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Dairy Runway’s Fourth Cohort Caps Entrepreneurship Training with Virtual Pitch

Dairy Runway’s Fourth Cohort Caps Entrepreneurship Training with Virtual Pitch

December 8, 2025

The fourth cohort of Dairy Runway, an entrepreneurship program supporting early-stage food innovators developing value-added dairy products...

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Meet the Fall 2025 Dairy Runway Cohort: Pioneering the Future of Value-Added Dairy 

Meet the Fall 2025 Dairy Runway Cohort: Pioneering the Future of Value-Added Dairy 

November 19, 2025

Earlier this fall, six early-stage food entrepreneurs developing cow-, goat-, or sheep-milk-based dairy products were selected to participate in...

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Kasbo’s Market Builds Momentum for its Syrian Cheese Product

Kasbo’s Market Builds Momentum for its Syrian Cheese Product

July 25, 2025

Kasbo’s Market, a Dairy Runway alumni startup founded by Benita Kasbo, has recently hit major milestones in its mission to introduce Syrian cheese...

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Applications Open for Dairy Runway Entrepreneurship Program

Applications Open for Dairy Runway Entrepreneurship Program

June 9, 2025

Food entrepreneurs with early-stage ideas for value-added dairy products may now apply for Dairy Runway, a free entrepreneurship program focused...

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Spring 2025 Dairy Runway Cohort Approaches Kitchen Incubator Phase 

Spring 2025 Dairy Runway Cohort Approaches Kitchen Incubator Phase 

February 27, 2025

The Dairy Runway program begins with a six-week virtual entrepreneurship course, giving participants the opportunity to hear from industry...

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Dairy Runway Alumnae Win $10,000 Each in WomensNet Grants 

Dairy Runway Alumnae Win $10,000 Each in WomensNet Grants 

January 30, 2025

Entrepreneurs Carol Fitzgerald and Benita Kasbo-Perez, both Dairy Runway alumna, have each won $10,000 in WomensNet grants to support their...

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Dairy Runway Entrepreneurship Program Opens Applications for Fourth Round

Dairy Runway Entrepreneurship Program Opens Applications for Fourth Round

October 16, 2024

Cornell University’s Center for Regional Economic Advancement (CREA) encourages food innovators with ideas for value-added dairy products to apply...

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Dairy Runway Welcomes a Fresh Batch of Entrepreneurs

Dairy Runway Welcomes a Fresh Batch of Entrepreneurs

August 5, 2024

This month, a new cohort of dairy innovators started Dairy Runway, a free entrepreneurship program supporting early-stage ideas for value-added...

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Dairy Runway Opens Applications for Third Round

Dairy Runway Opens Applications for Third Round

April 17, 2024

Cornell University’s Center for Regional Economic Advancement (CREA) invites food innovators with early-stage ideas for value-added dairy products...

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Introducing Carol Fitzgerald: A Dairy Runway alum launching her new business, Hazy Fudge

Introducing Carol Fitzgerald: A Dairy Runway alum launching her new business, Hazy Fudge

April 5, 2024

Carol Fitzgerald found herself in a unique position to merge local industries when she founded Hazy Fudge, an alcohol-infused fudge company using...

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Spring 2024 Dairy Runway Cohort Takes Off 

Spring 2024 Dairy Runway Cohort Takes Off 

February 27, 2024

The Spring 2024 cohort of Dairy Runway is concluding the program’s six-week entrepreneurship course and advancing into the Kitchen Incubator phase...

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Dairy Competition Winner Awarded $200K Grant

Dairy Competition Winner Awarded $200K Grant

January 23, 2024

Laura Mack, the owner of an independent ice cream parlor called lu•lu Ice Cream in Vergennes, Vermont, won a $200,000 Existing Dairy Processor...

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