AHS symposium participants build living sculpture at Longwood Gardens.

New website aids beginning, diversifying farmers - Interactive 'online resource center' from N.Y. Beginning Farmer Project features, forums, FAQs, planning worksheets.

Organic produce, grown within walking distance by students, sold weekly on Ag Quad - Student managers from Dilmun Hill Student Organic Farm, sell produce from the farm outside Mann Library on the Ag Quad every Tuesday from 3 to 6 p.m. throughout the summer.

Meeting considers role of trees in cleaning urban air - How effective are trees in removing particulate pollution?  Cornell Chronicle article.

Time ripe for apples that taste like berries - NYSAES geneticist Susan Brown explores the possibilities. Cornell Chronicle article.

Cornell Chronicle profile of Barbara Conolly ('08), who at age 48, sold her house and entered Cornell to pursue her passion for plants.

Interactive Plant Manager - Helps diagnose insect pests of woody ornamental plants.  From NYSIPM program. See also: Cornell Chronicle article.

NYS Ed. Dept. approves Viticulture and Enology major -  Program addresses needs of cool-climate grape and wine industry.  See also:  Teaching winery coming to Cornell Orchards.

Students unveil earth art - Turfwork! 'painted' into field at Bluegrass Lane.
Cornell Chronicle articles:  May 2 | May 16.

President Skorton visits CALS

Previous news stories.

Dilmun Hill work parties - Mondays and Thursdays, 1 to 4 p.m. through the growing season. Buy produce:  Tuesdays, 2-5 pm, Ag Quad, outside Mann Library. Wednesdays, 2-5 pm, Ho Plaza outside Willard Straight.  See Dilmun Hill website for updates.

Reduced tillage field day -  Sept. 9. Wyoming and Macedon, N.Y..

Department of Horticulture Seminar Series - Most Mondays (starting Sept. 8), 11:15 to 12:05, Plant Science 404. Public welcome. Refreshments served.

Cornell Plantations lecture series - Sept. 10, 24; Oct. 8, 22; Nov. 5, 19. Sept. 10 at Warren Hall. All others at Statler Auditorium, Cornell Campus. Sept. 24 sold out, but will be available via webcast.

Chrysanthemum Field Day - Long Island Horticultural Research and Extension Center, September 30.  Educational program in the morning and 'walk about' in the afternoon.

Arboriculture Field Day - Oct. 7, Lasdon Park & Arboretum, Katonah, N.Y. 

Cornell Strategic Marketing Conference - Turning Lemons into Lemonade: Tuning Your Marketing Practices for Today's Food Safety System. October 28-29, Wappingers Falls, N.Y.

See also:  Green Industries Calendar.