Food & Agriculture

Highlighting our wide-ranging interests and involvement in the business of food and agriculture.

Image of influencer Justine Doiron ’16 in the kitchen
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Influencer Justine Doiron ’16 Cooks Up Healthy Comfort Food

After a personal struggle with disordered eating, the TikTok star offers accessible recipes for an audience of millions.

Image of Rahanna Bisseret Martinez ’26 cookbook cover titled "Flavor+Us"
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Flavor+US

Nolan School sophomore Rahanna Bisseret Martinez ’26 published a cookbook offering more than 70 dishes touching on a wide variety of global cuisines.

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Report: Warmer Planet Will Trigger Increased Farm Losses

Research by Dyson School professor Ariel Ortiz-Bobea quantifies just how much extreme heat is cutting into farmers’ financial security.

Cheryl Stanley and Douglass Miller clink glasses near a bar cart with cocktail ingredients.
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Nonalcoholic drinks with complex flavors top NYE trends

Cornell food and beverage experts offer up on-trend, nonalcoholic cocktail recipes and tips for the holiday season.

a young man holds out a tray with samples of brown butter to a woman and two men seated in a lecture hall.
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Brown Butter Rises to the Top at Hospitality Pitch Deck Competition

Jonah Gershon ’24 won the eighth annual Hospitality Pitch Deck Competition for his pitch to develop spekld, brown butter in a stick.

A young child in a field holding fresh carrots
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Farm-to-School Food Program a Net Positive, Study Finds

Farm-to-school programs, which bring healthy foods to children and support rural economic development, actually work from an economic perspective in at least one upstate New York school district, according to new Cornell research.

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Rating Platforms Drive Sales at Tourist-Area NYC Eateries

Ratings impact high-priced New York City restaurants that service tourists, but have less of an effect on restaurants frequented by “locals.”

Hailee Greene in one of her fields of hemp.
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Seeing a Bright Future for Hemp in New York State

Hailee Greene, MBA ’24, wants to build the first industrial hemp processing facility in the Northeast.

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Dyson BusinessFeed

Food Executives Tap Into Industry Trends

Networking and insider tips were highlights of Cornell’s weeklong Food Executive Program.