Cornell’s Center for Regional Economic Advancement: Dairy Runway

Elevate your Udderly Brilliant Dairy Products from Idea to Prototype

Cornell’s Center for Regional Economic Advancement has opened the application period for the next Dairy Runway cohort, funded through the Northeast Dairy Business Innovation Center. This free, Cornell-hosted program is for food innovators located anywhere in the Northeast developing value-added dairy products using cow, goat, or sheep milk sourced from the 11-state region. 

The Dairy Runway Program supports food innovators with early-stage ideas for value-added dairy products. Up to six teams will be selected for a seven-week virtual course covering customer discovery and the business model canvas framework. Participants who complete the course advance to a prototyping stage, working in Cornell’s pilot plant to test product formulations with food technicians and dairy specialists. 

We’d be grateful if you could share this opportunity with your networks. Additional program details and the application are embedded in the following email. 

Elevate your udderly brilliant dairy products from idea to prototype

Have an idea for a value-added dairy product? Dairy Runway is now accepting applications for its free entrepreneurship program that helps early-stage food innovators develop, test, and refine new dairy products.

Open to food and beverage entrepreneurs across the Northeast using cow, goat, or sheep milk produced in the region, the program combines virtual coursework, business coaching, and hands-on product development with Cornell specialists.

Want the inside scoop? 🍦 Join an upcoming virtual information session:

🐄 Tuesday, July 28, 4 – 5 p.m. ET 

🧀 Thursday, August 13, 9 – 10 a.m. ET 

🧈 Thursday, September 10, 9 – 10 a.m. ET

 

APPLY BY SEPTEMBER 16

 Click here to apply and read more.