Signs of spring: Hortus Forum at KPL
Members of Hortus Forum, Cornell’s undergraduate horticulture club, visited Kenneth Post Lab greenhouses Wednesday, where Bill Miller explained the work of the Flower Bulb Research Program.
Yearly Archives: 2017
Could a Platoon of Helicopters Have Saved Washington, D.C.’s Cherry Blossoms?
Popular Mechanics talked to Marvin Pritts, professor in the Horticulture Section of Cornell’s School of Integrative Plant Science, about some of the more drastic techniques professional growers use to protect their plants — and ...
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Seminar video: Cover crop and weed management in a living mulch system for vegetables
If you missed Monday’s Horticulture Section seminar Cover crop and weed management in a living mulch system for vegetables with Vinay Bhaskar, Graduate Field of Horticulture, it is available online. More seminar videos: Horticulture ...
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Greenhouse staff plow on through nor’easter
Excerpted from the Cornell Chronicle : For the first time since February 2014, Cornell closed the Ithaca campus due to snow, halting all but essential services from noon March 14 until 4:30 p.m. March ...
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‘On healthy soil and dirty art’ at Science Cabaret March 21
From the Field to Canvas: On Healthy Soil and Dirty Art Tuesday, March 21 7 to 9 p.m. Coltivare Restaurant 235 S. Cayuga St. Join Kirsten Kurtz and Bob Schindelbeck from the Cornell Soil Health ...
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Register now for Soil Summit March 28-29
CALS News : Soil amendments such as raw manure offer clear benefits to agricultural production, but they can also pose potential environmental and food safety risks if not handled properly. The Food Safety Modernization ...
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Vanden Heuvel recognized for grape, wine research
Cornell Chronicle In recognition of her major contributions to the state’s wine and grape industries, Justine Vanden Heuvel has earned this year’s research award from the New York Wine and Grape Foundation (NYWGF). ...
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Giving Day
CALS Annual Fund: Make a Gift. Change the World. Each year, the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences’ Annual Fund helps direct financial resources to where they are needed at the college—from helping students ...
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Outstanding work, advocacy earn Excellence in IPM award for Cornell Cooperative Extension educator
From the NYSIPM Program: GENEVA, NY, March 8, 2017: Christy Hoepting grew up on a small farm north of Toronto, Ontario. Enrolling at the University of Guelph, a top-tier ag school, was a natural ...
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PCCW symposium looks at food ethics, small farms
Cornell Chronicle Roughly 100 Cornell alumnae gathered March 4 as part of the 2017 President’s Council of Cornell Women Symposium, “Feeding the World Sustainably.” Highlights included presentations on food ethics by Andrew Chignell, ...
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