Food & Agriculture

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

Students pose in traditional Korean ‘hanbok’ formal attire
Johnson School

Japan-Korea trek focuses on business strategy in wines and spirits

Students in Johnson’s residential MBA programs traveled to Japan and Korea, identifying international business opportunities in wine and spirits.

Professor David Just and doctoral candidate Anne Byrne
Dyson School

Just awarded grant for COVID-19 food security research

Professor David Just has been awarded a Rapid Response Fund grant from Cornell’s Atkinson Center to examine food bank interest and use in the age of COVID-19.

Jacob Chestnut leads a coffee tasting with his students in The Business of Coffee: From Farm to Cup.
Johnson School

The Business of Coffee: Not the regular grind

The Business of Coffee: From Farm to Cup, developed by SHA assistant professor Jacob Chestnut, is Cornell’s first-ever course about coffee.

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SC Johnson College

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.

SHA lecturer Doug Miller
Johnson School

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 School

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.

3-photo collage: box of fresh produce, truck filled with produce, prepared dishes on a table
Johnson School

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.

Kelsey Cheng stands outside of the FreshDirect head office in the Bronx.
Johnson School

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.

portrait of Miku Jha next to a photo of AgShift's Hydra analyzer

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.