Hartwick College Center for Craft Food & Beverage
The Hartwick College Center for Craft Food & Beverage is a resource for small grain and flour quality testing, research and education, with a focus on flour and milling for baking and flour-based food production. It supports millers, bakers, farmers, food product developers, particularly small and mid-sized operations.
Baking Innovation Lab
Hartwick College proudly introduces the Baking Innovation Lab (BIL), a one-of-a-kind center on the East Coast
Hartwick College Unveils Baking Innovation Lab: A New Frontier for Craft Food and Beverage in New York
Milling & Baking
Product Quality Research & Testing Services
Our Baking Innovation Lab is located on Dietz Street, Oneonta, New York
Baking Innovation Lab Workshops
Live demonstrations and guided, hands-on testing and baking are conducted using the Baking Innovation Lab’s state of the art equipment.
We provide technical assistance and professional development opportunities and education. The Hartwick College CCFB is partially funded by a grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission. Hartwick College was also awarded an incentive from Empire State Development Corporation through New York State’s Consolidated Funding Application process.
Craft Your Future with Real-World Experience
The Hartwick College CCFB offers work-study employment, research and internship opportunities for Hartwick students.
Student Laboratory Technicians
The Center for Craft Food & Beverage (CCFB) quality testing laboratory offers employment opportunities for STEM work-study students. The CCFB offers fee-for-service product quality testing to local New York, regional, and national craft food and beverage producers on a cost-recovered basis. Students working in the lab are trained in the techniques used in the industry, helping them to relate the classroom experience to the workplace more effectively.
Research Projects
Hartwick students in many different disciplines are engaged in providing technical support, problem solving and participating in collaborative research with industry and faculty members. Examples of recent research projects include:
- Analysis of the results of a survey of Otsego County farms.
- Development of a chromatographic method for determination of volatile aroma compounds in and distillate.
- Study of microbial communities in humulus lupulus cones.
- Next Generation DNA sequencing.
- Development of a mass spectrometric method to detect specific off-flavors in beer.
Internships
Partnerships with local businesses and organizations in the craft food and beverage industry create opportunities for internships for Hartwick students. Recent examples include:
- Microbiology major placed with Brewery Ommegang to work in their quality assurance laboratory.
- Business major placed with Northern Eagle Beverages/Cooperstown Brewing Company to gain experience with a regional beverage company transitioning into new market operations.
Hartwick College Center for Craft Food & Beverage
