From Pumped-up pumpkin crop – Near-perfect weather this summer allowed farmers to grow a plentiful supply of gourds, Buffalo News, Oct. 21. “New York’s pumpkins are plentiful. “That’s what state agriculture experts and local ...
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Climate Change Changes Fall Colors – In an interview on NPR Boston affiliate WBUR’s Here and Now (October 19), the Department of Horticulture’s David Wolfe explains how climate change is affecting fall color — ...
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On Friday, October 8, students in Hort 1101 spent their lab session touring the Homer C. Thompson Vegetable Research Farm, Freeville, N.Y., and then pitched in to pick nearly two tons of sweet peppers ...
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CALS Dean Kathryn Boor announced the 2010 CALS Research & Extension and Core Value Staff Awards October 15. Among them, Stephen Reiners shares the “Award for Outstanding Accomplishments in Extension/Outreach – Individual” with Peter ...
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See the Oct. 11 Cornell Chronicle article, New garden designed by freshmen symbolizes Cornell Cooperative Extension’s 100 years by Cornell Chronicle intern Grady Brimley for more information. Thirteen first-year plant science majors designed and ...
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“The abundant sunshine we have had much of this summer and fall has likely produced leaves high in sugars. And sugars are important for production of anthocyanins pigments, which produce rich red colors. Working ...
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From Susan S. Lang, originally posted on The Essentials, a daily blog from the staff of the Cornell Chronicle. (Slightly edited.) Everything you wanted to know about Iroquois corn but didn’t know to ask ...
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If you missed the talk Monday by Wes Jackson, President of The Land Institute, Salina, Kansas on “The Necessity and Possibility of the Ecosystem as the Conceptual Tool for a New Agriculture,” you can ...
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A study by the National Research Council confirmed what most of us already know: Cornell is a great place to pursue a graduate degree in horticulture. The 2010 NRC study, based on data collected ...
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From Betsy Leonard, technician, Department of Horticulture: On September 28, members of Alpha Zeta fraternity picked 40 bushels of organic peppers from research plots at the Homer C. Thompson Vegetable Research Farm, Freeville, N.Y. ...
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