MADISON CO., N.Y. — Have you been thinking about how you can best serve your community? Consider joining a local non-profit Board of Directors or Committee! Cornell Cooperative Extension Madison County (CCE Madison) is looking for the next generation of volunteer leadership. Joining the CCE Madison Board of Directors, or a Program Advisory Committee, is […]

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A team of Penn State researchers will develop a long-term solution for the testing and management of urban soils for the safe production of garden and food crops in urban settings, funded by a $100,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. The researchers — agronomists, soil scientists, and urban agriculture and […]

ITHACA, N.Y. — Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Cornell Cooperative Extension, is pleased to announce the 5th Empire State Barley and Malt Summit to be offered virtually and free to all on December 16th, 2021 from 9:30 AM until noon! The Summit will bring together leaders in the New York State malting barley supply chain to provide: Research-based […]

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — To enhance the early detection of novel infectious bacteria that could cause outbreaks of infectious disease and public health emergencies, a team of researchers in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences will sequence the genomes of 700 Bacilli bacteria — near relatives of the biothreat pathogen that causes anthrax. Funded by a $1.2 million […]