Food donations – By the numbers
207,426 – Pounds of food from the Homer C. Thompson Research Farm in Freeville donated in 2009 to food relief efforts such as Food Bank of the Southern Tier, Friendship Foods Donation Network of ...
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Monthly Archives: December 2009
New Farmer videos
Embedded video from Cornell University The NY Beginning Farmer Project has a dozen videos for new and beginning farmers available at CornellCast. In this ‘Voices of Experience’ series, you’ll find the kind of dirt-under-the-fingernails ...
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New book: Diseases of Herbaceous Perennials
Margery Daughtrey, senior extension associate in the Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, is co-author of the new book, Diseases of Herbaceous Perennials. The 281-page hardcover book, filled with illustrations and informational text, ...
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Crop Rotation on Organic Farms: A Planning Manual
From Sean McGovern, USDA-SARE outreach coordinator. Edited by Chuck Mohler, senior research associate, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences and Sue Ellen Johnson, research leader, New England Small Farm Institute, contributors include Anusuya Rangarajan, ...
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Poinsettia Sale Dec. 7&8
Cornell’s student horticulture club, Hortus Forum, presents it’s annual Poinsettia Sale: December 7 & 8 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. KPL Greenhouse #9 6” pots: $12 10” pots: $25 Questions? Contact Mason Newark ...
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In the news
Several recent Cornell Chronicle articles of horticultural interest: Libe Slope’s ‘renaturalized’ meadow reaps award New grant enhances program to help budding farmers Local Foods Fair in Mann Library hones in on community connections to ...
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Art of Horticulture final projects
It’s a last-class-of-the-semester tradition: Students in Marcia Eames-Sheavly’s Art of Horticulture course gather to share their final projects and some insight on their process with their classmates. This semester’s projects included a series of ...
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Project aims to use wireless technology to manage water and fertilizer in greenhouses, nurseries and green roofs
The Bauerle Lab in Cornell University’s Department of Horticulture is part of a 5-year, $5-million project investigating the use of wireless sensor networks for precision irrigation and nutrient management in nursery, greenhouse and green ...
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