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Latest from the CALS Newsroom

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New Presidential Advisory puts Food at the Heart of U.S. Health Policy
Advisory Highlights: Preliminary evidence demonstrates that health care systems could incorporate healthy foods into a patient’s care, with resulting improvements in health outcomes, reduced health care utilization and improved cost...
  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Department of Global Development
  • Food
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Researchers have discovered a gene in hemp that helps the plant resist powdery mildew, giving the fledgling hemp industry a new tool to combat the prevalent disease.

  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plants
  • Horticulture

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Citing the synergy of their respective missions and a rich history of collaboration, New York State Integrated Pest Management Program (NYSIPM) Director Alejandro Calixto has announced that Cornell Cooperative Extension’s nationally recognized...

  • New York State Integrated Pest Management
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News

Hazelnuts are native to New York state and eastern North America, yet the commercial market for these locally grown nuts has long remained limited. With the help of Cornell AgriTech, the New York Tree Crops Alliance is working to change that...
  • Center of Excellence in Food and Agriculture
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Cornell Food Venture Center
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Food system shocks – like natural disasters, political conflicts, or pandemics – raise the prices of staple foods, reduce access to good-quality diets and increase hunger. In low- and middle-income countries, the impacts of such shocks can be...
  • Department of Global Development
  • Food
  • Global Development