Lessons from US agricultural cooperatives for China

Field Note

The Humphrey PACT (Practitioner - Assistant - Collaborative - Training) Program pairs undergraduate students in Global Development with Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows to work on a research endeavor in the fields of agriculture, rural development...
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
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State invests $1M in Hudson Valley Research Lab

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The Hudson Valley Research Laboratory in Highland, New York, a partnership between Cornell AgriTech and area growers, is receiving $1 million in capital funding from the state for improvements that will take the research facility into the future...

  • Hudson Valley Lab
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Cornell Integrated Pest Management
  • Agriculture
  • Crops
Sarah Dressel-Nikles '11, right with check, president of the Hudson Valley Research Laboratory board, New York State Sen. Michelle Hinchey (D-41st), left with check, and Jared Buono, director of the lab with CALS leaders, lab staff and board, and members of the New York Farm Bureau.

Beekeeping, hydropower: Cornell Atkinson awards nearly $1M in grants

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Cornell Atkinson’s annual Academic Venture Fund will provide nearly $1 million in seed funding to support research teams across five colleges and 11 departments, many with key external partnerships.

  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Animal Science
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Global Development Section
  • Microbiology
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Soil and Crop Sciences Section
  • Agriculture
  • Animals
  • Entomology
  • Pollinators
  • Biodiversity
  • Climate Change
  • Water
  • Landscape
  • Food
  • Global Development
  • Development
  • Disease
Local beekeepers and researchers examine an open log with a Melipona favosa nest during a workshop

New Visions student Lauren Anderson digs into soil health

Field Note

Lauren Anderson started working with the Nutrient Management Spear Program (NMSP) in Fall 2023 through the TST BOCES New Visions program . Anderson is now continuing with NMSP as a summer intern, working on a soil health project. Read on to...
  • Animal Science
  • Microbiology
  • Agriculture
  • Soil
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Natural curiosity rears essential research

Field Note

Meet Hannah Tolz We recently talked to Hannah about what inspires her work and how it’s contributing to NYSIPM’s mission to lead research and education on the selection and use of pest management options to protect personal, environmental and...
  • Cornell Integrated Pest Management
  • Entomology
Hannah Tolz with a spotted lanternfly on her hand

Food loss & waste for climate action and reduced carbon emissions

Field Note

Ruhşan Özdemir Çifçi , a 2023-24 Humphrey Fellow at Cornell , is committed to addressing sustainability and food access challenges across Türkiye. During her Humphrey Fellowship, she completed her Professional Affiliation at the International...
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
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Agustin Olivo: Transforming dairy sustainability from farm to classroom

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Agustin Olivo of Cornell’s Nutrient Management Spear Program (NMSP) defended his PhD dissertation in early June. Read on to learn more about Olivo and his work with nutrient management and greenhouse gas emissions in dairy systems, and to see...
  • Animal Science
  • Agriculture
  • Dairy
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New report on conservation, land-use in the Hudson River Estuary Watershed

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The new report, Natural Resource Protection in the Hudson Valley: Municipal Conservation Stories, presents case studies from seven Hudson Valley towns and highlights the experiences, challenges, and successes of elected officials and municipal...
  • Global Development Section
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Environment
  • Natural Resources
  • Global Development
Group tours watershed site

1.7 billion people in urban and peri-urban areas face food insecurity

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As urbanization continues to reshape our world, the focus on urban and peri-urban food systems becomes increasingly crucial. The latest report from the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE-FSN) of the UN Committee on...
  • Global Development Section
  • Development Sociology
  • Food
  • Global Development
  • Health + Nutrition
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Cornell insect expert breaks down potential impacts of Joro spider

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The Joro spider, an arachnid that's been in the United States for years in some southern states, has been trending in the news lately as the next potentially invasive species to land in New York State. Some media hypes giant, venomous, flying...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
Alejandro Calixto, Director of the New York State Integrated Pest Management Program at Cornell University

Antonio DiTommaso named associate director of Cornell AES

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Antonio DiTommaso, professor and outgoing head of the School of Integrative Plant Science’s Soil and Crop Sciences Section, has been named associate director of the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station (Cornell AES), effective July...
  • Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
  • Soil and Crop Sciences Section
  • Agriculture
Portrait of Antonio DiTommaso