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A food truck with writing on the back sits idle as it waits to be unloaded

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April 27, 2020

Professor helps organize county food task force

Rachel Bezner Kerr, professor of global development in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, collaborated with three community leaders over the past few weeks to get this countywide task force up and running. The task force is divided...

Cornell Cooperative Extension
Global Development Section
Agriculture

Chelsea Specht works at a desk with two students.

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April 24, 2020

New leadership drives diversity and inclusion initiatives at CALS

Now, as students complete the spring semester from off-campus locations, CALS’ efforts to make sure that they feel safe and supported are more crucial than ever. “It’s very important that a sense of belonging envelops our Cornellians who are now...

Global Development Section
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Biology Section

A local restaurant chef gives current students a tour behind the scenes of his kitchen.

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April 24, 2020

'Just Food' course broadens students' perspectives of food systems

The course, Just Food: Exploring the Modern Food System, benefits from an interdisciplinary pair of instructors: Rachel Bezner Kerr, professor in the Department of Global Development, and Frank Rossi, associate professor of horticulture in the...