For the world’s deteriorating environment, don’t blame burning fossil fuels exclusively. Land use and land cover changes contribute about 40 percent to “radiative forcing,” a key factor in global warming, according to a new study by Cornell scientists.
Consumer interest in hard cider in North America has surged and Cornell research is revealing ways apples grown with specific orchard management practices can produce more desirable hard cider.
In recent years, Cornell has amassed an impressive stable of experts in an emerging field for modern times: The ecology and evolution of infectious disease.
Matthew Willmann, director of the new Plant Transformation Facility, is harnessing precision technology to create transgenic and gene-edited plants on campus for Cornell researchers.
Cornell’s New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva is poised to expand its food development and technology commercialization capabilities with $1 million in new state funding.
Farm Ops, an initiative from the Cornell Small Farms Program, is the first of its kind in the country to give returning veterans the opportunity to learn agriculture via their G.I. Bill benefits.
Creating community partnerships and developing new techniques to share information are key ways that Cornell and other U.S. universities can help developing countries, says Vice Provost Alice Pell. (May 28, 2009)
With the current, extended Farm Bill set to expire Dec. 31, Washington-based journalists met Dec. 5 with Farm Bill and dairy expert Andy Novakovic, professor in Cornell’s Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, to discuss the legislative possibilities.