New York State Center of Excellence for Food and Agriculture at Cornell AgriTech

The Center of Excellence for Food and Agriculture at Cornell AgriTech works to grow the food and agriculture economy in New York by connecting businesses and entrepreneurs with the services and resources they need to succeed. Since forming in 2018, we’ve worked with over 1,100 businesses – from startups to multinational companies – helped create and retain over 1,500 jobs and helped generate nearly $200 million in economic impact for New York. 

Our Center’s motto is “push, pull, grow” – a mission we live every day. We push entrepreneurs and startups to launch and scale up their operations, we pull companies from across the country and around the world into New York and we grow existing food and agriculture enterprises through business mentorship, connections to to Cornell researchers and experts, access to research laboratories and pilot production facilities, and other assistance we offer our member companies.

Along with our partners in the Cornell Food Venture Center, Cornell Fermentation Farming Lab, Food Innovation Lab, Cornell Craft Beverage Institute, Cornell High Pressure Processing (HPP) Validation Center and other departments and facilities, we are part of a world-class ecosystem for food and agriculture innovation and development at Cornell AgriTech.