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Food News

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

News

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
Elizabeth Johnson headshot

News

Johnson received the inaugural Schwartz Research Fund Visionary Grant, worth $375,000, to support her research that will delve deeply into understanding how human milk nutrients contribute directly to infant gastrointestinal health.

  • Nutritional Sciences
  • Bacteria
  • Microbiology

News

A new study finds that hundreds of bacterial groups have evolved in the guts of primate species over millions of years, but humans have lost close to half of these symbiotic bacteria.

  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Bacteria
  • Food
woman stands in the middle of a dairy cow barn

Field Note

The Master of Professional Studies (MPS) program offered by Cornell CALS is a one-year Master's degree program that offers a variety of disciplines, including animal science. Daniela Gonzalez Carranza, MPS ‘23, graduated from the MPS program in...
  • Animal Science
  • Dairy
Group photo of 8 fellows

News

  • Animal Science
  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • Food Science
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Events

red raspberries

Webinar

What's bugging you? Pests of home berry plants
Each month at our "What's Bugging You? First Friday" events, experts will share practical information and answer questions on using integrated pest management (IPM) to avoid pest problems and promote a healthy environment where you live, work...
  • Integrated Pest Management
  • What's Bugging You?
  • Fruits
Student pets goat at Art of Agriculture

Exhibit

Join Sigma Alpha, professional agricultural sorority, on the Arts Quad to learn more about agriculture! Experience student groups, research labs, and agricultural outreach organizations representing a wide array of opportunities and careers in...
  • Animal Science
  • Dairy
  • Animals
A tractor digging a trench for tile drainage (photo credit to Cayuga Co Soil and Water Conservation District)

Workshop

Tile drainage - why do farmers utilize this practice and what benefits does it provide? Researchers will share information related to tile drainage on farms in the Northeast as well as help give context to the larger topic of water, soil and...
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • CCE
  • Dairy