Food & Agriculture
Highlighting our wide-ranging interests and involvement in the business of food and agriculture.
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.
Food Executives Tap Into Industry Trends
Networking and insider tips were highlights of Cornell’s weeklong Food Executive Program.
From Food Network to His Kitchen, Student Crafts Better Butter
Jonah Gershon ’24 won $20,000 in the Northeastern Dairy Product Innovation Competition and is working on Spekld, his idea to package and sell brown butter.
New York FarmNet Cultivates Stability for Farming Families
Fred Lee was on the verge of losing the Long Island farm he had inherited from his family. A call to New York FarmNet helped change his life and his business.
Cornell to co-lead UN agency’s new agrifood initiative
Ideas that sprang from a pre-pandemic discussion at Cornell now inform a UN initiative aimed to meet looming global food needs in a healthy, equitable and sustainable way.
The Potential for Rural Development in Turkey
Ezgi Yilmaz ’24 discusses rural Turkey’s huge economic potential and the case for support by international development organizations.
Beyond the plate: The far-reaching consequences of our food system
Laté Lawson-Lartego of Oxfam America spoke with students about what Oxfam is doing to ensure our food system is equitable on a global scale.
Daniel Hooker finds a teachable moment in COVID-19
Hooker, a veteran food industry executive, will teach a new course this fall covering global supply-chain issues surfaced by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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.