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The project, which will focus specifically on the impact of high-bandwidth farm networking, has received a four-year, $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation. Phoebe Sengers, associate professor of information science, is...
  • Cornell Institute for Digital Agriculture
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Agriculture
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The genome-wide association study leveraged data collected from sites in India, Kenya and Mexico to better understand the shared genetic basis of resistance to yellow rust, a tenacious and widespread fungal disease caused by a pathogen prevalent...
  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
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Field Note

This article is written by Cornell Cooperative Extension Wayne County 4-H Team Leader Jessica Spence. 4-H Camp Beechwood, nestled along the Maxwell Creek and the beautiful shoreline of Lake Ontario at Beechwood State Park, is a weeklong day camp...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
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According to a new report from the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) that published July 15, researchers have mapped opportunities for India to reduce hunger and improve overall nutrition by reorienting its agricultural...
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Food Science
  • Global Development Section
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  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Global Development Section
  • Food
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Allison Chatrchyan and David Kay , senior research and extension associates in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences’ Department of Global Development, are studying solar leasing on farmland in New York to better understand the economic...
  • Community and Regional Development Institute
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Global Development Section
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The protein, called AcrVIA1, can halt the CRISPR-Cas13 editing process, according to new research from Cornell, Rockefeller University and the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center published in the journal Science July 3. “We’re expanding our...
  • Food Safety Laboratory and Milk Quality Improvement Program
  • Food Science
  • Health + Nutrition
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Due to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, an additional $10 billion is urgently needed to prevent millions more people becoming food insecure, according to a new report by Cornell, the International Food Policy Research Institute and the...
  • Global Development Section
  • Food
  • Global Development
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Launched at the start of this year, Global Development draws on the expertise of more than 60 researchers engaging on issues ranging from agricultural production and gender and wealth inequality to environmental sustainability and climate change...
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
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The innovative Study Away option will allow eligible international students to live and study at a college or university in their home country or region, with access to the host institution’s campus facilities and services. Cornell students will...
  • Food Science
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The Zoom format will allow farmers, agriculture professionals, home gardeners and others to participate from a distance. The Empire Farm Days’ Virtual Soil Health Center, via Zoom, will provide short programs July 29-31. Participants can choose...
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Soil and Crop Sciences Section
  • Agriculture
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However, commercial CEA requires an advanced knowledge of both plant biology and complex infrastructure. And while New York state ranks fourth in the nation for CEA production value, the workforce hasn’t been able to keep pace with industry...
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
  • Agriculture
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Diseases like dementia can develop years before people present any outward symptoms. Now, new Cornell research identifies the key role of a gene that helps protect the brain from damage.
  • Molecular Biology and Genetics
  • Health + Nutrition
  • Disease
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Field Note

In March, the pandemic put a pause on most hands-on research. Learn how Professor Buz Barstow and his team kept working on sustainable energy technologies from home and hear how his lab has changed now that campus is starting to re-open.
  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • Health + Nutrition
  • Biology
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But a new Cornell study finds that when small-scale farmers are trained in food safety protocols and develop a farm food safety plan, new markets open up to them, leading to an overall gain in revenue. “Our results should be welcomed by growers...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Institute for Food Safety
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
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The study, “ Identification and Characterization of Colletotrichum Species Causing Apple Bitter Rot in New York and Description of C. noveboracense sp. nov.,” was published July 6 in the journal Scientific Reports. “We were shocked by what we...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Hudson Valley Lab
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
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Field Note

Hannah Swegarden recently completed her Ph.D. under the direction of Phillip Griffiths, associate professor of horticulture at Cornell AgriTech. While working with Griffiths, Swegarden utilized an integrated approach to vegetable breeding geared...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
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For the past month, they’ve orchestrated food box giveaways, providing free 20 lb. boxes of produce to county residents. To date, over 7,200 boxes have been given to Western New York families in need. That’s 144,000 pounds of fresh produce! The...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Agriculture
  • Food
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The Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability has awarded seven Academic Venture Fund (AVF) interdisciplinary seed grants, totaling $1.1 million, for projects that engage faculty from eight Cornell colleges and 16 academic departments. In its...
  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
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Since its arrival in the U.S., it has spread to New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland and New Jersey, and is considered a major agricultural threat. A Cornell-led team of researchers field-tested 14 active ingredients in insecticides...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Agriculture