[SustainableTompkins] Food preservation center

[Katie Quinn-Jacobs]

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:ann.mcmahon at agmkt.state.ny.us>ann.mcmahon at agmkt.state.ny.us.
>
> -Allison
>
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> Allison L H Jack
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> Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology
> http://pppmb.cals.cornell.edu
> Cornell University
> 335 Plant Science
> Ithaca, NY 14850
> 607.273.5762
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