Food Systems & Health
After a century of markets dominated by a few types of wheat and white flour, ancient and heritage wheat varieties are making a comeback Restaurants and bakeries that promote organic and local agriculture have sprouted up across the country in the last decade,...
Cornell and IBM announced a joint research project June 23 that will use genetic sequencing and big-data analyses to help keep the global milk supply safe Foodborne disease outbreaks and food spoilage are an ongoing global dilemma With the application of...
My name is Megan Lee I am a rising DVM/MPH 3rd year student, and this summer 2017 I am engaging in my first Expanding Horizons funded research project I am interested in poverty and food insecurity in developing nations and am in the midst of conceptualizing my role...
The business of food was on the table recently at a conference of food industry leaders hosted by the School of Hotel Administration Topics ranged from the intersection of technology and restaurants to trends in food retailing and the movement to eliminate...
Last month, Ithaca’s first Farm to Plate Conference was launched as a collaboration between Groundswell Center for Local Food and Farming and Cornell University’s Development Sociology Department to celebrate and discuss challenges around “uniting for a just...
Global changes in climate, economies, transportation, and resource use, as well as environmental agents that propel infectious diseases across borders and species, profoundly challenge public health From July 9 to 15, Cornell MPH faculty will be teaching at a...
By tagging a cell’s proteins with fluorescent beacons, Cornell researchers have found out how E coli bacteria defend themselves against antibiotics and other poisons Probably not good news for the bacteria When undesirable molecules show up, the bacterial...
For most of us, milk is our first food, containing everything a growing mammal needs Those nutritional benefits should be harnessed beyond infancy and into every stage of life, according to the Cornell Dairy Center of Excellence, which held its second annual...
To develop new knowledge for fighting economic insecurity in upstate New York, a set of leaders has formed a network to collaborate and share best practices The Program Work Team on Poverty and Economic Hardship, a group of Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE)...
With the world facing a vast array of food and nutrition security challenges that pose significant humanitarian, environmental and national security risks, a national commission that included leaders from Cornell’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS)...
A rich trove of once-hidden Cornell agricultural research from journals and other serial publications is now available to the public Cornell University Library collaborated with Kathryn J Boor ’80, the Ronald P Lynch Dean of the College of Agriculture and...