Researchers have developed a model that identifies prime farmland, habitats critical for biodiversity and areas suitable for solar development in New York, to help communities minimize land-use conflicts when making solar siting decisions.
Across partisan lines, Americans broadly believe ultraprocessed foods are addictive and harmful, and support policies that could strengthen safeguards and hold the food industry accountable.
For 30 years Dilmun Hill Student Farm has provided opportunities for growing crops, leadership skills and community. Alumni credit the farm with shaping lives and careers. Read their stories, and what's next for Dilmun.
Cornell researchers at the Willsboro Research Farm are helping northern New York farmers extend their short growing season through the use of high tunnels.
Cornell researchers and Kenyan partners have developed a fertilizer made from human excreta. The product improves soil health and food production, while preventing pollution in informal settlements and the aquatic environment.
Harbes Farm on Long Island relies on a mutually beneficial collaboration with Cornell researchers, a partnership that has made the family’s three farms key destinations for Long Island agritourism.
Cornell-led research linking poverty and disease – and a promising path out of both – faces an uncertain future as federal science funding comes under pressure.
Vipan Kumar, associate professor in the School of Integrative Plant Science, is conducting research to understand the biology of weed resistance to herbicides.