So You Want To Grow Hemp
From Science Friday podcast Good news could be coming soon for anyone interested in hemp, the THC-free, no-high strain of cannabis whose use ranges from fibers to food to pharmaceuticals. If the 2018 Farm ...
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Seminar video: Cover crops for enhancing soil health in vegetable production
If you missed Monday’s Horticulture Section seminar, Cover crops for enhancing soil health in vegetable production with Thomas Björkman, Horticulture Section, it is available online. More seminar videos: Horticulture | School of Integrative Plant Science
Seminar video: The Challenges of Farming in New York City
If you missed Monday’s Horticulture Section seminar, The Challenges of Farming in New York City with Yolanda Gonzalez and Sam Anderson, Cornell Cooperative Extension, it is available online. More seminar videos: Horticulture | School of Integrative ...
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Toward Sustainability Foundation grant deadline is Dec. 3
For more nearly 20 years, CALS has bolstered its sustainability research with a steady stream of gifts from the Toward Sustainability Foundation (TSF), a Massachusetts-based organization founded by an anonymous, eco-minded Cornell alumna. Since ...
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Growing the World’s Food in Greenhouses
Cornell Research website: Neil Mattson, School of Integrative Plant Science, Horticulture Section, spent his childhood on a farm with flower and vegetable gardens. “If you know how to grow your own food, you’ll never ...
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Botanic Gardens’ Detrick, M.P.S. ’16, connects people and plants
Cornell Chronicle With a background in fine arts and experience working in museums and galleries, Emily Detrick, M.P.S. ’16, has always been interested in curation – the documentation and care of collections. Now ...
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Cornell’s new Sustainable Landscapes Trail opens Oct. 5
Cornell Chronicle : Lace up your walking shoes and head to Cornell’s new Sustainable Landscapes Trail, which will open with a ceremony Friday, Oct. 5, at 2 p.m., at the newly refurbished Peterson parking lot ...
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Pumpkin-picking advice from Steve Reiners
Due to the ideal growing conditions in New York state, the pumpkin crop is early this year and consumers should act fast when picking says Steve Reiners, professor and chair of the Horticulture Section in ...
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Seminar video: Growing the lost crops of eastern North America
If you missed Monday’s Horticulture Section seminar, Growing the lost crops of eastern North America: Developmental plasticity in plant domestication with Natalie Mueller, post-doctoral fellow, Horticulture Section, it is available online. More seminar videos: Horticulture ...
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Landscape professionals learn about bioswale benefits
Above: Students in Creating the Urban Eden: Woody Plant Selection, Design, and Landscape Establishment (PLHRT/LA 4910/4920) planted more than 1,000 feet of beds along Tower Road from Plant Science Building to Stocking Hall with ...
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