Our Impact

Improving lives in New York state and beyond

Cornell AgriTech has a vision of excellence for the New York farm and food economy. Success starts in our research laboratories and fields, and then culminates with the transfer of knowledge to producers and processors across the state and beyond. We support New York's farm and food businesses by developing and delivering practical solutions that help them thrive.

16 new fruit and vegetable varieties released in last five years

5 apples
7 tomatoes
1 raspberry
2 strawberries
1 grape

770 meetings, trainings and workshops in the past year

58,824 extension contact hours in the past year

99 extension-related publications in the past year

Success for New York's food and beverage industries

Our experts educated 500 craft beverage professionals, analyzed 1,762 craft beverage samples and processed 2,500 samples for research last year.

Cornell Food Venture Center

2,665 food products were commercialized through the center, and 750 businesses received trainings and validations last year.

Making a positive impact

Recent insights, breakthroughs, news and other AgriTech stories

Eric Branch examines a beet with fellow grad student, Pratibha Sharma

Field Note

March 21, 2023

Graduate student Eric Branch: He’s got the beet

Growing up on his family’s vegetable farm in central Minnesota, Eric Branch had many positive interactions with extension programs, and this eventually led him to pursue extension as a career. Drawn by Cornell AgriTech’s long history of...