Exciting for locavores: The 2025 Herkimer County Local Foods Map is now available from CCE Herkimer in East Herkimer.
Maps will be distributed throughout Herkimer County at various outlets including farmers markets this summer. To view an online version of this map, visit http://bit.ly/CCEHerkCoLocalFoodsMap.
There are 67 producers on the map along with six Herkimer County farmers markets. Support for updating and printing the map was provided by a grant from Herkimer County Mental Health through the Farm Family Assistance Project.
The benefits of eating local are many, including fresher foods that taste great and are often more nutritious than foods that have traveled many miles and days to get to your table. Also, when you buy directly from local farmers, your dollars stay within your community and strengthen the local economy. This helps preserve farming as a livelihood and rural landscapes as farmland.
For more information or to pick up a map, call CCE Herkimer at 315.866.7920 or email herkimer@cornell.edu.
