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Recent articles from the Cornell Chronicle:

Sessions in Spanish added to state ag expo to reach farmworkers [Cornell Chronicle 12/15/2011] – For the first time, the 2012 Empire State Fruit and Vegetable Expo and Direct Marketing Conference in January will feature 11 sessions in Spanish. Led by Extension associate Mario Miranda Sazo and several Cornell faculty and staff members, the sessions will address issues of “working smarter not harder” and provide basic information about plant physiology so employees will understand why farmers are asking them to do certain tasks.

For each $1 invested into an urban tree, a city reaps $5 in benefit, says tree expert in NYC [Cornell Chronicle 12/12/2011] – The benefit of each urban street tree is worth about $135 to a city for the many roles that it serves, said Nina Bassuk (right), director of the Urban Horticulture Institute and professor in the Department of Horticulture, speaking on the benefit of urban trees at 92nd Street Y in New York City Dec. 7.

2 million pounds of CO2 — $230K — are saved in campus energy conservation contest [Cornell Chronicle 12/12/2011] – Barton Lab in Geneva, N.Y., placed first in the CALS Green pilot project. The friendly yearlong energy conservation aimed to cut energy use in six College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) buildings by encouraging such environmentally conscious behaviors as switching off lights, composting and closing fume hoods. Here’s what you can do to save energy over the holiday break.