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  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Food
Research by Cornell and the U.S. Department of Agriculture offers the first estimates of food pantries' economic value to families, highlighting their important role in addressing food insecurity.

Research by Cornell and the U.S. Department of Agriculture offers the first estimates of food pantries' economic value to families, highlighting their important role in addressing food insecurity.

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Oneida Lake

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Oneida Lake remains the cornerstone of New York’s inland fisheries, acting as a vital $21 million economic driver for the region. The sustained productivity of this mesotrophic system is managed through one of the most rigorous long-term...
  • Biological Field Station
  • Ashley School of Global Development and the Environment
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
soft robot gripper with strawberry

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Cornell researchers used stretchable fiber-optic sensors to create a soft robot gripper that can predict the ripeness of strawberries by touch, then pick them without causing any damage.

  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
  • Fruits