Food & Agriculture
Highlighting our wide-ranging interests and involvement in the business of food and agriculture.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Is the farm to school movement economically feasible? Professor Todd Schmit previews an upcoming webinar that gives practitioners the resources to find out.
Research Recap: Can shade-grown coffee prevent pest infestations and still be profitable?
Research co-authored by Dyson’s Miguel Gómez determines the “shade-level” sweet spot Colombian farmers should use to maximize profits and ward off pests.
Cornell Chronicle: Digital ag program integrates with John Deere Operations Center
Joshua Woodard’s Ag-Analytics is a Cornell first and allows farmers to easily leverage university research in new and helpful ways
Research Recap: Todd Schmit examines regional food systems and economic opportunity
Schmit, associate professor at Dyson, and others look at the local and regional food systems driving rural economic development across the nation.