Thanks for the add'l info and contacts, Allison. A food processing unit would fall into the second NYS objective: "Strengthen the connection between local food products and consumers."
-- Katie Q-J Allison L H Jack wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Thanks for the wrap up of the discussion Ryan, it's great to see what's > been discussed in one place. > > The NY State Food Policy Council has targeted regional food processing > facilities as an important part of food self-sufficiency in the state. I > attended and testified (as a representative of NWAEG at Cornell) at the > Binghamton listening session this spring and most of the groups testifying > mentioned regional food processing as a top priority. The executive > director of the Food Bank Association of NY State, John Evers, expressed a > strong personal commitment to making this happen and talked about creating > a pilot food processing facility in conjunction with one of the main food > banks in the state. > > I'm mentioning this because there is a possibility of logistical and/or > financial support from the state if Ithaca's initiative can be pitched as > part of this larger state-wide project. > > http://www.agmkt.state.ny.us/ Information on the listening sessions is > under the "what's new" tab. > http://www.agmkt.state.ny.us/foodpolicycouncil.html > > The coordinator for the Food Policy Council is Ann McMahon > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -Allison > > ************************************************************************************** > Allison L H Jack > Graduate Student > Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology > http://pppmb.cals.cornell.edu > Cornell University > 335 Plant Science > Ithaca, NY 14850 > 607.273.5762 > ************************************************************************************* > > > > "...Advancing a productive and sustainable agriculture" > from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences mission statement > _______________________________________________ > For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please > visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ > > RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: > [email protected] > http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins > free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org > > > -- _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
