Food Systems & Health
From dairy robotics and precision farming technology to the chemistry of wine making and integrated pest management, jobs in agriculture dot a diverse and varied career map in the Finger Lakes Helping area high school students navigate ag-related vocational...
For breeders of cassava, a staple food for hundreds of millions in the tropics, producing improved varieties has been getting harder over time A team at Cornell used genomic analysis of cassava varieties and wild relatives to make a diagnosis: Mutations have...
They say you are what you eat But that may not be true for vegetarians A Cornell undergraduate and his academic adviser have come up with a new way to think about vegetarians And it’s not just about what’s on their plates The new theory proposes that...
Senior Adam Shelepak has been named the 2017 winner of the Cornell University Relations’ Campus-Community Leadership Award The annual honor is presented to a graduating senior who has shown exceptional town-gown leadership and innovation Among his many...
State officials are embracing industrial hemp as a lucrative addition to New York agriculture as regulations are relaxed around a versatile plant with the potential to thrive in the state Gov Andrew M Cuomo convened the first-ever Industrial Hemp Summit on...
The student team behind Anabel’s Grocery, under construction in Anabel Taylor Hall and scheduled to open in summer 2017, envisions a campus where all students have access to affordable, high-quality food without having to sacrifice their studies due to hunger...
The snap bean has an arch nemesis: white mold A project led by a College of Agriculture and Life Sciences researcher is aimed at reducing losses in this important crop by optimizing disease control for the fungus Snap beans, a legume more commonly known as the...
Michael Pollan, environmentalist and best-selling author, will present “Out of the Garden” at the 2017 Iscol Distinguished Environmental Lecture April 27 at 5 pm in Kennedy Hall’s Call Alumni Auditorium The lecture is free and open to the public, and will...
The ability to routinely access enough nutritious and safe food and water affects people and communities worldwide Whether looking at Upstate New York, the US, East Africa, or Asia, food security is a pervasive issue that requires attention—from a food...
More than 50 high school students from across New York state visited Cornell March 31-April 1 for the New York Youth Institute (NYYI), a program giving students the opportunity to engage with issues related to agriculture and food security at home and around the...
'Meat and Greet' fair brings farmers to local tables When it comes to shopping for meat, more consumers are looking for products raised locally Many of those consumers, however, have trouble connecting with nearby farms to satisfy their buying preferences...
I have been farming for the last 50 years. I have seen production dwindling slowly and steadily, erratic climatic conditions, bad seeds and lack of finance as key issues which have led to the fall of prosperity for farmers,” said Hari Baktha Dhakal from the Chitwan region of Nepal, one of more than 200 farmers who gathered for the inauguration of the Seed Systems for Nepal initiative Jan. 23