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Scenes from 2022 Cornell AgriTech open house

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By Jacob Pucci
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More than 1,000 visitors attended the Cornell AgriTech open house on Aug. 13, 2022. Those who attended got to tour our research fields, greenhouses and other facilities, sample foods and drinks grown or manufactured on campus, get a first-hand look at several types of insects and even see how DNA can be extracted from bananas! 

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Two people standing around a table eating plums.
People gathered around a red table with free samples of food and drinks.
A woman standing next to an ATV and other farm equipment, talking with two other people looking on.
Two girls looking at flowers inside a raised garden bed.
Kids using farm equipment in a field
A group of people gathered outside around a white tent.
A woman looking at a variety of tomatoes on a table.
A man standing next to a copper still
Four people gathered together under a white tent.
People gathered underneath white tents and red tablecloths.
Tractors and other farm equipment lined up on display along a road.
Two people watching a staff member demonstrate an oil press machine.
Open House visitors inside the Cornell Food Venture Center Pilot Plant.
Two women wearing dark gray T-shirts talking with two other people while gathered around a metal table.
Two men wearing dark gray T-shirts standing outside

Photo credits: Kimberly Paul

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