In the news
Barton Hall banquet celebrates public engagement mission – In an event that honored Cornell’s tradition of public engagement and its founding as a land-grant university, a dinner banquet at Barton Hall, ...
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Monthly Archives: October 2012
Gleaners harvest potatoes at Freeville research farm
Dozens of volunteers descended on the Homer C. Thompson Vegetable Research Farm in Freeville, N.Y., to harvest about 5 tons of potatoes bound for food aid programs run by Food Bank of the Southern ...
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Seminar videos
If you missed the recent Department of Horticulture seminars with John Sanford and Grady Roberts, they’re now available online: New ways of seeing the plant genome with John Sanford, Courtesy associate professor, Department of ...
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In the news
Research team tackles top pests that scourge organic crops – A $2 million grant from the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative will fund ...
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Annual flower trial updates
When you’re planning what annual flowers to grow in your garden or containers next season, check out the 2012 gallery at the Bluegrass Lane Annual Flower Trials website. Last year was the ninth season ...
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In the news
CALS will continue to evolve its education program – Reaccreditation for the Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) will not be pursued when the current accreditation expires Dec. 31, 2013. “We ...
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Fall Issue of periodiCALS (formerly CALS News)
The Fall 2012 issue of periodiCALS (formerly CALS News) is available online. Some items of horticultural interest include: Evolution of the Land Grant Mission – Feature story quotes Anu Rangarajan: “Our Northeast Beginning Farmers ...
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Video: Students create botanical fashion show
Update – New video: Botanical fashion show in 100 seconds October 15, 2012, three students from the Art of Horticulture class at Cornell University create outfits made from plant materials — and tell ...
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Greenhouse vegetable shortcourse Dec. 5-6
Greenhouse vegetable shortcourse Dec. 5-6, 2012 Kenneth Post Laboratory Greenhouse Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Topics include: Nutrient delivery in hydroponic crops Lighting Considerations Water quality: pH, alkalinity, and acidification Crop selection for hydroponic vegetable production Risk ...
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Peters to talk about Land-Grant Mission
From Cornell Chronicle, 10/11/2012: Scott J. Peters (right) will give a public lecture about the Morrill Act, the basis 150 years ago of Cornell’s founding as a land-grant university, Oct. 18 at 4 p.m. ...
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