Cornell's Food and Fiber Fair participants

Wow, the Cornell Food and Fiber Fair on November 18, 2010 featured tons of great vendors and initiatives!

The event started with a "lightning round" of introductions and brief presentations by these groups:

Ithaca's Food Web IthaCan Harvestation

Cornell Small Farms Program Beginning Farmer Project

Farm to Cornell

Cornell Sustainability Coordinators (Cornell Dining)

Cornell Cooperative Extension-Tompkins and NYS

Windsong Farm

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development

Mann Library (Local and Regional Food Systems Guide)

New World Agriculture and Ecology Group

Greenstar Market

Ithaca Crop Mob Full Plate Collective

McDaniels Nut Grove NE Mushroom Growers Network

Ithaca Community Harvest

Cornell Garden Based Learning Vegetable Varieties for Gardeners

NE Food Fracking Workgroup

Good Life Farm

Groundswell

Wide Awake Bakery

Farmer Ground Flour

In addition, these vendors and groups also offered information, insight, and products at the fair:

Little Tree Orchards

Hilker Haven Farm

Caravan Fiber Farm

Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs

Manndible Café

Laughing Goat Fiber

Finger Lakes Farmstead Cheese

Stick & Stone Farm

Dilmun Hill

The 2010 Mann Library Local Food & Fiber Planning Committee organized the event:

Liz Brown
Shirley Cowles
Eveline Ferretti
Jim Morris-Knower
Angela Morse
Jeff Piestrak
Howard Raskin