About
In October 2016, Seven Valleys Health Coalition (SVHC) received funding through a competitive grant funding process through the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Farmers' Market Promotion Program (FMPP). Our goal was to educate, promote, and expand agritourism and local producer-to-consumer direct sales by increasing access to and consumption of locally produced agricultural products. Our approach emphasized increasing customer knowledge and consumption of Cortland County area agricultural products for both locals and tourists.
This grant was a continuation of work that focused on increasing access to healthy foods completed under previous NYS Health Department grants held by SVHC, and a collaborative steering committee (Cortland Food Project) looking to address food security, local foods access, and sustainability. This project helped to maximize ongoing work of SVHC's health education and promotion efforts to reduce chronic disease in Cortland County, as well as the Cortland County Hunger Coalition. SVHC’s FMPP funding ended in September 2019, but many projects that began through this initiative continue today.
FMPP Projects: 2016-2019
Helping to keep SNAP at Cortland City and Homer Farmers’ Markets
#FarmerFridays blog posts
Cortland County Farmers’ Market Analysis
Supporting Cortland Food Project efforts
Final Report
You can view our final FMPP report by clicking the button below!
FMPP HIGHLIGHTS
Cortland County Local Foods Map
The Cortland County Local Foods Trail Map is a handheld guide promoting locally grown and produced foods to help tourists and community members easily identify and connect with nearby food sources in a fun way. Click here to learn more about the project and our partners or click the button below to download your own copy of the map!
Puzzling Produce Videos & Recipe Cards
Puzzled over how to cook those hard to use vegetables? We created a short pictorial recipe series of videos with accompanying downloadable recipe cards that highlight the top hard to use vegetables found at your local farmers’ market. Click the button below to watch the video and learn more about this project!
#FarmerFridays
Check out our #farmerfridays blog posts that highlighted local growers and producers in the Cortland area.
Local Foods, Local Places Action Plan
Local Foods, Local Places (LFLP) is a federal initiative administered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), helping communities reinvest in their neighborhoods, improving quality of life as they develop their local food and health economies. Learn more about how LFLP came to Cortland in 2018 here.
