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Whether it’s to reduce anxiety or get active outside, gardening is great activity during the COVID-19 crisis. Horticulturalists Steve Reiners and Bobbie Kuhlman offer advice for starting a garden this spring.

Food & Agriculture

Agriculture and Life Sciences

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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP). Agricultural economist Andrew Novakovic says while it’s helpful the CFAP will provide assistance for farmers, massive demand destruction still remains as an underlying problem.

Food & Agriculture

Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management

Agriculture and Life Sciences

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Spring is here and being outdoors is important, especially in this time of the COVID-19 pandemic – but it’s important to remember both ticks and people are active outside. Laura Harrington and Jody Gangloff-Kaufmann offer important tips on tick awareness and how prevent their bites while enjoying the outdoors. 

Agriculture and Life Sciences

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The world’s biggest producer of pork, Smithfield Foods, announced it will close one of its pork-processing facilities after many workers at the plant tested positive for coronavirus. Martin Wiedmann, a food scientist and professor of food safety at Cornell University, says that the shutdown illustrates the challenges of minimizing the risk of contagion among workers in the food industry. 

Economics and Business

Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

Agriculture and Life Sciences

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While the food supply has kept up with consumer demands during the coronavirus pandemic, the dairy industry is seeing major supply chain disruptions given the closures throughout the food service industry. Cornell agricultural economist Andrew Novakovic says small dairy farms and small processors are facing dire economic straits — given the food service industry disruptions and export demand destruction.

Food & Agriculture

Agriculture and Life Sciences

Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management

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Weather forecasters are warning of three major storms that will impact Thanksgiving travel. For the Northeast, it’s likely that only areas of northern New York and interior New England will keep snow on the ground for Thanksgiving. Jessica Spaccio, a climatologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-funded Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell University, offers snow predictions for the Thanksgiving holiday.

Agriculture and Life Sciences

New York State

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As the snow continues to come down across the Northeast, two Cornell University experts, David Orr and Eugene Carroll are available for interviews on safe driving tips and the ‘unsung heroes’ who continue to keep roads safe during winter weather.

Industrial and Labor Relations

Agriculture and Life Sciences

New York State

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Drew Margolin, professor of communication at Cornell University, comments on news that two former Twitter employees were charged with spying for Saudi Arabia.

Agriculture and Life Sciences

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As preparations begin for the Thanksgiving holiday, experts from the Cornell Craft Beverage Institute – Kaylyn Kirkpatrick, Anna Katharine Mansfield and Christopher Gerling – offer beverage pairings for the food feast, as well as delicious drinks for cooking, watching football and even those sometimes-challenging conversations with family.

Food & Agriculture

Agriculture and Life Sciences

New York State

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The 2019 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, a Norway spruce from Florida, New York, will be cut down on Thursday and transported to New York City, arriving this Saturday, Nov. 9. Daniel Weitoish, an arborist at Cornell Botanic Gardens, says the Norway spruce is an excellent choice for the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree.

Agriculture and Life Sciences

New York City

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