Ron White wrapped up his 31-year career at Cornell September 23 by cutting the ribbon on a new office facility at Bluegrass Lane Turf and Landscape Research Facility. “When we started this project, I ...
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Updated : Registration is now open for the Short Course. Visit the events page at the Cornell Turfgrass website for more information. Cornell Turfgrass Short Course December 7-11 Cornell University Campus Ithaca, N.Y. This ...
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Social Networking, Local Economies, and Agroecosystem Health Dr. Casey Hoy Kellogg Endowed Chair in Agricultural Ecosystems Management at The Ohio State University Tuesday, September 29, 2009 10:30 am to 11:30 am. Videolink to this ...
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Round up of recent news items … “They’re no longer farming in a static environment,” says David Wolfe (right) in an article in a Sept. 4 story about the effects of climate change on ...
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Sept. 14, 2009 Department of Horticulture seminar on the benefits of high tunnels for extending the season early and late for vegetables, flowers and berries. Presenters: Dr. Marvin Pritts, Dr. Chris Wien, and intern ...
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An article in the Cornell Chronicle details Cornell’s first comprehensive tree inventory. Conducted this summer, the survey found that the campus’s 7,000-plus trees store millions of pounds of carbon and provide more than half ...
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Update : See also Cornell Chronicle article, Class-sized sod sofa satisfies whims, builds teams. Sod sofa in 60 seconds from Cornell Horticulture on Vimeo. Marcia Eames-Sheavly‘s Art of Horticulture class — with the assistance ...
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8/28/2009 news release from the New York Farm Viability Institute featuring High Tunnels project led by Chris Wien: The opportunity to extend New York’s growing season, and produce crops that are bigger, better looking ...
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There’s a bonanza of learning opportunities for berry growers this fall: Berry Webinar Series – Starts Sept. 9. The first of the dozen inter-active, hour-long ‘webinars’ will focus on growing strawberries on plastic and ...
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Opportunities abound for greenhouse growers looking to learn lower-risk ways of dealing with pests: Greenhouse IPM Hands-On Workshop Binghamton (10/2), Rochester (11/5) and more locations to be announced this winter. Gain hands-on experience on ...
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