Faculty Focus: Chris Gerling

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Chris Gerling has become the go-to guy for New York vintners. But did you know his early days at Cornell were spent in entomology, rather than enology? An extension associate since 2008 and manager of the Vinification & Brewing Technology...

Surveying the damage of a new blight on the greenhouse industry

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Home gardeners and flower lovers across the Northeast were crying foul earlier this year when the first reports of impatiens downy mildew began to appear. The disease thrives in moist, cool conditions and can infect leaves of the shade-dwelling...
Mildew growing on green leaves and the leaves have been placed on top of a white table

Agricultural pathways to better nutrition and poverty reduction

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Is it possible to tackle malnutrition one child at a time? The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that nearly 870 million people of the 7.1 billion people in the world–or one in eight–were suffering from chronic...

Signs of recovery in seafood stocks

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Those concerned about the sustainability of their seafood have a handy new resource, developed with the help of Patrick J. Sullivan, associate professor of quantitative population and community dynamics in the Department of Natural Resources...
  • Biological Field Station
A man kneels on a boat on the water while holding a very large fish

Legislators learn about sustainable ag on campus

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On Sept. 4, New York State Assembly members Barbara Lifton (D-125), Samuel Roberts (D-128), Al Stirpe (D-127) and Addie Russell (D-116) were welcomed to CALS for a special sustainable agriculture research tour. After taking in Stocking Hall...
A group of people stand outside a greenhouse

Cornell students pitch in to clean up local landmark

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On Saturday, August 30, Dan Krall, associate professor of landscape architecture, led a volunteer clean-up of the historic Ithaca City Cemetery. The 220-year-old, 16-acre municipal cemetery is located just down the hill from West Campus and is...

From wild to table

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When we think about where our food comes from, we often picture farmers on tractors, sweet-faced dairy cows, and well-tended fields of crops shining in the summer sun. But many bountiful and nutritionally rich sources of food exist in the wild...

Pecking away at invasive ash borer

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The new scourge of North American forests is proving a sweet treat for some birds. Scientists scouring data from the Lab of Ornithology’s citizen science project, Project FeederWatch, have discovered that four species of native insectivorous...

Cornell Local Roads Program receives national road safety honor

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Congratulations to the Cornell Local Roads Program, which was recently awarded a 2013 Roadway Safety Award by the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration and the Roadway Safety Foundation. The National Roadway Safety...

Dean Boor offers advice to CALS newest students

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Orientation week at Cornell officially kicks-off today with Move-In Day, as new students converge on campus with family and friends to settle into their homes for the coming academic year. For CALS freshman and transfer students, the next week...

Meet the Juneberry

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If a new research effort beginning at Cornell’s Willsboro Research Farm is successful, the juneberry, a Canadian cousin of the eastern serviceberry, may soon find a new home among the commercial berry patches of New York State. One of the...
Juneberries (they look like blueberries) on a bush

Dairy Acceleration Program launched in CALS

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Being a small- to medium-scale dairy farmer in New York State just got a little bit easier, thanks to the recent announcement of $1 million dollars in new state funding for a program designed to help the state’s dairy farmers reduce energy costs...

CALS alumnus wins Governor’s Cup for best NY wine!

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Congratulations to Food Science and Technology alumnus August Deimel, M.P.S. ’11, winemaker at Keuka Springs Vineyards. The winery’s 2012 Riesling was awarded the Governor’s Cup as best New York wine at yesterday’s New York Wine & Food Classic...

Research reaps the benefits of new combine

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It may weigh more than three tons, but the new research combine in use on the farms of the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station (CUAES) is a model of precision and flexibility. Tailor-made for research, the combine will help...
A piece of farming equipment moves through a field

Another nasty invasive!

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Wild parsnip ( Pastinaca sativa) is not to be confused with the pale root vegetable Mom forced you to eat when you were small. Although the two plants are both a part of the Apiaceae (or Umbelliferae) family – including carrot, celery, parsley...
Wild parsnip growing in the field

Why great whites make us smile

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Yup, it’s that magical time of the year again: SHARK WEEK on the Discovery Channel, when we can enjoy the awe of the fascinating creatures from the comfort and safety of our own homes. Although there are no great whites, makos or even spiny...

Integrating ag in the classroom

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The garden may seem an unusual venue for a lesson in geometry, but Buffalo high school math teacher Elizabeth Kent has found it is a useful way to integrate math formulas and hands-on learning, by designing garden layouts and building raised...