In the news
Two professors lead national climate report – Americans can expect more heat waves, heavy downpours, floods and droughts, sea level rise and ocean acidification, according to a draft national climate assessment ...
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Yearly Archives: 2013
Mushroom growers, researchers gather and share at NOFA-NY Winter Conference
By Steve Gabriel, crossposted from the Northeast Forest Mushroom Growers Network website/blog. Saratoga Springs, NY — Farmer interest in the practice of log-grown shiitake mushrooms is growing, as evidenced by recent conversations at the ...
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Organic certification online course starts Feb. 12
From Violet Stone, Cornell Small Farms Program Demystifying Organic Certification: Get Help Navigating the Certification Process If you’ve been thinking about getting your farm certified as organic but aren’t sure whether it’s worth it, ...
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Top 8 Priorities for New York Small Farms Detailed in Report
Via Cornell Small Farms Program January monthly update. Cornell Small Farms Program released its report, 2012 Recommendations for Strategic Investments in New York’s Small Farms detailing the top priorities for enhancing the viability of ...
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Duff, Eames-Sheavly receive Engaged Learning + Research Faculty Fellowships
Bryan Duff and Marcia Eames-Sheavly have been selected as members of the inaugural group of Cornell’s Engaged Learning + Research Faculty Fellowship Program. Duff will use the fellowship to help develop a new service-learning ...
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David Wolfe climate change interview on WHCU
David Wolfe (right), professor in the Department of Horticulture and chair of the Climate Change Focus Group at Cornell’s Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future, explored the importance of the United States taking a ...
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In the news
Winter Gardens at Cornell: Beauty In the Snow – Profiles Cornell Plantations’ winter crown jewel — the Mullestein Winter Garden — and other campus gardens with particular winter interest. “The Minns ...
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Grad student news
Congratulations Sarah Hulick! MS candidate Sarah Hulick (right) won best oral presentation at the Northeast Regional Meeting of the American Society of Horticulture Sciences January 3-4 for her talk titled “Black Plastic Mulch and ...
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Congratulations (again) Marty
Last fall, the New York State Turfgrass Association (NYSTA) awarded its Citation of Merit to Marty Petrovic (right), professor and turfgrass scientist in the Department of Horticulture. Adding to Petrovic’s laurels, the Metropolitan Golf ...
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Horticulture seminar series kicks off Monday, Jan. 21
The Department of Horticulture kicks off it’s spring seminar series with a talk on PGRU Vegetable Crops: A Reservoir of Genetic Diversity by Joanne A. Labate, Molecular Biologist, USDA-ARS, Plant Genetic Resources Unit, Geneva, ...
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