Local Foods Fair Mann Library Lobby, Cornell University Thursday, November 19, 2-5pm
In conjunction with Mann Library's fall exhibit on the resurgent art and practice of heritage chicken husbandry, a local foods fair in the Mann Library lobby will highlight Ithaca-area initiatives to sustain healthy diets and thriving local economies through the production and marketing of locally grown foods. Also featured will be information about and goods from Cornell-based and local area vendors, local farmers, CSA's and other producers. Presentations from 3:00 to 4:30pm will feature Healthy Foods for All, Mann Library's historical Rice Poultry Collection, and a talk by Michael Glos of Kingbird Farm in Berkshire, NY, who will touch on some of the challenges and opportunities presented to local producers by widening public interest in heirloom livestock husbandry and locally grown foods. Co-sponsored by Mann Library, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County and the Cornell Small Farms Program. Mann Library is located on the Agricultural Quad of the Cornell University campus on Tower Road. Mann Library is located on the Ag Quad of the Cornell University Campus, on Tower Road and is accessible from downtown Ithaca.by TCAT bus routes 10, 17, 30 and 67. For more information, please call 607- 255-5406 or visit mannlib.cornell.edu _______________________________________________ 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 Questions about the list? ask [email protected] free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
