Farm to school grows NY ag, sows seeds for healthy eating

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Dave Walczak, operations manager of Eden Valley Growers, a farm cooperative founded in 1956, and Mike Wright, head grower for Amos Zittel & Sons, one of the co-op’s nine members, survey a crew of four farmhands. The workers are chopping stalks...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
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An unconventional quest to change the future of food

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In fact, she didn’t have a specific plan at all. Just a desire to solve problems, and a willingness to listen. Much of Africa’s current economy is focused on mining or trade. But Adelman wanted to grow businesses that would create jobs for youth...
  • Global Development Section
  • Agriculture
  • Food
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LGBTQ beauty vloggers draw on queer culture to stand out

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Then he returns to his usual, higher-pitched voice. “I am a man,” says Starrr, a queer Filipino beauty vlogger whose YouTube channel has 4.5 million subscribers. “I am a man in makeup. I love wearing makeup so much.” Starrr is among the subjects...
  • Department of Communication
  • Communication
  • Media
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University, trustees honor outstanding employees

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University leaders and trustees on Nov. 18 honored 15 individuals and three teams with President’s Awards for Employee Excellence, and the inaugural Trustee Award for Excellence. In all, 154 employees were nominated for the four individual...
  • Animal Science
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Endangered right whales act as environmental barometers

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But the highly endangered North Atlantic right whale, by rapidly altering its use of important habitat areas off the New England coast, is sending the same kind of signal about disruptive change in the environment. These findings are contained...
  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Animals
  • Environment
  • Climate Change
  • Fish
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Sea fan corals face new threat in warming ocean: copper

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In a Cornell-led study, published Oct. 19 in the journal Ecological Applications, scientists report evidence of metal pollution creating danger for the soft coral sea fans. “We know warming oceans pose an existential threat to coral reefs around...
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Biology
  • Ecosystems
  • Disease
  • Plants
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State pest management program head wins regional award

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Center director Deborah Grantham presented the award to Grant Nov. 7 at the Cornell Cooperative Extension luncheon. The award, which will be given annually, recognizes those who exemplify the center’s mission to foster broader awareness and...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Entomology
  • Organisms
  • Land
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Looking Back at the History of the Farm to School Movement

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Since then the movement has grown exponentially, now with more than 42% of schools nationwide hosting some form of Farm to School programming, according to the USDA Farm to School Census. This number translates to 23.6 million students...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
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RealEats wins $1M top prize in Grow-NY business competition

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RealEats was one of seven finalists to take home prize money during the Grow-NY Food and Ag Summit, held Nov. 12-13 at the Joseph A. Floreano Riverside Convention Center in Rochester. The competition, which will also be held in 2020 and 2021...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Food

10-year study provides model for deer management strategies

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High numbers of deer lead to increased tick-borne diseases and vehicle accidents, and they place more pressure on native vegetation from intense browsing. But when it comes to deer management, many municipalities and organizations roll out their...
  • Cornell Botanic Gardens
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Animals
  • Land
  • Landscape
  • Natural Resources
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How is Cornell helping New York state's craft beverage industry?

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On tap are an array of beers crafted with New York state ingredients: Seeds of Love and Outrage, Backroad Odysseys, and Lazy Lollygagger, an ale that spotlights the flavor of cherries and lemon-thyme. Owner Jason Sahler knows his way around a...
  • Center of Excellence in Food and Agriculture
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Food Science
  • Agriculture
  • Applied Economics
  • Food
  • Beverages
  • Plants
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Cornell support for NY farmworkers wins national recognition

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The C. Peter Magrath Community Engagement Scholarship Award, which includes $20,000, was announced Nov. 10 at the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities’ (APLU) annual meeting in San Diego. “We applaud Cornell for its comprehensive...
  • Agriculture
  • Organic
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Cooperative Extension podcast talks turkey

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It’s undeniably November, and everyone’s talking turkey – including the “Extension Out Loud” podcast from Cornell Cooperative Extension. Offering a bird’s-eye view of the turkey scene in New York state, hosts Katie Baildon and Paul Treadwell are...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Food
  • Meat
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Study finds sex bias in bird conservation plans

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Yet conservation strategies have typically overlooked the habitats needed by females, putting already-declining species in even more peril, according to a new study in the journal Biological Conservation. “Among the small songbird species that...
  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Animals
  • Ecosystems
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New genomic analysis may lead to improved watermelon

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Indeed, watermelon is one of the world’s most popular fruits, second only to tomato – which many consider a vegetable. But there are six wild species of watermelon, all with pale, hard and bitter fruits. Researchers have now taken a...
  • Boyce Thompson Institute
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
  • Pathology
  • Food
  • Fruits
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Sled dogs lead the way in quest to slow aging

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By the end of her racing days, she had competed twice in sled dog racing’s equivalent to the Olympics – the International Federation of Sleddog Sports World Championships. And she ended her racing career with a bang, winning an extremely...
  • Animal Science
  • Animals
  • Genetics
  • Health + Nutrition
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Cornell partners in $10M poultry science grant

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The grant, awarded by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture on Sept. 1 and co-led by the University of Arkansas, is among the largest grants ever awarded by the USDA, and dovetails with Cornell’s land-grant missions of research...
  • Animal Science
  • Animals
  • Environment
  • Planet
  • Food
  • Meat
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Grow-NY finalists put down roots in NYS food and ag economy

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“It’s a bee oasis,” says Scofield, a Cornell doctoral candidate who studies honeybee health. The 50-acre organic farm, owned by the Wegmans grocery store chain, offers honeybees a wide variety of pollens to feed on, she says. It’s also the...
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Meet our new faculty - fall 2019

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  • Animal Science
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
  • Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Department of Communication
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Communication

Meet our faculty: Lynn M. Sosnoskie

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Academic focus: Weed biology, ecology and management in specialty crop systems Previous positions: Agronomy and Weed Science Advisor, Merced and Madera Counties, University of California – ANR, 2018-2019; Assistant Research Faculty, Department...
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
  • Organic
  • Plants
  • Crops
  • Horticulture
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