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Brown soil and green plants in a field

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$1.6M supports land-grant research for NY farms, forests, communities

Fifty-four research projects addressing New York’s agriculture, environment and communities have collectively received $1.6 million from the USDA.

  • Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Jamey Tielens, left, and Ben Brotman consult on a recent brewing day at Liquid State Brewing Company. Brotman says the state’s brewers organizations “keep brewers in touch with other breweries and build a sense of camaraderie.” Photo by Jason Koski.

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In 2023, craft beer production in the U.S. declined by 1%, which is the worst on record since the Brewers Association began tracking the industry in the late 1970s. New York fared better.

  • Cornell Craft Beverage Institute
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
A groundskeeper for the University of Rwanda picks day lily greens at a training in August.

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Two alums are leading an effort to give Rwandan farmers the tools to grow and sell grains - with the ultimate goal of lifting communities out of poverty and improving food security across East Africa.

  • Department of Global Development
  • Agriculture
  • Field Crops
Researchers at the World Food Prize

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  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
  • Planet
Gracekelly Fulton '24, co-lead of the Sustainable Landscapes team, prepares to plant a wild plum tree outside Onondaga Nation School. Photo by Sreang Hok.

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The garden - a collaboration between Onondaga Nation and Cornell Botanic Gardens - will enable Onondaga Nation School to incorporate more lessons from and about their own culture.

  • American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program
  • Cornell Botanic Gardens
  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
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Mark Bridgen

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Plant Propagation Workshop Series: January 22 - March 19, 2025
Learn basics of sexual propagation, vegetative propagation, and micropropagation via Zoom Presenter: Dr. Mark Bridgen, Professor of Horticulture, Cornell University Bridgen has taught plant propagation & micropropagation for over 30 years. Dates...
  • Horticulture
  • Plants
for Ensuring Access to Technology for Women in Agriculture

Meeting

World Food Prize special side event organized by the U .S. Department of State Office of Agricultural Policy Location: Iowa Events Center Room 312, Des Moines, Iowa Time: 7 p.m. Eastern Time; 6 p.m. Central Time; 5 a.m. Bangladesh Time; 4:30 a.m...
  • global development
  • global
  • school of integrative plant science
Temple Grandin

Seminar

Center for Research on Programmable Plant Systems (CROPPS) Seminar Speaker: Temple Grandin Time: October 8 at 1 pm ET Room needs to be created for different minds to contribute in research. Visual thinkers, for example, constitute a far greater...
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Inclusive Excellence Seminar
  • Plants