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Rockland County
Vegetable Lasagna from Cooking Matters
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Find healthy new dishes your family will love on our "Recipes" page.

Small group nutrition class
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A small group nutrition class .

A woman and her son prepare an omelet.
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Children often will eat new foods that they help you to prepare!

Use your favorite seasonal fruits for Fresh Fruit with Warm Honey Yogurt Topping from Cooking Matters.
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"Fresh Fruit with Honey Yogurt Topping", from Cooking Matters.

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Learn about food container expiration dates on our Food Safety pages.

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Food & Nutrition

Welcome to our Food and Nutrition pages! Cornell Cooperative Extension offers free or low-cost educational workshops, applied research projects, and lots of useful information on food-related topics from food safety and nutrition to healthy eating on a limited budget. Explore our links, check out our upcoming events, then give us a call or visit our Education Center to learn more. 

A food pantry staff member helps a client with his selections.

Food Assistance

Find food pantries, community meals, and programs like ESNY, WIC and Free/Reduced School Meals that can help feed your family.

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Choose MyPlate

MyPlate is the new USDA food guide tool to help people make wise food choices within food and calorie limits. Use their SuperTracker free online tool to track your food and activities.

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Nutrition Program Educator Myra McKinney (center) leads a hands-on cooking class at CCE-Tompkins (2007)

Cooking & Nutrition Classes

Cooperative Extension offers several different free cooking and nutrition workshops for families, youth and seniors who have limited incomes and who live in Tompkins County.

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Black-tailed deer grazing by the roadside in Marymoor Park in Redmond, Washington [public domain].

Fish and Game

Find resources on hunting and fishing, and many recipes for large and small game, fish and fowl and how to prepare them safely.

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Contact

Sonia McGowan, MS.
ESNY Resource Educator
sbm96@cornell.edu
(845) 429-7085 ext. 141

Last updated July 26, 2019

Food & Nutrition

Newsletters

Fall 2014

Get SNAP!

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Are you eligible for SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program)? Find out if you can receive SNAP benefits and apply online at MyBenefits.NY.gov.

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Visit our Eat Smart NY pages to find a free class or event happening near you!

Events

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Our Community Partners

Our list of agency partners will be up soon.

If you would like to partner with us please contact our office 845-429-7085