Food Systems & Health
Provided From left, Sharon Motomura, Chiedozie Egesi and Joana Norton, pose in front of an international hybridization plot at the University of Hawaii, Hilo, which was planted with high-yielding cassava from Africa that is resistant to viruses and elite...
Despite the bad rap snakes often get, they are more central to ecology than most people realize New research reveals that snakes might even play a key role in dispersing plant seeds It’s long been known that some plants disperse their seeds by “hitchhiking”...
Kristen Park/Dyson School Elaine Hill, PhD '14, conducts research in one of the 11 independent grocery stores the Cornell team studied For the first time, Cornell researchers have analyzed where Northeast supermarkets source the foods they sell to their...
GreenStar Community members discuss food issues GreenStar Community Projects and Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County (CCE-Tompkins) are hosting a gathering and meal to encourage networking among local food providers and others interested in...
“If you have a concept of something you want to fix, how do you go about fixing it” Heather Kolakowski In Hunger, Health and Nonprofit Social Enterprise (HA 4315), Heather Kolakowski’s service-based learning class, she designed the course to introduce students...
“The food system is complicated at all different levels, including at the minute scale of genetics, and you have to explore the tradeoffs” As a plant geneticist, Rebecca Nelson focuses on identifying traits that could improve disease resistance in corn...
Dan Klotz '89/Provided Carmen Moraru, professor of food science, speaks during a briefing in the House of Representatives Nov 2 “How can we improve the safety of the food supply” asked Cornell food scientist Carmen Moraru Moraru, professor of food...
Local & Regional Food Systems Strengthening Collaborations across Campus, County and Community Strengthening Connection: Who We Are To catalyze collaboration and strengthen our impact, we are taking some time to get to know our LRFS network and are sharing what we...
Provided Chris Barrett speaks at a forum hosted by the American Enterprise Institute Oct 19 in Washington, DC Congress can change the United States’ international food aid programs to save lives without increasing taxpayer costs, said Cornell expert...
Adam Shelepak ’17 during a visit to campus in late summer I grew up in Endwell, New York, a small town about 40 miles from Cornell University Though it’s a short drive from Ithaca, to me it represented a tremendous shift in worldview My freshman year...
Marin Cherry, MS ’15, course coordinator for Food Science 4000, left, with Professor Chang “Cy” Lee, who teaches the class Last spring, food science major Maddie Parish ’17 and other members of her team in the capstone course Food Science 4000...