Wednesday, March 3, 2010

LOCAL FOODS FESTIVAL A SUCCESS


Cornell Cooperative Extension of Steuben and Schuyler Counties held their first "locally grown foods festival" on February 19th in Corning. The event was a huge success and demonstrates the fact that people are increasingly interested in buying local. Informative gatherings such as this one are trying to reduce the negative trends of the US now importing more food than it produces and the average “food mile” of dinner being 1500 miles.
To read the article written by WENY-TV and view the video please click here

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