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@CornellAgriTech

Grow with us. We improve the health of the people, environment and economy of New York state and beyond, through innovative food and agricultural science.
Geneva, NY cals.cornell.edu/cornell-agrite… Joined July 2018
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Cornell AgriTech @CornellAgriTech
Thank you Rep. Riley for advancing legislation that strengthens research and helps power our food systems, producers and communities.
Cornell CALS @CornellCALS Mar 17
Thank you @RepRileyNY for introducing the NSF Plant Biology Act to support critical food systems research. At CALS, NSF funding drives fundamental plant and microbial biology science that benefits food and agriculture producers.
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New research led by Prof. Kerik Cox shows how apple growers can manage disease by stacking smarter tools, from resistant varieties to biological options, reducing reliance on synthetic fungicides. Better for orchards, better for the environment. cals.cornell.edu/news/2026/02/r…
cals.cornell.edu Research guides apple growers beyond synthetic fungicides Apple scab is one of the most economically devastating diseases facing apple growers in the Northeast. Managing it has long depended on regular applications of broad-spectrum synthetic multisite...
Cornell AgriTech @CornellAgriTech
Monarch butterflies are disappearing, but new @Cornell research offers hope. Scientists studied 28 native wildflower species and found ways to boost seed germination, helping restore critical habitat for monarchs and other pollinators. 🦋🌼
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cals.cornell.edu Seed research is key to pollinator habitat restoration Monarch butterflies and other pollinators are essential to ecosystems and agriculture, supporting the reproduction of flowering plants and the production of fruits and vegetables. But decades of...
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Could one of the solutions to feeding a growing world population be right under our feet so to speak?
Cornell Chronicle @CornellNews Feb 25
Turning leftovers into lifelines: Mycelium, the vegetative, root-like network of fungi, has the power to transform food waste into new, life-sustaining food, according to new @CornellCALS research. @CornellAgriTech @Sciencedirect @lreiley news.cornell.edu/stories/2026/0…
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Something delicious is simmering w/ support from
@CornellCALS.

Finger Foods Farm is selling locally sourced soups in regional stores like Wegmans. The Center of Excellence, Food Venture Center & Grow-NY helped them in their journey to success.

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cals.cornell.edu Finger Foods Farm: Soups made with Upstate NY ingredients now in stores The Cookfairs, who began farming together in New Jersey in 2010 before relocating to Georgia and then to the Finger Lakes, where they grow a variety of organic vegetables, including kale, mustard...