rochester, NY
Cabbage Inc, Westlake, OH
L & M Companies, Raleigh, NC
Appalachian Harvest, Duffield, VA
Lewis Taylor Farms, Tifton, GA
North River Farms, Mills River, NC
Titan Farms, Ridge Spring, SC
Light Farms, Laurel Fork, Virginia
W.D. Henry & Sons, Eden, NY
Kirby’s Farm Market, Brockport, NY
Taylor Farms, Orlando, FL
Dig Inn, New York, NY
Project Manager
Jill Eccleston, Research Associate, Department of Horticulture, Cornell University, Geneva, NY 14456 je11@cornell.edu.
Eastern Broccoli Advisory Board
Mark Overduin, President, Bejo Seeds, Oceano, CA
William Romig, Produce Development and Post-Harvest Consultant, Mid-Atlantic Perishables Commodity Services, Townsend, DE
Josh Ruiz, Church Brothers Farms, Salinas, CA