In August, the Eastern Broccoli Project led by Associate Professor Thomas Björkman received $2 million in continued USDA funding as the Cornell-led interdisciplinary team strives to create a $100 million annual broccoli industry on the East Coast by 2021.
In early September Björkman harvested much of the broccoli from this season’s research plots at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, NY. The project is working across the entire food system to give consumers fresher, tastier broccoli and establish a sustainable industry for growers in New York and Northeast all the way to Florida.
Learn more about the effort at the Eastern Broccoli Project website: http://www.hort.cornell.edu/bjorkman/lab/broccoli/eobjectives.php
