Mushroom farms turn a profit in Tier woodlots
From the Ithaca Journal : “… ‘You’re not going to get rich, but it’s not just a hobby, or it doesn’t have to be,’ said Ken Mudge, Associate Professor at Cornell’s School of Integrative ...
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Mushroom farms turn a profit in Tier woodlots
Hortus Forum perennial sale August 6
Hortus Forum, Cornell’s undergraduate horticulture club, will have a plant sale on the perennial pad by the green greenhouse complex at Kenneth Post Lab 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesday August 6. All ...
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Roasted or not, what a nut!
Reposted from CALS Notes : For most people, chestnuts bring connotations of Christmas or the Chinese New Year, but for Brian Caldwell and other agroforestry enthusiasts, they also represent potential as a valuable food crop. Caldwell, ...
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Congratulations!
Some recent awards and recognitions: Crystal Stewart, Cornell Cooperative Extension Regional Agriculture Specialist with the Eastern NY Commercial Horticulture Program, was awarded an Achievement Award at the Annual Meeting of the National Association of ...
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Hail in Geneva
Via CALS Facebook: When did it turn to winter??? A few shots of the scene outside the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station this morning after a large hail storm blew through Geneva, NY. There have ...
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Video: Drone provides bird’s-eye view for turf researchers
Cornell Turfgrass Program researchers are employing a drone this summer to take aerial photos of their research plots. “Of course we still collect data. But with the bird’s-eye view, you can see things that ...
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Organic Seed School August 17
Organic Seed School Sunday, August 17, 2014 at 8:00am to 4:00pm Homer C. Thompson Vegetable Research Farm (CUAES) 133 Fall Creek Rd. Freeville, NY Come learn from growers, breeders, and seed companies to better ...
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Boor joins board of food, agriculture research foundation
Via CALS Notes : Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced today the appointment of Dr. Kathryn Boor, Ronald P. Lynch Dean of CALS, as an inaugural member of the board of directors of the new Foundation ...
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Tree of 40 Fruit
Art meets horticulture in this artist’s grafted stone fruit trees, using varieties gleaned from orchard at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station. The Tree of 40 Fruit Is Exactly as Awesome as It ...
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Plant disease expert joins NYSAES faculty
Via Station News: It was announced earlier this week that Dr. Sarah Pethybridge will be joining the Station faculty as assistant professor of plant pathology and plant-microbe biology. Pethybridge comes to Cornell from ...
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