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Cover Crop Challenge Lets Students Compete and Grow
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Cornell AES manages farms and greenhouses that support research but are also unique teaching resources for over 40 courses. This is the sixth story in a series about on-farm teaching; in Cover Crops in Agroecosystems, students explore the uses of cover crops and assess their benefits. How better to learn with classmates than to soil…
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More Than Maple: Cornell Research Designs Sugarbush Agroforestry Systems
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The Cornell Maple Program is growing 18 species of perennial fruit- and nut-bearing plants within a maple sugarbush forest. They want to help maple producers be more resilient to economic challenges and extreme weather events, and offer unique products like maple-elderberry wine and maple-hazelnut spreads. Virtually all of the world’s maple syrup is produced in…
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Students Grow Plants and Community at Dilmun Hill
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Undergraduates manage day-to-day operations at Dilmun Hill Student Farm, which was envisioned 30 years ago. For the past almost-30 years, a small group of undergraduates has worked together to run Dilmun Hill Student Farm. With support from the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station (Cornell AES), Dilmun’s student managers choose which crops to plant, how…
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