Food & Agriculture

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

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SC Johnson College BusinessFeed

The Rundown: Highlights from the week of April 13

A concise collection of recent expert perspectives from Cornell SC Johnson College of Business faculty on COVID-19’s impact on business, hospitality, and the economy.

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Johnson BusinessFeed

Speaking of beer: A few rounds with Doug Miller

SHA lecturer Doug Miller shares some beer trends and trivia and talks about his course, Introduction to Fermented Grains, Hard Ciders, and Sake.

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Dyson BusinessFeed

Cornell helping NYS wineries craft sustainable future

Winemakers, grape growers, distributors, marketers, and educators attended the 7th annual B.E.V. NY conference and symposium, co-organized by Dyson.

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Johnson BusinessFeed

Tracking food’s farm-to-table journey

Alumni joined Cornell Business of Food faculty to weigh in on food supply chains, sustainability, transparency, and plant-based proteins.

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Johnson BusinessFeed

Gaining insights into food industry sustainability with FreshDirect

Kelsey Cheng shares her experience working at New York City–based FreshDirect and FoodKick as a supply chain sustainability intern.

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Technology Meets the Eye

Miku Jha’s company, AgShift, created the world’s first autonomous food inspection system using deep learning and machine vision technologies.

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Johnson BusinessFeed

An urban farmer aims to address food insecurity

Johnson’s alumni magazine, Cornell Enterprise, profiles Harlan Blynn, MBA ’10, and features his urban-farming startup, Topping Out Farms, based in Denver.

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Dyson BusinessFeed

Research Recap: The cost of financially sustainable coffee production in Latin America

Dyson School professor Miguel Gómez co-authors Fair Trade USA and Cornell University study: Cost of Sustainable Production.

Margin and Mission: The Economic Impacts of Farm to School
Dyson BusinessFeed

Margin and mission: The economic impacts of farm to school

Is the farm to school movement economically feasible? Professor Todd Schmit previews an upcoming webinar that gives practitioners the resources to find out.