Whether it’s to reduce anxiety or get active outside, gardening is great activity during the COVID-19 crisis. Horticulturalists Steve Reiners and Bobbie Kuhlman offer advice for starting a garden this spring.

Food & Agriculture

Agriculture and Life Sciences

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Philip McMichael, professor of development sociology at Cornell University views a proposed United Nations declaration as a much needed advocacy tool for rural workers’ rights to food and land in an era of land grabbing in rural communities.

Law and Policy

Food & Agriculture

International

Agriculture and Life Sciences

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Sen. Chuck Schumer announced today $68.9 million in funding to build a new laboratory for the federal Grape Genetic Research Unit at Cornell AgriTech in Geneva, New York. The Grape Genetic Research Unit provides critical information to grape growers across the country through a variety of innovative research programs, including cold tolerance and improved resistance to crop-killing disease.

Agriculture and Life Sciences

Food & Agriculture

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Christopher Gerling, an enologist and craft-beverage expert, says that local sourcing and geographical identification are key ingredients to Empire Rye and other regional food and drink.g

Food & Agriculture

Agriculture and Life Sciences

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With the fall season upon us, brewing expert Kaylyn Kirkpatrick says the cooler weather allows beer drinkers to opt for heartier, more full-bodied beers. Kirkpatrick provides insight on flavorful options for food pairings that go with fall beer.

Agriculture and Life Sciences

New York State

Food & Agriculture

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Marvin Pritts, a horticulture professor and small fruit specialist at Cornell University, says a later winter combined with cooler weather in April produced a strawberry crop that is smaller than in years past, but that same cool weather set up the blueberry and raspberry crops for a remarkable season.

Agriculture and Life Sciences

Food & Agriculture

New York State

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The recently passed Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 includes significant changes to a major agricultural insurance program for dairy farmers. The bill generates new guidelines for the Margin Protection Program for Dairy Producers (MPP-Dairy) and, according to Cornell University agricultural economist Andrew Novakovic, highlights challenges for agriculture as Congress moves toward a new Farm Bill.

Agriculture and Life Sciences

Food & Agriculture

Law, Government & Public Policy

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Experts at Cornell University are available to discuss the coronavirus in terms of its many impacts on agriculture industries, food and beverage markets, as well as specific disruptions to the food supply chain.

Food & Agriculture

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Nicole Martin, associate director of the Milk Quality Improvement Program, says that there are inherent risks associated with raw milk consumption in the wake of reports that a New Jersey resident became ill after drinking raw milk.

Agriculture and Life Sciences

Food & Agriculture

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As preparations begin for the Thanksgiving holiday, experts from the Cornell Craft Beverage Institute – Kaylyn Kirkpatrick, Anna Katharine Mansfield and Christopher Gerling – offer beverage pairings for the food feast, as well as delicious drinks for cooking, watching football and even those sometimes-challenging conversations with family.

Food & Agriculture

Agriculture and Life Sciences

New York State

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