A federal grant will help the Northeast Beginning Farmer Project serve veteran farmers and beginning farmers with information and training through community-based training programs and farmer-to-farmer networks.
Think tofu but with a creepy-crawly, sustainable twist: A Cornell food science team will compete Feb. 14 at the Thought for Food Global Summit in Lisbon, Portugal, with C-fu – a new protein product made entirely of crushed mealworms.
Assistant professor of horticulture Kenong Xu is one of the leaders of a joint Cornell-USDA research team looking to uncover genes that control branch growth in fruit trees. The team received a $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation.
Researchers from Cornell and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new type of nanoscale surface that bacteria can’t stick to, which could be good news for the food processing, medical and shipping industries.
Food industry professionals, retailers and suppliers gathered to learn a veritable cornucopia of ideas and concepts at the first Cornell Food Systems Global Summit on Dec. 8.
A survey of women who recently gave birth found that many women change their behavior and consume less fish during pregnancy, in spite of receiving recommendations for eating fish during pregnancy.
Cornell has joined nearly 50 universities in a commitment to address global hunger. University leaders will sign the Presidents’ Commitment to Food and Nutrition Security Dec. 9 at the United Nations.
