The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell will receive a Grand Challenge award June 19 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for its bioenergy vision paper. (June 6, 2008)
Cornell's Biological Field Station on Oneida Lake is a springboard for research in fisheries and aquatic ecology in New York state and place for such workshops as a November one on trawling.
Campus Area Farms, operated by Cornell's Agricultural Experiment Station, offers researchers 352 acres - patchwork of 11 small farms - for test plots. (Jan. 30, 2012)
In making decisions about leasing Cornell lands for natural gas drilling, the university should be responsible and transparent, according to a committee of Cornell faculty, staff and students.
The amount of dust in the Earth's atmosphere has doubled over the last century, according to a new study; and the dramatic increase is influencing climate and ecology around the world. (Jan. 5, 2011)
Researchers are testing the algae that's a biofuel byproduct as a protein-rich source of feed to supplement or replace some corn and soybean meal mix traditionally given to food-producing animals
The high price of food and unstable prices worldwide are issues requiring separate solutions, economists Chris Barrett and Marc Bellemare argue in a new article in Foreign Affairs. (July 14, 2011)
Heber Sanchez '09 has reaped a $25,000 Geoffrey Beene National Scholarship for designing a sustainable fashion line for young men that combines second-hand clothing with organic textiles. (Jan. 27, 2009)
More than 70 high school students learned about sustainable and just community food systems June 28-30 at Cornell's first Youth Grow Summit. (July 6, 2011)