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(L-R) Fred Frank, Richard Ball, and Hans Walter-Peterson survey vineyard damage along Keuka Lake

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Spring freeze: Cornell helps vintners recover growing season

Following a mid-May freeze, two Cornell viticulture experts are advising grape growers in New York on how to rescue their season, as vineyards now face a reduced crop and economic loss.

  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
Fred Lee working on his farm

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New York FarmNet cultivates stability for farming families

Fred Lee was on the verge of losing the Long Island farm he had inherited from his family. A call to New York FarmNet, and its free, confidential consultants, helped change his life and his business.

  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Agriculture
Hans Walter-Peterson, Louis and Donna Gridley, and Dr. Bruce Reisch stand next to the Aravelle Grape

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Aravelle: the extension story behind Cornell's newest grape variety
Aravelle, a new grape variety developed by Dr. Bruce Reisch of Cornell AgriTech, is set to make its way into wine glasses across New York, after decades of meticulous research. In this installment of the 'Extension Out Loud' podcast by Cornell...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Viticulture and Enology
Dave Walczak, operations manager of Eden Valley Growers co-op in Eden, New York, checks on Brussels sprouts growing on 2,000 acres of co-op members’ farmland.

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Upstate 2.0 wins $1M NSF award to transform economy

A $1M award will support Upstate 2.0, which aims to grow the regional economy in upstate New York while helping to realize the state and nation’s goal of a net-zero carbon economy.

  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • Agriculture
A group of people stand next to garbage bags filled with marine debris on Long Island Sound

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NY Sea Grant awarded $5.2M to fight waterway pollution
More than $5.2 million in funding will support New York Sea Grant (NYSG) efforts to carry out community action and research activities to reduce plastic and other types of pollution in the state’s coastal and river waterways. A cooperative...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • New York Sea Grant Institute
  • Sea Grant NY

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How Each of Us Can Prepare for the Next Pandemic

Cornell Cooperative Extension Assistant Director Keith Tidball co-authored an article for Scientific American on Cooperative Extension's long history of teaching readiness and survival skills--and how with more funding they could help communities prepare for future outbreaks.

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