Food & Agriculture

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

Mikhail Essa
Dyson BusinessFeed

Student input adds flavor, variety to halal, kosher meals

Dyson student Mikhail Essa’s goal is to work with Cornell Dining to have more kosher and halal food available at dining locations throughout campus.

Ian and 4 colleagues sitting on and standing around a large yellow plastic half circle representing a macaroni noodle.
Johnson BusinessFeed

To Sustainably Grow and Delight Consumers Globally: My Summer at Kraft Heinz

Ian Cairns, MBA ’24, leveraged the skills, tools, and knowledge he acquired at the Johnson School during his internship at Kraft Heinz.

Image of influencer Justine Doiron ’16 in the kitchen
Nolan BusinessFeed

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"
Nolan BusinessFeed

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.

A pair of hands holding seeds
Dyson BusinessFeed

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.
Nolan BusinessFeed

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.
Nolan BusinessFeed

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
Dyson BusinessFeed

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.

hands holding a smart phone with a ratings app on screen and tagged 4-star and 5-star rating messages floating above it with a coffee latte on a table below.
Nolan BusinessFeed

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.”