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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From the Cornell Chronicle : Nearly 60 participants representing every corner of the emerging biomass energy market — from potential growers to manufacturers of harvesting and biomass heating equipment — attended a willow biomass ...
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Governor Andrew M. Cuomo on December 12 announced$1 million in federal funding to enhance the competitiveness of New York’s agricultural products. The funding will support the research, development and promotion of specialty crops including ...
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Three new permaculture design courses will be offered this winter and spring through the Department of Horticulture’s distance learning program: Permaculture Design I: Fundamentals of Ecological Design (Starts January 21, 2013) Permaculture Design II: ...
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Just in time for arrival of this year’s crop of seed catalogs, the 2013 edition of Selected List of Vegetable Varieties for Gardeners in New York State is now available online. The varieties listed ...
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Indoor lawns help students handle stress – Grass lawns brought indoors are helping Cornell students at University in New York deal with the stress of final exams. Marcia Eames-Sheavly, director of the ...
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