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Modeling tool protects worker health and food chain security

Researchers have created a computer model that can help produce farms and food processing facilities control COVID-19 outbreaks, keeping workers safe and the food chain secure.

Coronavirus
Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship
Computing & Information Sciences
Food & Agriculture
Life Sciences & Veterinary Medicine

Cornell Institute for Digital Agriculture powers 15 innovative new projects

The Cornell Institute for Digital Agriculture has announced the recipients of its 2025 Research Innovation Fund faculty and student grants supporting new, cross-disciplinary projects designed to improve global food systems via digital innovation.

Computing & Information Sciences
Food & Agriculture
Around Cornell

Century-old mystery of plant communication solved

Researchers at the Center for Research on Programmable Plant Systems have taken a major step toward advancing two-way communication with plants.

Food & Agriculture
Life Sciences & Veterinary Medicine
Physical Sciences & Engineering

CCE names critical issue lead for community and economic vitality programs

Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) has appointed Vicki Giarratano critical issue lead for extension programming in community and economic vitality programs, effective October 1.

Food & Agriculture
Around Cornell

Cultivating future agricultural leaders at Cornell Orchards

Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station (Cornell AES) manages nine research farms and 127,000 square feet of greenhouse space on Ithaca’s campus and across New York state. While these facilities are designed to support research, they are also used as unique teaching tools for two dozen courses covering topics in plant science, soil science, entomology, food systems, agricultural machinery, and more.

Food & Agriculture
Life Sciences & Veterinary Medicine
Around Cornell

Students learn soil science in the field

Cornell AES manages nine research farms and 127,000 square feet of greenhouse space on Ithaca’s campus and across New York state. While these facilities are designed to support research, they are also used as unique teaching tools for two dozen courses covering topics in plant science, soil science, entomology, food systems, agricultural machinery, and more. This is the third story in a series about on-farm teaching.

Food & Agriculture
Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Life Sciences & Veterinary Medicine
Around Cornell

Cornell Atkinson awards catalyze solutions in food, climate, clean energy

Atkinson Venture Fund awards have distributed $21.7 million to 223 projects spanning every college on Cornell’s campus over 15 years.

Food & Agriculture
Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Health, Nutrition & Medicine
News & Events

World Food Prize event focuses on women's tech access

Challenges women face accessing agricultural technology took center stage at a World Food Prize side event organized by the U.S. Department of State Office of Agricultural Policy and featuring expertise from Cornell’s Feed the Future Insect-Resistant Eggplant Partnership.

Food & Agriculture
Global Reach
Life Sciences & Veterinary Medicine
Around Cornell

CCE appoints agriculture and food systems critical issue lead

As critical issue lead, Reid will work closely with other key programs to bolster Cornell Cooperative Extension's statewide initiatives, providing essential leadership and connecting campus resources with CCE educators and partners.

Food & Agriculture
NYS Impact
Staff News
Around Cornell

Shoppers should prepare for ‘continuing changes’ in egg prices

October 1, 2024

Amy Barkley, a livestock and farm specialist with Cornell Cooperative Extension, says we should expect fluctuating egg prices for some time. 

New York State
Food & Agriculture
Agriculture and Life Sciences