When Susan & Tom Palomaki started Lucas Greenhouses in 2005, they didn’t want to be tied to routine spray schedules. So they hired Debbie Palumbo-Sanders to help them find a better, gentler way to ...
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Cornell Chronicle article, August 28, 2012: With help from a nearly $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Cornell Teacher Education (CTE) program will transform how it prepares new teachers to educate ...
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From Violet Stone, Cornell Small Farm Program: Small Farmers: Register Now for Fall, Winter and Spring Online Courses Whether you are a seasoned, new, or aspiring farmer, there’s something for you in the 2012-2013 ...
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The Department of Horticulture Fall 2012 seminar series (HORT 4950/6000) will kick off August 27. Seminars meet most Mondays, 12:20 to 1:10 p.m. in Plant Science Room 404 and via Polycom to Geneva A134 ...
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From Franziska Doerflinger: The SoHo graduate student club had our second annual winery tour last Saturday. We started with about 34 people — a good mix of new and old students, faculty and staff. ...
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From Kristina Engel-Ross, Cornell Orchards, ke95@cornell.edu We’ve harvested the first apples of the season at Cornell Orchards! For the month of August, our retail store will be open every Thursday and Friday, 10 a.m. ...
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Cornell Chronicle : A block of about 500 grapevines at Cornell Orchards — a little more than half an acre — is now certified organic by the NOFA-NY Certified Organic, LLC. “Virtually all of ...
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Berry specialist Marvin Pritts shows how blueberry, strawberry and bramble growers can use leaf tissue testing to be sure their plants are getting the nutrients they need. He demonstrates which leaves to sample and ...
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From Agricultural Sciences major Missy Call, who is interning with the Department of Horticulture’s Annual Flower Trial Research at Bluegrass Lane. Cross-posted from the AgSci Interns blog. On Monday July 23, my team of ...
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Caryn Davies, daughter of professor Peter Davies (Plant Biology, Horticulture), took home her second gold in as many Olympics in women’s crew on Thursday as the No. 2 seat in the U.S. women’s eight ...
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