Judson Reid grew up on a dairy farm in upstate New York and earned undergraduate and graduate degrees from Cornell University. As a Senior Extension Associate with Cornell Cooperative Extension, he serves as a team leader for Harvest NY, an innovative CCE group which focuses on rural and urban agriculture. In this role he oversees a diverse set of programs including high tunnel greenhouse production and research on nutrient and pest management for vegetable growers. In addition, he has conducted many educational consulting sessions with farmers in the US as well as in Mexico, Canada, the Caribbean, Cuba, Eastern Europe, Africa, and Central Asia.