This month, a new cohort of dairy innovators started Dairy Runway, a free entrepreneurship program supporting early-stage ideas for value-added dairy products using New York State cow’s milk.
Dairy Runway Program
December 16, 2022
The Dairy Runway Program is open to early-stage dairy entrepreneurs or food innovators with an idea for any new, value-added, cow milk-based dairy products using New-York produced dairy ingredients.
Food entrepreneurs and dairy innovators participate in a six-week long virtual Cornell-hosted entrepreneurship course to focus on initial product concepts and customer discovery. In this program, up to 12 teams are selected into each cohort and take part in self-directed online learning activities with Zoom-based class meetings and one-on-one instructor check-ins. Teams that attend and participate in every session are offered fully funded access to Cornell’s Prototyping Kitchen, support from Cornell Food Science technical experts, and guidance from Entrepreneurs in Residence.
Dairy Runway Program News
Dairy Runway Welcomes a Fresh Batch of Entrepreneurs
Introducing Carol Fitzgerald: A Dairy Runway alum launching her new business, Hazy Fudge
Carol Fitzgerald’s entrepreneurship journey began with making whiskey-infused fudge for members of her son’s band, Whiskey Shivers, and their parents as a gift around the holidays.
Dairy Innovators Welcome to Apply for Dairy Runway Entrepreneurship Program
Launched earlier this year in partnership with the Northeast Dairy Foods Research Center (NDFRC), the program offers a free, virtual curriculum that focuses on product concept and consumer discovery, along with training in prototype development and business coaching.
