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Waste Management Specialist and Director of the Cornell Waste Management Institute in Soil and Crop Sciences. I have spent over 25 years in education of composting food, manure, animal carcasses, and compost quality/use. My research includes the degradation of pharmaceuticals in mortality and manure and characterizing and developing beneficial uses...

Kwesi Joseph helps communities across New York City’s five boroughs grow healthy food and care for urban green spaces. With Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Harvest New York team, he works with community gardeners, urban farmers, and educators to improve soil health, increase plant nutrient density, and tackle challenges in vegetable production...

Makela Elvy is an Urban Garden Specialist with the Cornell Cooperative Extension Harvest New York team. She provides technical assistance and educational programming for community gardens throughout New York City. Her work primarily focuses on soil health management, urban garden planning and design, and community engagement. Makela earned her B.A...

Former Senior Extension Associate in Cornell's Department of Horticulture Department, Joanne was responsible for developing resources and programs for sports turf managers, lawn care professionals and commercial horticulturalists. Her applied research focused on developing best management practices for sports turfgrass managers and lawn care...

Jesse is an extension associate with the newly established New York Center for Organics Recycling and Education (NYCORE) at Cornell University. NYCORE will continue and expand the work of the Cornell Waste Management Institute by delivering research-based knowledge, training, and technical support on organics residual management to farming...

As the State Fresh Market Vegetable Specialist, my research focuses on innovative crop and soil management that balances triple-bottom line goals for growers and society. I also direct the Cornell Small Farms Program, with the mission to help farmers get expert assistance at all phases of business development, from start-up to growth to maturity.

About Chris Barrett is an agricultural and development economist at Cornell University. He is the Stephen B. and Janice G. Ashley Professor of Applied Economics and Management, and an International Professor of Agriculture, all at the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, as well as the Brooks School of Public Policy. He is...

My long-term interests focus on understanding the behavior of contaminants at the soil-water interface in the environment, with particular emphasis on the phytotoxic and zootoxic trace and heavy metals. In order to understand adsorption and degradation processes mechanistically, I use numerous methods such as spectroscopy to investigate speciation...

My research addresses the challenges of sustainably and profitably producing tree fruits. In the course of my career, I have conducted research in fruit-crop production systems in California, Washington, New York, and Virginia. My academic training spans horticulture, plant physiology, soil science, entomology, food science, plant pathology...