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Food Spark Fall 2025 Applications Now Open!
Are you a New York-based food or beverage entrepreneur looking to take your business to the next level? Applications for our Fall 2025 Food Spark cohort opened on July 1!
A collaboration between the New York State Center of Excellence for Food and Agriculture at Cornell AgriTech (CoE) and the Cornell Food and Agriculture Technology Park (Tech Farm), Food Spark is a program designed to help aspiring food and beverage entrepreneurs in New York start and grow their businesses.
Qualified candidates accepted into Food Spark will complete the eCornell Food Product Development Certificate Program.
The interactive certificate is a 10-week virtual program designed by world-class Cornell experts. It will guide participants through all the steps it takes to bring a new food or beverage product to market.
Food Spark covers the entire program, valued at $3,900, excluding a $200 one-time registration fee for awardees.
The Food Spark program extends the mission of the Tech Farm, located in Geneva, NY, offering opportunities for growth statewide.
The application below is for the Fall 2025 Food Spark cohort, which will start on Sept. 17 and run until Nov. 25.
“The application period will run from July 1 to July 31, or until 50 completed applications are received, whichever comes first. Space is limited. Qualified applicants not placed in the Fall 2022 cohort will have an opportunity to be placed in the Spring 2026 cohort expected to start in February.
