More than 130 faculty, academics, staff, grad students and others attended the first School of Integrative Plant Science (SIPS) Retreat in Kennedy Hall Tuesday. That morning, after a welcome from SIPS director Alan Collmer, speakers ...
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From Justine Vandenheuvel, associate professor, Horticulture Section: The HORT 2205 (Grapes to Wines lab class) went to Long Island the weekend of October 4-5 to learn about the growing grape and wine industry there. We visited ...
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Faculty, friends, family, staff, students and others gathered Friday to help Horticulture Section chair Marvin Pritts celebrate his 30 years at Cornell. Congratulations Marvin!
CALS and Cornell Dining are partnering with Stop Hunger Now on Thursday, October 16 from 2-5 p.m. in the Trillium Dining Hall to package 30,000 meals for crisis relief and school feeding programs. Sign up ...
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If you missed yesterday’s horticulture seminar Targeting vegetable crop improvement in East Africa with Phillip Griffiths, it’s available online.
Nearly 50 growers, educators and others attended the Berry Open House hosted at Cornell Orchards and the East Ithaca Research Facility last Friday. Topics covered by faculty and graduate students from several departments, NYSIPM ...
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Each fall, associate professor Frank Rossi introduces students to plants grown for food, beverages, fiber, aesthetics and recreation in HORT 1101 (Horticultural Science and Systems). With the help of associate professor and viticulture specialist Justine Vanden Heuvel, those ...
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From October 3, 2014 news release from Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s office: Today, U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand announced $5,647,879.46 in federal funding to support New York State’s specialty crop producers and ...
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From Kristina Engel-Ross, Cornell Orchards Sales Manager ke95@cornell.edu: We will have cider starting October 3! And we will have Cornell ice cream! Apple varieties available now: Sansa MacIntosh Cortland Macoun Gala Shizuka Certified-Organic Liberty ...
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From Katharine Constas, Dilmun Hill steering committee member kmc379@cornell.edu: Dilmun Hill is Cornell’s student-run farm that has been practicing sustainable agriculture on Cornell University’s campus for more than a decade. The farm is both a ...
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