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Recent Cornell Chronicle articles of interest:

$5 million USDA grant to advance community food systems – “Cornell will receive $1 million of a five-year, $5 million multistate project. … ‘There is tremendous opportunity at this moment to help advance local, sustainable community food systems, and for scholars and academics to better understand how these community food systems work, how they get built and what are the challenges,’ said Scott Peters, the project’s Cornell lead, an associate professor of education who is soon transferring into the horticulture department.”

CU experts confirm emerald ash borer in Buffalo, Rochester – “Cornell researchers have confirmed two new spot infestations of the emerald ash borer in New York state: one in South Buffalo, in Erie County for the first time, and the other in Rochester, in Monroe County, where the ash tree-destroying beetle was first seen in 2010. … ”

State’s first hops specialist on tap to promote New York beer production – “Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) of Madison County has recruited Steve Miller, New York’s first hop specialist, to lead a statewide effort to expand local production of hops, one of beer’s key ingredients. … “

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