Led by Mark Sorrells and decades of innovation and collaboration, Cornell's small grains breeding program has developed higher-yielding, pest- and disease-resistant grain varieties that have strengthened the agricultural industry in New York state.
Expanding broccoli production on the East Coast and outside of California can help stabilize fresh produce supply chains that are vulnerable to water shortages.
Patrick Webb will join Cornell as the inaugural executive director of the Ashley School of Global Development and the Environment in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Cornell Atkinson has awarded $900k to support six new research projects that seek to protect coral reefs, improve greenhouse agriculture and understand whether wildfires affect disease spread.
