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With the constant barrage of health and safety claims about foods and their ingredients online and in the media, one could be forgiven for developing certain food phobias that may not always be based on the best evidence available. A new study...

It started as a project to explore and strengthen food systems, but became so much more: a bridge between campus and community, a model for cooperative learning, and a catalyst for change. Christine Porter, Ph.D. ‘10, started the Food Dignity...

According to David Just, food marketing and economics expert and professor in the Dyson School, the recent decision by New York’s Court of Appeals to not reinstate laws limiting the size of sodas sold in New York City was not only the popular...

Jason Hopwood ‘14 did not initially pursue a career in the wine industry. Before coming to Cornell, Hopwood worked in hospitality, as a chef and eventually co-owner of a restaurant. His interest in wine grew through these experiences until he...

Yesterday, New York State Senator Mike Nozzolio announced that $3.4 million in new state funding would be allocated to the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, NY, to modernize the Fruit and Vegetable Processing Pilot Plant...

It was cheers for beers this week, at news from Albany that Governor Andrew M. Cuomo would be investing $350,000 for research into hops and malting barley, key beer-brewing ingredients, to help Cornell specialists understand the varieties and...

It grows 18 feet tall, bears a cone-shaped flower that begins to form after the summer solstice, has the potential to yield 400 different oils, and claims marijuana as its closest relative in the plant kingdom. What is it? The hop plant, once...

Cornell President David Skorton joined Dean Boor and a host of other dignitaries and Reunion attendees on the Ag Quad today to help launch the new School of Integrative Plant Science in CALS. The school brings together CALS’ former plant and...

Via the Cornell Horticulture blog: On a sunny Tuesday, associate professor of horticulture Justine Vanden Heuvel and research support specialist Michael Brown got a good start on planting a new cranberry bed, the first at Cornell Orchards. (The...

Via Cornell Horticulture Blog: Associate professor of horticulture Ken Mudge, program aid Steve Gabriel and research support specialist Jonathan Comstock appear in a new movie, The Resilient Ones: A Generation Takes On Climate Change from Bright...

Christian Shaw 14, CALS alumnus and organizer of the Plastic Tides initiative, has launched a new Kickstarter campaign to raise funds to shoot a short documentary of a planed paddle board expedition in the Sargasso Sea surrounding Bermuda. The...

In recognition of her extraordinary commitment to the fields of agriculture and science, horticulture professor Susan Brown was recently honored at the 2014 “Women of Distinction” ceremony at the State Capitol. Brown, director of Cornell’s Fruit...

Coffee drinkers, rejoice! Aside from java’s energy jolt, food scientists say you may reap another health benefit from a daily cup of joe: prevention of deteriorating eyesight and possible blindness from retinal degeneration due to glaucoma...

Guest Post from Christian Shaw ’14 and Céline Jennison ‘14* “Having both grown up enjoying water sports, we feel a responsibility to work towards protecting our playground for generations to come. Along with a group of three other friends who...

Jennifer Tiffany, Ph.D. ’04, is the new executive director of Cornell University Cooperative Extension of New York City ( CUCE-NYC). She has served as CUCE-NYC interim director since the unexpected death of former director Don Tobias in November...

If you’re one of the legions of health-conscious Americans who regularly cook with tofu, a new study by the Cornell Food and Brand Lab suggests new ways to persuade your tofu-reticent friends and family to try cooking with the jiggly, white...