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Dairy Innovators Welcome to Apply for Dairy Runway Entrepreneurship Program

Cornell University’s Center for Regional Economic Advancement (CREA) is accepting applications for the second cohort of Dairy Runway, an entrepreneurship program for food innovators with value-added dairy products at the ideation stage. […]

Dairy Competition Finalist Spekld Wins Pitch Deck Competition

Jonah Gershon, the founder of Spekld, was named the top prize winner of Cornell’s Hospitality Pitch Competition. Spekld was a finalist in the first Northeast Dairy Product Innovation Competition this […]

Trio of Innovators Named Winners of Inaugural Northeastern Dairy Product Innovation Competition 

Cornell University’s Center for Regional Economic Advancement (CREA) and Northeast Dairy Foods Research Center (NDFRC) today announced that lu.lu Ice Cream, Oakfield Corners Cheese LLC, and Terra Firma Farm have […]

Get to Know the Northeastern Dairy Product Innovation Competition Finalists 

With the business development phase of the Northeastern Dairy Product Innovation Competition underway, the Dairy Innovation Program is proud to spotlight the 10 finalists selected for the inaugural competition.  The […]

Dairy Competition Finalist Jonah Gershon Reimagines Butter 

Jonah Gershon ‘24, a hotel administration major in the Nolan School of Hotel Administration at the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business and the founder of Spekld, is the lone […]

Dairy Runway Program Launches, Providing Support for Early-Stage Dairy Innovators

Cornell University’s Center for Regional Economic Advancement (CREA) and the Northeast Dairy Foods Research Center (NDFRC) have launched the Dairy Runway program, an entrepreneurship curriculum for dairy innovators that focuses […]

Dairy Innovation Initiative Announces 10 Finalists for the Inaugural Northeastern Dairy Product Innovation Competition

Cornell University’s Center for Regional Economic Advancement (CREA) and the Northeast Dairy Foods Research Center (NDFRC) have announced the 10 finalists for the first-ever Northeastern Dairy Product Innovation Competition, an […]

Get to Know Laura Ginsburg

Laura Ginsburg is the Center Director for the Northeast Dairy Business Innovation Center (NE-DBIC), the funder for the Northeastern Dairy Product Innovation Competition. In this short Q&A, you will learn […]

Northeastern Dairy Product Innovation Competition Launches with $365,000 in Awards

Funds to support innovation in value-added products made from Northeast dairy