Nicole Martin, PhD
The Milk Quality Improvement Program recently hosted a series of three webinars highlighting the role that Cornell plays in dairy food innovation in New York. From resources for dairy producers to cutting edge dairy foods processing and product research, and services offered through Cornell that facilitate dairy food innovation, our series covered why NY is the home of dairy foods innovation.
The first of the three webinars, “Dairy Foods Innovation Begins at the Farm”, we featured Dr. Thomas Overton (Department Chair and Professor, Animal Science Department), Dr. Paul Virkler (Senior Extension Associate, Quality Milk Production Services) and Dr. Daryl Nydam (Professor, Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Services; Faculty Director, Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability). Our speakers discussed the many ways in which Cornell partners with NY dairy producers to ensure the availability of a consistent, high quality raw milk supply for dairy foods processors. A full recording of the webinar can be accessed on the Milk Quality Improvement Program (MQIP) YouTube channel here.
In the second webinar, “Dairy Foods Innovation Research at Cornell”, which featured faculty from the Department of Food Science at Cornell, including Dr. Samuel Alcaine (Assistant Professor), Dr. Carmen Moraru (Department Chair and Professor), Dr. Alireza Abbaspourrad (Assistant Professor) and Dr. Syed Rizvi (Professor), attendees were introduced to the research on new processing technologies, innovative value-added dairy ingredients, utilization of dairy by-products and more. Find the full recording of the webinar here.
In our final dairy foods innovation webinar, “Facilitating Dairy Foods Innovation through Cornell Services”, our speakers included Rob Ralyea, MS (General Manager of the Cornell Food Processing and Development Laboratory), Alina Stelick, MS (Manager of the Cornell Sensory Evaluation Center) and Phillip Owh, MS (Associate Direct, Licensing & Business Development for Life Sciences at Cornell). In this final installment of our webinar series, attendees were introduced to services available through Cornell to dairy industry stakeholders that facilitate innovation, including pilot processing facilities and consulting support, sensory evaluation by consumer and expert panels and licensing of Cornell technology. Find the full recording of the webinar here.
