Food Systems & Health
It’s not hard to remember the period of the pandemic when everything from tomato cages to seeds were hard to find And now Cornell researchers are supporting that anecdotal evidence with data Katie Fiorella, an assistant professor in the Department of Public and...
Across Cornell, 56 research projects have received federal funding to explore topics that will support New York’s food supply, economy and well-being They include teaching young people financial literacy skills, assessing the economic opportunities for dairy...
Chronic wasting disease — which affects deer, elk and moose — continues to spread throughout the Great Plains and Midwest Just this year, authorities in western Oklahoma detected the state’s first case in a free-ranging deer After about 40 years of...
In September 2020, an American black bear cub was treated in the Janet L Swanson Wildlife Hospital after being hit a car Six days later, the cub was sent to a rehabilitation center and then released to the wild This could have been the end of the story, except that...
For more than a quarter century, the USDA has been tracking levels of food insecurity in the United States with a standardized tool, the Household Food Security Survey Module (HFSSM) But little research had verified how the survey’s questions were being understood...
The early days of the COVID-19 pandemic held great uncertainty Many people faced job losses or reduced incomes, while media images of empty supermarket shelves and stories about dumped milk showcased the effects of disrupted supply chains and stirred up food scarcity...
A College of Veterinary Medicine faculty member is a contributing author to UNICEF’s inaugural report on women’s nutrition, “Undernourished and Overlooked: A global nutrition crisis in adolescent girls and women” Elizabeth Fox '09, PhD '16, assistant...
It was 1994, and a new virus was killing racehorses in Australia Then it killed a horse trainer who was caring for his charges The virus, called Hendra after the Brisbane suburb where it first surfaced, is a relative of the measles virus Hendra virus has been...
Aly Trombitas never planned to be a nutritionist Before coming to Cornell, she began her career with community nonprofits in food, farming, and environmental education To take on more of a leadership role in the field, she knew she would need a master’s degree When...
In December 2021, a team of Cornell University MPH Program faculty were awarded a 2021-22 Engaged Research Grant from the David M Einhorn Center for Community Engagement The group, led by Lara Parrilla, lecturer and community and academic partnership manager, was one...
For children in high-poverty communities, school meals are often a critical source of nutrition, and can also help offset grocery budgets for low-income households Responding to a need to address record low school meal program participation in Tompkins County, a team...
