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CoE for Food and Agriculture opens new satellite office in Saratoga County
Food entrepreneurs from across the region can tap into Cornell University's expertise to help grow their businesses through the newly established New York State Center of Excellence for Food and Agriculture (CoE) satellite office in Saratoga...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
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Fermentation Farming Lab opens at Cornell AgriTech

  • Center of Excellence in Food and Agriculture
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Cornell Food Venture Center
Catharine Young and Benjamin Z. Houlton sit in bright yellow arm chairs talking with "grow-ny" all over the back wall.

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Grow-NY Summit to spotlight transformative technology

The fifth annual Grow-NY Summit will convene food and ag startups and industry players Nov. 14-15 at the Holiday Inn Binghamton Downtown, spotlighting the innovative technologies being developed locally and their impact that spans beyond the...

  • Center of Excellence in Food and Agriculture
  • Agriculture
  • Food
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Food Innovation Lab expands entrepreneurship potential at Cornell AgriTech

  • Center of Excellence in Food and Agriculture
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Cornell Food Venture Center
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Cornell AgriTech honored with New York State Senate Empire Award
New York State Senator Pamela A. Helming presented Cornell AgriTech with a New York State Senate Empire Award in recognition of the station's significant contributions and dedication to the growth, prosperity and betterment of the community and...
  • Center of Excellence in Food and Agriculture
  • Cornell AgriTech

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Concord grape innovation awards highlight new opportunities

Six food and beverage producers from across New York took home shares of over $100,000 in prizes Friday at the first New York Concord Grape Innovation Awards, a business competition aimed at stimulating growth and innovation in the state’s...

  • Center of Excellence in Food and Agriculture
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Cornell Food Venture Center

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Cornell Concord grape award has roots in 2018 Western NY summit
The New York Concord Grape Innovation Awards will be presented on Dec. 9, the culmination of a plan more than four years in the making to help revitalize and spark innovation in New York’s storied Concord grape industry, according to former...
  • Center of Excellence in Food and Agriculture
  • Cornell AgriTech
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Field Note

How this multinational food producer found a new home at Cornell AgriTech

  • Center of Excellence in Food and Agriculture
  • Cornell AgriTech
Cathy Young speaks to a crowd in front of a Grow-NY sign.

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2022 Grow-NY finalists named; nearly half have worked with COE
Twenty startup companies from around the world were selected as finalists in year four of Grow-NY, a food and agriculture business competition that focuses on strengthening agriculture innovation in Central New York, Finger Lakes and Southern...
  • Center of Excellence in Food and Agriculture
  • Cornell AgriTech
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Field Note

Thanks to Cornell, Long Island company finds new home in Finger Lakes

  • Center of Excellence in Food and Agriculture
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Concord grape innovation contest offers $100K in prizes

Applications are being accepted through Aug. 1 for the inaugural New York Concord Grape Innovation Award, a first-of-its-kind business competition aimed at stimulating innovation and development of new products and markets for one of New York’s...

  • Center of Excellence in Food and Agriculture
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Food Science
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New status for Cornell Tech Farm will drive economic growth
The Cornell Agriculture and Food Technology Park (Tech Farm) in Geneva, NY has been recognized as a New York State Certified Business Incubator. The designation will lead to additional resources for current and future tenants and drive economic...
  • Center of Excellence in Food and Agriculture
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Institute for Food Safety
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Report guides food, ag entrepreneurs; $1M contest opens
The report, titled A Call for Innovation: New York’s Agrifood System, seeks to foster regionalization and diversity in these industries by offering evidence-based recommendations and guidance to aspiring entrepreneurs in agriculture, food...
  • Center of Excellence in Food and Agriculture
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Agriculture
An apple tree outside against a blue sky with a banner that says "Grow-NY Food & Ag Summit: Virtual Pitch Competition & Symposium - November 17-18, 2020. Registration: FREE, VIP Package: $75. www.grown-ny.com

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Virtual Grow-NY Summit to feature food and ag innovation
Smart drones that distribute beneficial insects on crops, packaging materials to extend the shelf life of bread, and technology to transform food waste into nutrients for hydroponic farming – these are a few of the innovations to be featured at...
  • Center of Excellence in Food and Agriculture
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
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Spotlight

AgriTech Center of Excellence helps food, ag startups thrive
Since September 2018, the Center of Excellence for Food and Agriculture has supported more than 75 small, New York state-based companies. In this feature story, read about how the center has helped three of those businesses thrive.
  • Center of Excellence in Food and Agriculture
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Cornell Craft Beverage Institute
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Cornell AgriTech center helps business adapt to COVID-19
Our Center of Excellence for Food and Agriculture (COE) has been helping food and ag businesses adapt to the COVID-19 economy with new marketing strategies and by diversifying products. “Whether we are helping startups with their business plans or looking at ways that we can assist farmers during the upcoming growing season,” said Cathy Young, executive director of the COE. "We want members of the food and ag community to know that we are here for them.”
  • Center of Excellence in Food and Agriculture
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Agriculture

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Center of Excellence for Food and Agriculture helps startups take off

“While formula had everything she needed to thrive and grow, it didn’t have everything we wanted for her,” said Ippolito, a lecturer in the Engineering Management Program at Cornell. In summer 2019, she launched SimpliFed, a startup company...

  • Center of Excellence in Food and Agriculture
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Agriculture
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Faculty debate role of business in climate change
Asked how it self-corrects for climate change, the businessman, now shoulder-deep in water, replies: “By producing more lifeboats!” Cathy Kling, Tisch University Professor in the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, said...
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Applied Economics
  • Behavior