Pickling your paperwhites
Find updated post on the Flower Bulb Research Program website. It’s that time of year: Thousands of flower-bulb lovers will ‘force’ paperwhites inside so they can enjoy their blooms during the darkest days of ...
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Yearly Archives: 2009
Remembering Lucas Wooster
Update: 11/13/2009 (via Barbara Conolly): Lucas’ sister has set up a memorial website with more info about contributions to GRASSHOPR. Family and friends filled the One World Room of Anabel Taylor Hall November 4 ...
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New support for new farmers
A three-year, $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will help Cornell University’s Small Farms Program (SFP) work with a coalition of groups to broaden its support for new farmers. “Growing demand for ...
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Rotten tomatoes
An October 27 article in Cornell Alumni Magazine, Rotten Tomatoes – Anatomy of an ag epidemic, chronicles last summer’s late blight outbreak that ravaged tomatoes and potatoes in the Northeast. An excerpt: “In mid-August, ...
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They said it
By removing the least amount of existing vegetation on the Commons, we don’t have to start from scratch. We can continue to benefit from trees that have been around for 30 years in terms ...
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Nov. 2: Network with new Plant Science students
From Neil Mattson: As part of the Career Explorations class for new Plant Sciences undergrads, a networking event will be held on November 2nd. This will be an exciting fast-paced occasion for new students ...
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SoHo ‘Mixed Taste’ Tuesday night: Curling and cufflinks
From Chris Cerveny, SoHo Social Chair: A New, Random Topic Lecture Series and Pot Luck Dinner With Justine Vanden Heuvel and Brent Marcus, Tuesday, October 20, 2009 6:30 to 9:00 pm in PS 22 ...
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$1 million awarded for N.Y. specialty crop research
Update : Cornell Chronicle article: Cornell receives nearly $850,000 to improve specialty crops. From an October 15 news release from the New York State Dept. of Agriculture and Markets. “New York State Agriculture Commissioner ...
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Cornell potatoes in the NY Times
A bevy of Cornell bred potatoes are featured in an Oct. 13 article in the New York Times. (See Stand Back, Yukon Gold: There’s a New Potato in Town.) Researchers at Cornell University developed ...
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Cornell Dining Serves Up Locally Grown CALS Produce
Excerpts from an article from the CALS newsroom, Home Grown: Cornell Dining Serves Up Locally Grown CALS Produce. Special thanks to Steve, Melissa and others who help get the food from the farm to ...
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