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  • Cornell Helps NYS Growers Hone the Art and Science of Poinsettias

    Caitlin Hayes

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    Specialists at Cornell support growers in diagnosing problems – with poinsettias or any other crop – and finding solutions informed by research. Last summer, Mark Van Bourgondien, co-owner of CJ Van Bourgondien Wholesale Greenhouses in Peconic, on Long Island, noticed white flecks and slight discoloration on a few of his young poinsettias. He quickly found…

  • UV Light Treats Beet Disease, Combats Fungicide Resistance

    Krishna Ramanujan

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    Cornell study highlights new organic tool for farmers to to fight the growing problem of fungicide resistance: germicidal ultraviolet light.   Germicidal ultraviolet light is effective at killing a damaging fungus that infects table beets, adding an important organic tool to fight the growing problem of fungicide resistance, according to a new Cornell study.   While…

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  • In the News: Our Director Helps Provide CEA Training Opportunities

    Talia Isaacson

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    As the year-round market demand for local food grows, more farmers are using controlled environments, such as greenhouses, to efficiently produce fresh, high-quality fruits and vegetables. However, this controlled environment agriculture, or CEA, requires advanced knowledge of both infrastructure and plant biology. As a result, it has been difficult for many farmers to come by…

  • COVID-19 Update: Nursery/Greenhouse/Flower Survey on CFAP Funding

    Kacey Deamer

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    Are you a nursery/greenhouse/cut flower grower who has been impacted by COVID-19 market disruptions? Completing this survey will help us provide data to USDA, which may help impacted farms qualify for CFAP farm disaster funding. If you are a nursery/greenhouse grower or cut flower grower, you may be aware that those farms were left out of…

  • COVID-19 Update for Nursery Operations and Seafood Processors

    Kacey Deamer

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    Update 4/2/20: At this time, horticulture is designated as a non-essential business (with the exception of nurseries/greenhouses selling food producing plants). Please note that landscaping for maintenance and pest control purposes has been designated as essential. Please consult the Empire State Development Corporation’s (ESD) guidance for further information on essential businesses. The guidance below, issued on…

  • Local Compost Materials Heat Community Greenhouse

    arw225@cornell.edu

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    Jesica Clark of South Pine Street City Farm trials compost substrates to find a sustainable way to heat an urban greenhouse By Abigail Woughter From Empty Space to Green Space When farming a quarter-acre community garden on a city block, it is easy to feel as if everyone is watching. Jesica Clark of South Pine…

  • Soap Bubbles to Insulate Greenhouses: A New Approach to Energy Conservation

    Bruce Parker

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      Unfavorable weather is an unpredictable challenge for farmers often leading to financial instability.  Growers are turning to greenhouse production to reduce their losses from poor weather and to increase the length of the growing season. Though plastic hoop houses are inexpensive to erect, they demand large amounts of energy to keep them warm, especially…

  • Your first line of defense for greenhouse pest control? Keep it clean

    Elizabeth Lamb

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    Much of using greenhouse sanitation for managing disease, insect and weed pests is common sense.  Finding a way to fit it into your production system is sometimes the hard part – making it such a part of how you grow plants that you don’t even have to think about it.  As Dr. P. Allen Hammer…

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