Project Director
Thomas Björkman
Phone: 315-787-2218
Email: tnb1@cornell.edu
Department of Horticulture
Cornell University
Participants in Eastern Broccoli Project
Project Director
Thomas Björkman, Associate Professor of Vegetable Physiology, Department of Horticultural Sciences, Cornell University, Geneva, NY 14456 tnb1@cornell.edu
Principal Investigators
Mark Farnham, Research Geneticist, USDA-ARS-US Vegetable Laboratory, 2700 Savannah Hwy, Charleston, SC 29414 Mark.Farnham@ars.usda.gov
Miguel Gómez, Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 mig7@cornell.edu
Phillip Griffiths, Associate Professor of Vegetable Breeding, Department of Horticultural Sciences, Cornell University, Geneva, NY 14456 pdg8@cornell.edu
Mark Hutton, Associate Professor of Vegetable Crops, Department of Plant, Soil & Environmental Sciences, University of Maine, Monmouth, ME 04259 mhutton@umext.maine.edu
Dean Kopsell, Associate Professor of Vegetable Crop Physiology, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996 dkopsell@utk.edu
James Myers, Baggett-Frazier Professor of Vegetable Breeding, Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331 myersja@hort.oregonstate.edu
Carl Sams, Austin Distinguished Professor, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996 carlsams@utk.edu
Justin Smith, Bejo Seeds USA, Yuma, AZ 85364 J.Smith@bejoseeds.com
Collaborators
Jeanine Davis, Professor, North Carolina State University, Mills River, NC jeanine_davis@ncsu.edu
Christy Hoepting, Cornell University Extension Specialist, Albion, NY cah59@cornell.edu
Powell Smith, Clemson University Extension Specialist, Lexington, SC jpsmth@clemson.edu
Wythe Morris, Agricultural Consultant and retired Extension Specialist for Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Hillsville, VA swhortagent@gmail.com
R. Allen Straw, Extension Specialist, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Glade Spring, VA astraw@vt.edu
Ron Morse, Associate Professor Emeritus, Department of Horticulture, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA morser@vt.edu
Syngenta Seeds, Gilroy, CA
Monsanto Vegetable Seeds, Arroyo Grande, CA
Johnnys Seeds, Albion, ME
Wegmans Markets, Rochester, NY
Cabbage Inc, Westlake, OH
Ocean Mist Farms, Castroville, CA
L & M Companies, Raleigh, NC
WP Rawl & Sons, Pelion, SC
Clayton Rawl Farms, Lexington, SC
Light Farms, Laurel Fork, Virginia
CY Farms, Elba, NY
Project Manager
Jill Eccleston, Post Doctoral Associate, Department of Horticuture, Cornell University, Geneva, NY 14456 je11@cornell.edu
Eastern Broccoli Project Advisory Board
Mark Overduin, President, Bejo Seeds, Oceano, CA
William Pool, Produce Coordinator, Wegmans Markets, Rochester, NY
William Romig, Produce Development and Post-Harvest Consultant, Mid-Atlantic Perishables Commodity Services, Townsend, DE
James Light, Light Farms, Laurel Forks, VA