Horticulture-related efforts cited by Sustainable Tompkins among its Signs of Sustainability for 2012 include: The Cornell student vineyard at Cornell Orchards has been certified organic by the Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA) of New York. This ...
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Study shows promise for East Coast broccoli industry – Thomas Björkman provides a recipe to grow a year-round, $100-million-a-year East Coast broccoli industry. “Most standard varieties developed for western climates have ...
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Michael Mazourek is featured in Better veggies for New York in the Winter 2013 issue of Ezra, Cornell’s Quarterly Magazine: As the Calvin Noyes Keeney Assistant Professor of Plant Breeding, Mazourek spends some days ...
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Scientists tackle tiny fly that’s big trouble for berry growers – Spotted wing drosophila — SWD for short — is poorly understood and highly destructive. “That’s a terrible combination,” says Julie ...
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It’s been nine months since Cornell University’s Amorphophallus titanum bloomed, and we’re catching up with “Wee Stinky” — part of the Department of Plant Biology’s Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium collection. Find out about how ...
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