The 76th annual Empire Farm Days, the largest outdoor agricultural fair in the Northeast, Aug. 11-13, in Seneca Falls, N.Y., featured 600 exhibits of agricultural technology and products. (Aug. 12, 2009)
To control the destructive alfalfa snout beetle, researchers have posted a manual online to inform farmers how raise and apply microscopic worms. This biocontrol method has proven effective.
Even urban dwellers are hopping on the agribusiness boom. In response, Cornell is holding workshops, including one in New York City, on how to start a small dairy processing operation. (March 28, 2011)
The Big Red has launched The Big Red Vine, a new social network of Cornellians in the wine industry. That event was followed by a dinner paired with the panelists' respective wines at the Cornell Club, Oct. 23 in New York City.
A new Peace Corps/Cornell partnership will provide fellowships to returned Peace Corps volunteers seeking a Master of Professional Studies degree in the field of global development.
Brewing Science and Technology, a College of Agriculture and Life Sciences course, filled an auditorium at Cornell's New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, N.Y., earlier this month. (Oct. 24, 2012)
A three-year study by Cornell researchers suggests that growth in local farm aggregation and distribution businesses may provide economic benefits to local communities, but that some other businesses may suffer.
Cornell veterinary student Emily Aston ’15 went into the heart of the Amazon to conduct the most remote study to date of the foodborne and waterborne pathogen Toxoplasma gondii.