Screening of ‘Farmland’ Oct. 27
From Liz Braun, CALS Communications: CALS is co-sponsoring a screening of Farmland next week: More information.
Screening of ‘Farmland’ Oct. 27
Dilmun Hill Harvest Party Oct. 23
Dilmun Hill, Cornell’s Student-run Organic Farm, will be celebrating Food Day on Thursday, October 23rd with a Harvest Party! Join us in harvesting the final fall crops and putting the beds to sleep for ...
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If you missed Monday’s Horticulture Section seminar, Interactions of climate, soil, and grapevines on wine and terroir with Kees van Leeuwen, Professor of Viticulture, Bordeaux University, it’s available online.
Sustainability grants deadline is Dec. 8
The Horticulture Section in the School of Integrative Plant Science at Cornell’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) requests proposals for innovative research, teaching and extension/ outreach projects involving organics and sustainability in ...
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Hestrin wins best poster
The votes have been tallied. Rachel Hestrin, PhD candidate in the Graduate Field of Crop and Soil Sciences (Johannes Lehmann lab) won ‘Best Poster’ at the School of Integrative Plant Science retreat October 14. ...
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Northern Grapes Project Receives $2.6 Million USDA Grant
From Tim Martinson, Northern Grapes Project Director, tem2@cornell.edu: The Northern Grapes Project received an additional $2.6 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Specialty Crops Research Initiative to complete the final two years ...
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130 attend SIPS retreat
More than 130 faculty, academics, staff, grad students and others attended the first School of Integrative Plant Science (SIPS) Retreat in Kennedy Hall Tuesday. That morning, after a welcome from SIPS director Alan Collmer, speakers ...
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Grapes to Wines class visits Long Island
From Justine Vandenheuvel, associate professor, Horticulture Section: The HORT 2205 (Grapes to Wines lab class) went to Long Island the weekend of October 4-5 to learn about the growing grape and wine industry there. We visited ...
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Happy 30th Marvin!
Faculty, friends, family, staff, students and others gathered Friday to help Horticulture Section chair Marvin Pritts celebrate his 30 years at Cornell. Congratulations Marvin!
Fight hunger on World Food Day Oct. 16
CALS and Cornell Dining are partnering with Stop Hunger Now on Thursday, October 16 from 2-5 p.m. in the Trillium Dining Hall to package 30,000 meals for crisis relief and school feeding programs. Sign up ...
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