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1 in 3 American adults has prediabetes. Do you?

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Find healthy new dishes your family will love on our "Recipes" page.

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A small group nutrition class

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Children will often 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.

The Cargill Teaching Kitchen at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County (2012)

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Many nutrition classes are held in CCE-Tompkins' new teaching kitchen.

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Healthy and low-fat Baked Sweet Potato Fries, from our Recipes page!

Food

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. Interested in cooking & nutrition classes? Check out our two nutrition education programs- SNAP-Ed & EFNEP. Explore our links, check out our upcoming events, then give us a call or email one of our staff to learn more.

Healthy Cooking Basics!

Join our weekly cooking class to learn about nutritious food and how to prepare it — including hands on instruction! Register for FREE!

Master composter volunteer (right) shows contents of worm composting bin to Nathalie Smallidge, Stephanie Terwilliger, Annie Seichepin & Adelaide Smallidge at Farm City Day 2005

Garden Volunteers

There are many ways to volunteer with CCE-Tompkins while you share your gardening skills and meet others who share your interest in this wonderful activity!

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

Food Resources

Find food pantries, community meals, and programs like SNAP-Ed New York, WIC and Free/Reduced School Meals that can help feed your family.

Preserving Foods

Enjoy harvest fresh flavor and save money too, by safely canning, freezing and drying fresh foods. Find extension resources here on these topics.

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Childhood Nutrition Collaborative

The CNC initiative brings together partners to provide equitable access to nutritious food for all youth and families in Tompkins County. Learn more here.

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Land Acknowledgment

We join Cornell University in acknowledging that our Ithaca site is located on the traditional homelands of the Gayogo̱hó:nǫ' also known as the Cayuga Nation.

Last updated June 17, 2024

Food

2024 Advisory Committee

Nutrition, Health & Safety Program Committee
* = representative to the Board

Tisa Fontaine Hill
Emily Holdorf
Lou Hom*
Gen Meredith
Yuuki Nakyachi
Amie Patchen

Rethink Your Drink!

water animation gift for FLESNY Rethink Your Drink

Find tips, recipes and resources for fun, creative ways to rethink your drink on the SNAP-Ed NY website!

SNAP-Ed New York

Find tips, recipes and resources for healthier eating on the SNAP-Ed NY website!

Food Planning During Emergencies

We developed this list of resources to help alleviate food insecurity and limited option during the COVID lockdowns. Many of these are still relevant to those who are having trouble with food access in their everyday lives.