Seminar video: Targeting vegetable crop improvement in East Africa
If you missed yesterday’s horticulture seminar Targeting vegetable crop improvement in East Africa with Phillip Griffiths, it’s available online.
Seminar video: Targeting vegetable crop improvement in East Africa
Growers view research at Berry Open House
Nearly 50 growers, educators and others attended the Berry Open House hosted at Cornell Orchards and the East Ithaca Research Facility last Friday. Topics covered by faculty and graduate students from several departments, NYSIPM ...
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HORT 1101 students visit Cornell Orchards
Each fall, associate professor Frank Rossi introduces students to plants grown for food, beverages, fiber, aesthetics and recreation in HORT 1101 (Horticultural Science and Systems). With the help of associate professor and viticulture specialist Justine Vanden Heuvel, those ...
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USDA awards more than $5.6 million for N.Y. specialty crops
From October 3, 2014 news release from Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s office: Today, U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand announced $5,647,879.46 in federal funding to support New York State’s specialty crop producers and ...
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Cider season at Cornell Orchards starts October 3
From Kristina Engel-Ross, Cornell Orchards Sales Manager ke95@cornell.edu: We will have cider starting October 3! And we will have Cornell ice cream! Apple varieties available now: Sansa MacIntosh Cortland Macoun Gala Shizuka Certified-Organic Liberty ...
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Dilmun Hill Steering Committee application deadline extended to Oct. 6
From Katharine Constas, Dilmun Hill steering committee member kmc379@cornell.edu: Dilmun Hill is Cornell’s student-run farm that has been practicing sustainable agriculture on Cornell University’s campus for more than a decade. The farm is both a ...
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Seminar video: Pursuing conservation potential of public participation in scientific research
If you missed today’s seminar Pursuing conservation potential of public participation in scientific research with Jennifer Shirk, Project Leader, CitizenScience.org, Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Department of Program Development and Evaluation, it’s available online.
Pawpaw Production Workshop Nov. 6
Have you ever thought of growing pawpaws? Pawpaw is a native fruit with a tropical fruit-like flavor that has been described as a cross between a banana, mango and pineapple. They are rarely found ...
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Willow Biomass Energy Short Course Nov. 18-19
Larry Smart is among the presenters at the Willow Biomass Energy Short Course, Nov. 18-19, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse N.Y. The two-day conference includes classroom and field training in sustainable ...
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Help Cornell Plantations Internship Program reach its crowd funding goal
With 4 days left, Cornell Plantations Internship Program is $2,500 shy of its $10,000 goal. Help push them over the top.