In the news
Q&A: Reports from the front line of ideas for a sustainable planet – Quotes David Wolfe, professor in the Department of Horticulture ...
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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Happy Holidays …
… from the Department of Horticulture … from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences … from Cornell University. To help spread some holiday cheer, Chair Marvin Pritts and his daughter delivered poinsettias donated ...
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In the news
Recent articles from the Cornell Chronicle: Sessions in Spanish added to state ag expo to reach farmworkers – For the first time, the 2012 Empire State Fruit and Vegetable Expo and ...
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Video: Reputations and Neighbors: Understanding Markets for Wine
Jill J. McCluskey, Visiting Professor, Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, talked on Reputations and Neighbors: Understanding Markets for Wine at a special AEM seminar, December 6, 2011. Here’s the video:
Got egg nog?
Update 12/21/2011: Cornell Dairy egg nog has sold out. But there are still plenty of other reasons to shop at the Cornell Orchards store … Cornelia, the Cornell Dairy spokescow, wants to know if ...
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75+ attend climate change workshop
More than 75 researchers from Cornell and other universities, as well as representatives from state and federal government agencies and environmental groups attended the “Climate Change and New York Ecosystems: Where Do We Go ...
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Food donations top 1.2 million pounds
This year’s ‘Food donations by the numbers … ‘ 93,425 – Pounds of fresh produce from the Homer C. Thompson Research Farm in Freeville donated in 2011 to food relief efforts such as Food ...
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Small Farm Summit Feb. 29
Update: 1/26/2012: Registration now open. Visit Small Farms Program website for more information. From Violet Stone, Cornell Small Farms Program, vws7@cornell.edu. Please ‘save the date’ for the 2012 NYS Small Farms Summit scheduled for ...
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New issue of Appellation Cornell
The new issue of Appellation Cornell (#8, December 2011) is available online. Features include: Automating Measurements of Canopy and Fruit to Map Crop Load in Commercial Vineyards – This research focus article by Terry ...
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New ‘Herriot’ strawberry: Tough plant, tasty fruit
GENEVA, N.Y. – With high yields, good disease resistance, eye-appeal and a mild flavor with pineapple overtones, ‘Herriot’ is a sweet option for growers. “‘Herriot’ is one tough plant,” says Courtney Weber, the berry ...
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