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Bread 'n Butter Food Pantry Open to All! Mondays 12:30-1:30 PM and Wednesdays 3:30-4:30 PM

Bread N' Butter, a food pantry founded and run by a graduate student, is tackling food insecurity by providing students with reclaimed food from on-campus dining halls.

A mock-up of exterior materials was installed on North Campus to allow project designers of the North Campus Residential Expansion to visualize aesthetic options for its buildings in the context of the existing facilities and natural environment.

Cornell Chronicle | Nancy Doolitle, September 28, 2018

The North Campus Residential Expansion, approved in 2017, unveiled a mock-up next to Appel Commons.

Cherry trees

Several long-term strategies can mitigate growers’ financial risks, from crop insurance to weather insurance to high tunnels – tall temporary greenhouses that extend up and over the cherry trees and protect them with plastic sheeting or netting.

Everybody Eats co-founders

Everybody Eats, a social startup created by Cornell students which plans to debut this fall, hopes to offer reduced-price food delivery service through collaborations with local restaurants to try and combat food insecurity faced by low-income families.

vegetables at farmers market

What better way to know your food than to grow your food? 

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Enjoy fresh farm food while helping out your local farmers!

Compost Facility

Cornell Daily Sun | Julia Curley, November 28, 2017

Of colleges that report every year, Cornell is the longest standing Gold member in the nation and the highest grading Ivy League school for overall sustainability scores, Hilary Paul ’19, Cornell’s student representative for sustainability statistics told The Sun.

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Cornell Campus Sustainability Office | Fall 2018

Sustainability Life Recipe Series

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Cornell Campus Sustainability Office | Winter 2018

Sustainability Life Recipe Series