New Jeep ad supports Carl Sagan Institute initiative

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The company’s advertisement for its new Wrangler 4XE plug-in hybrid features the late Cornell astronomer Carl Sagan’s famous “Pale Blue Dot” monologue and images. And how it benefits CSI: For every view of the ad on Jeep’s YouTube channel, a...
  • Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
  • Environment
  • Nature
  • Natural Resources
  • Climate Change
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Cornell unites science and policy to end hunger

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New farming methods and crops that perform better in a changing environment are essential to higher living standards, but obtaining these innovations are too often impossible for small-scale farmers. “Our interest is to have improved seed...
  • Global Development Section
  • Agriculture
  • Food
  • Global Development
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Grants fund community-engaged learning curricula

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The Office of Engagement Initiatives (OEI) recently awarded Engaged Curriculum Grants to 19 teams of faculty and community partners that are developing community-engaged learning courses, majors and minors across the university. This year’s...
  • American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program
  • Community and Regional Development Institute
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Global Development Section
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  • Horticulture Section
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
  • Development Sociology
  • Department of Communication
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management

Sustainable Landscapes Trail offers virtual tour

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Cornell’s Sustainable Landscapes Trail now can be explored virtually, in a new narrated video tour from Cornell Botanic Gardens. The 16 sites on the trail promote open spaces, natural areas and landscapes with unique sustainability features that...
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  • Horticulture Section
  • Plants
  • Environment
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Grant supports development of efficient offshore wind farms

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A new research project – led by Rebecca J. Barthelmie, professor in the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and Sara C. Pryor, professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences – is...
  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
  • Development
  • Energy
  • Land
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Farmers’ organizations can reduce poverty and promote sustainability

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For more than a century, farmers’ organizations have assisted agricultural producers in accessing credit, negotiating for needed inputs, and ensuring a higher price for farm goods. In the face of climate change, these organizations may also be...
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
  • Plants
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Ceres2030 project aims to help smallholder farmers cope with climate change

Spotlight

In academic publishing, one measurement of a work’s importance is how many other academics have cited it. This long-standing system has the benefit of simplicity and helping to form a common knowledge base. But especially for those working to...
  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
  • Global Development
  • Plants
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To make agriculture sustainable, governments must prioritize policy

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The rich biodiversity of the Ecuadorian cloud forests has fascinated naturalists and tourists for generations, which is why the region has also served as a laboratory for an array of conservation programs and policies. Protecting ecosystems...
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
  • Plants
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Livestock are integral to the livelihoods of smallholder farmers

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Most of us have heard the statistics about how livestock are bad for the climate and the environment: within agriculture, livestock production is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions; over-grazing can harm wildlife habitats and reduce...
  • Animal Science
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
  • Animals
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Vibrant, inclusive food systems crucial to ending hunger

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In just one generation, the food system in developing regions has transformed. Urbanization and increased incomes have led to diversifying diets, including more animal proteins as well as processed and packaged foods – all of which have...
  • Global Development Section
  • Food
  • Global Development
  • Plants
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Addressing world hunger by reducing postharvest food loss

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When we think about how to feed an estimated 8.5 billion people by 2030, a natural first reaction is: we’ll have to grow more food. But in reality, about one-third of all food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted — roughly 1.3...
  • Global Development Section
  • Food
  • Global Development
  • Plants
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Youth employment key to addressing world hunger

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Across the developing world, the youth bulge means more mouths that need to be fed, but also more hands that need to be kept busy. According to the World Bank, in order to accommodate population growth and existing unemployment issues, countries...
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
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Waterless world

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For decades, everyone from the United Nations to the New York Times quoted the same agricultural statistic: “70 percent of all the world’s food is produced by small-scale farmers.” Working in international development in places like Cambodia...
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
  • Water
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5 things we learned about making online plant biology fun for K-6 kids

Field Note

This summer, we collaborated with Cornell Botanic Gardens to lead a 4-week online course for school-aged students called “Plants Have Families Too!” The material was adapted from the Botanic Gardens’ annual family botanical event, Judy’s Day...
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  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
  • Plant Biology Section
  • Plants
  • Environment
  • Nature
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Ceres2030 offers path to ending world hunger within decade

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The results are synthesized in 10 new research papers – authored by 77 scientists, researchers and librarians in 23 countries – as part of Ceres2030: Sustainable Solutions to End Hunger. The project is headquartered at Cornell, with partners...
  • International Programs
  • Global Development Section
  • Agriculture
  • Food
  • Global Development
  • Plants
  • Communication
  • Environment
Small-scale farmers harvest eggplant from their fields in Bangladesh in 2018.

New grant fuels better nutrient management in vineyards

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The researchers – Terry Bates, senior research associate at the Cornell Lake Erie Research and Extension Laboratory, and Justine Vanden Heuvel, professor of horticulture – are both from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Like most...
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
  • Agriculture
  • Digital Agriculture
  • Food
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Center of Excellence carves path for ‘ag tech’ startup in the Finger Lakes

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Georgia-based software startup AgVoice — a 2019 Grow-NY finalist — announced plans this week to establish a headquarters office in New York’s Finger Lakes region, citing unparalleled resources offered by Cornell AgriTech and the Center of...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Agriculture
  • Food
  • Dairy
  • Applied Economics
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Faculty research university’s ties to Indigenous dispossession

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Through the “ Cornell University and Indigenous Dispossession Project,” the faculty committee formed by the American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program (AIISP) in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) is investigating Cornell’s...
  • American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program
  • Agriculture
  • Development
  • Environment
  • Natural Resources
  • Land
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CCMR JumpStart program funding three NYS companies

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Three New York state companies have been chosen to participate in the Cornell Center for Materials Research (CCMR) JumpStart Program, through which they will collaborate with Cornell faculty members to develop and improve their products. The...
  • Food Science
  • Food
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