By Sheri Englund via Atkinson Center Blog : The skyline view from Brooklyn Grange’s rooftop is delectable, but fresh organic produce from the organization’s one-acre rooftop Flagship Farm is even more delicious. Director David ...
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On August 4, Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station (CUAES) staff, Dilmun Hill Student Farm farm managers and farm steering committee member Alena Hutchinson took advantage of a relatively calm morning to install plastic on ...
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Cornell Chronicle : Growing up in Puerto Rico meant Sofia González Martinez never saw apple orchards dotting the landscape. The thought of studying apples as an academic pursuit seemed like a remote possibility for ...
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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack August 2 announced 19 grants totaling $36.5 million for research and extension to support American farmers growing fruits and vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, horticulture and nursery crops including floriculture. The ...
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Cornell Chronicle When some of the world’s best golfers tee off next month in the 72-hole Olympic competition, they will be navigating fairways and greens imagined and designed by a pair of Cornellians. ...
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A production-scale high tunnel is rising at Dilmun Hill Student Farm. Once complete, it will not only extend the growing season for the farm, but also serve as an educational resource for the many classes that visit ...
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Despite some welcome rains yesterday (July 25), much of central and western New York remains in a severe drought. The combination of low snowfall last winter and meager rainfall and warm temperatures this season has reduced stream flows ...
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This summer, Manuel Aregullin, senior research associate in the Plant Biology Section, led a group of Cornell undergraduates on a trip to the Dominican Republic to study Caribbean plant-based medicinal practices that coexist with ...
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NYS IPM Climate Conference: Climate, Weather, Data: Protecting Our Crops and Landscapes August 15, 2016, 9:00 – 4:15 Cornell Cooperative Extension Albany County, Voorheesville, NY With all the talk about climate change you might ...
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Steve Reiners, Marvin Pritts, Greg Peck and others weigh in on how drought in New York is affecting fruit and vegetable growers in this What’s With the Weather? post on the Cornell Climate Change ...
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