Food Systems & Health
Senior Extension Associate, Department of Food Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Director of the Produce Safety Alliance and program coordinator for the National Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) Program Research and outreach extension focus on...
Professor of Food Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Director of the Northeast Center for Food Entrepreneurship at Cornell University Research program focused on applied research in support of her extension program to add value and safety to...
Assistant Professor of Plant Breeding Genetics in the Horticulture Department, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Research focus innovation of vegetables for adaptation for production in the Northeastern US and to be of improved quality and nutrition for...
When Michael Mazourek, PhD '08, was a child, he dreamed of becoming a farmer, a chef or an engineer Little did he know he'd get a taste of all three professions at Cornell As the Calvin Noyes Keeney Assistant Professor of Plant Breeding, Mazourek spends some days...
Building on its capacity as a center for food safety innovation, Cornell’s New York State Agricultural Experiment Station (NYSAES) in Geneva, New York, is poised to expand its food development and technology commercialization capabilities with $1 million in new state...
As the university remains in a second-stage drought, Cornell Dining has developed a new recipe to curtail water use The effort is paying off, and the dining halls are saving 30,000 gallons of water each day “Water is precious,” said Patricia Wynn, executive...
Genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, have transformed the way we produce and consume food, but not everyone thinks this is a good idea You can explore the controversy in Cornell’s free, five-week introductory course, The Science and Politics of the GMO,...
The Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine is collaborating with the City University of Hong Kong (CityU) to create the first internationally accredited school of veterinary medicine in Hong Kong Not only is there currently no veterinary school in Hong...
By Nicholas Roman, CVM Class of 2018 Candidate The FDA is asking veterinarians and pet owners to help investigate a nine-year-old mystery: reports of illnesses associated with consumption of chicken, duck, or sweet potato jerky treats involving more than 6,200 dogs...
Eating dirt can even become an addiction, an impulsive act hidden from others “With geophagy, the language of substance abuse is really common,” says Sera Young, Assistant Professor of Global Health and Nutrition in the Department of Population Medicine and...
My name is Zachary Dvornicky-Raymond, I am a member of the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine’s class of 2019 As far back as I can remember, I have dreamed of working with wildlife and making an impact on conservation worldwide Now that I am in vet...
By Krishna Ramanujan Originally posted in the Cornell Chronicle on June 21, 2016 Outbreaks of Zika and Ebola, antibiotic-resistant bacteria, foodborne diseases and chronic illnesses are constantly in the news, making comprehensive public health...