Bittner-Singer Orchards, a 400-acre farm in Niagara County along the shores of Lake Ontario, looks like your average orchard but is also a site of cutting-edge Cornell research.
A new partnership between the Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (BGRI) and the European and Mediterranean Cereal Rust Foundation (EMCRF) aims to strengthen global food security by advancing research, promoting knowledge sharing, and developing sustainable management practices to combat rust diseases and powdery mildew in cereal crops.
Professor and ag economist Chris Wolf testified on why farmers are the nation’s oldest workforce and how to encourage younger people to work in agriculture.
Across the world, harvest celebrations are one of the most common human traditions. Though they vary in mythology and performance, they are united in their celebration of plentiful harvests, and the health and peace that abundant food helps provide to communities.
To satisfy the seafood needs of billions of people, offering them access to a more biodiverse array of fish creates opportunities to mix-and-match species to obtain better nutrition from smaller portions of fish.
The sixth annual Grow-NY Summit, Nov. 6-7 at the Ithaca Downtown Conference Center, will feature business leaders and entrepreneurs working to advance sustainability, address global challenges and shape the future of food and agriculture.
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.