Chili cook-off Nov. 20
From the PPPMB Chili Cook-Off Committee (Julia Crane, John Gottula, Allison Jack and Jay Worley). It’s time to pull out grandma’s secret chili recipe because the Fifth Annual Battle of the Plant Sciences Chili ...
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Yearly Archives: 2009
Wine grapes and juice at Cornell Orchards
Cornell Orchards has a bumper crop of wine grapes. Varieties include Finger Lakes Reisling, Seyval Blanc, Foch, Pinot gris, Chardonnay, Lemberger, Cabernet franc, Concord and a few odds and ends, mostly hybrids, that could ...
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Video: The Thrill of the Grass – Frank Rossi on turf art
If you missed Monday’s Department of Horticulture seminar, here’s a version of the talk that Frank gave last summer at the Cornell Living Sculpture Conference. Enjoy. The Thrill of the Grass: Frank Rossi on ...
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Cider returns to Cornell Orchards
The new cider press at Cornell Orchards pressed it’s first run of cider October 1. Sales of cider are slated to begin Saturday, October 3. See the Cornell Orchards website for hours, directions and ...
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Ron White cuts ribbon on new building at Bluegrass Lane
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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Registration open for Cornell Turfgrass Short Course – Dec. 7-11, Ithaca
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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Video seminar: Social Networking, Local Economies, and Agroecosystem Health
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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In the news
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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Video: High tunnel seminar
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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Survey shows benefits of campus trees ($570K+)
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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