News & Events

This year, the class has been studying a salt spring near Montezuma, N.Y., with the intent of developing strategies for using the saline water to create an inland salt marsh. Read more

Helene Dillard, director of Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE), will become dean of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at her graduate alma mater, the University of California, Davis, Jan. 27. Read more

Missy Bidwell, Greenhouse Manager of Cornell Plantations was awarded the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) Research and Extension Award in recognition of her commitment to communication. Read more

Cornell's undergraduate horticulture club is now taking pre-orders online for poinsettias for pick-up at Ken Post Greenhouses December 9 or 13, or on-campus delivery. Read more

Among the winners of the Cornell University Partners in Sustainability Award: The Cornell Permaculture Club, a student group that produced a demonstration permaculture garden next to the Trillium dining facility, where the fruits, vegetables and herbs grown are given directly to chefs for Trillium meals. Read more

Weeds, those unwanted, unloved and annoying invasive plants that farmers and gardeners hate amid their plantings, are expanding to northern latitudes, thanks to rising temperatures. Read more

Funding priorities for 2014 Toward Sustainability Foundation (TSF) grants up to $12,000 include projects that involve Cornell undergraduate or graduate students in major roles. Read more

Starting November 1 (while supplies last), customers at Cornell Orchards‘ retail store will be able to buy RubyFrost™ apples, one of a pair of much-anticipated new varieties from the Cornell breeding program.  Read more

Examines a botanical treasure-trove of important culinary, medicinal, industrial, and ornamental crops over time. Discover the critical roles plants have played throughout history—from saving lives, to enslaving multitudes, to pitting nation against nation. Read more

Over 40 farmers, gardeners and students joined an interactive tour with permaculture expert and author Ben Falk at Dilmun Hill Student Farm, Read more