Alliance seeks members to work toward safer fresh food

The Produce Safety Alliance at Cornell calls on farmers, researchers, state officials, produce industry experts and others interested in produce safety to join one of 10 alliance working committees. (April 4, 2011)

Lawyer with Ph.D. named leader of N.Y. Sea Grant extension

Katherine Bunting-Howarth, an attorney with a Ph.D. in marine studies, is now the program leader for New York Sea Grant's extension program, supervising more than a dozen staff throughout New York. (April 4, 2011)

Grant will attack late blight outbreaks, from genome to smartphone work

Cornell researchers were recently awarded $1.5 million as part of a $9 million grant to develop a unified, interdisciplinary and tech-savvy approach to outpace the pathogen. (March 31, 2011)

Dairy experts respond to agribusiness boom with workshops, including one in NYC area

Even urban dwellers are hopping on the agribusiness boom. In response, Cornell is holding workshops, including one in New York City, on how to start a small dairy processing operation. (March 28, 2011)

$4M grant to explore plant-pathogen 'cat and mouse' games

Cornell and Boyce Thompson Institute researchers have received a $4 million National Science Foundation grant to explore plant-pathogen interactions in order to create more resistant crops.

N.Y. Farm Bureau, CCE celebrate joint centennial

Cornell Cooperative Extension and the New York Farm Bureau shared a March 21 ceremony in Binghamton to commemorate their joint 100th anniversary. (March 24, 2011)

New York wine industry faces stinky threat, professor warns

The pests - spotted wing fruit flies and brown marmorated stink bugs - could hit Finger Lakes vineyards this summer, said experts at the Finger Lakes Grape Growers' Conference in Geneva, N.Y.

Chef and writer Dan Barber to lecture on 'cultivating flavor'

Restaurateur Dan Barber, who writes on food and agricultural policy and promotes sustainable practices to achieve the best taste in farm and garden-grown foods, will speak in Call Auditorium. (March 17, 2011)

Research is main crop at Thompson Research Farm

Cornell's Homer C. Thompson Vegetable Research Farm in Freeville, N.Y., has 110 acres, including 77 research plots where faculty and students study agricultural issues. (March 16, 2011)