2024 Herkimer County Local Foods Map

Features 67 producers along with 7 Herkimer County Farmers’ Markets

2024 Herkimer County Local Foods Map cover. Provided by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Herkimer County.

Herkimer, NY – The 2024 Herkimer County Local Foods Map is now available from Cornell Cooperative Extension of Herkimer County 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, please visit http://bit.ly/CCEHerkCoLocalFoodsMap

There are sixty-seven producers on the map along with seven 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.

Benefits of “eating local”

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.

Cultivate Herkimer makes “eating local” easy

Cultivate Herkimer is a website highlighting the many local food options located throughout the county. Find the freshest foods in Herkimer County with this online resource featuring local farms, interactive maps and more to find great local food options near you in addition to agricultural resources that serve local producers. The website was created and is maintained by the Herkimer Agricultural Council which is a group of farmers, agricultural professionals, county officials, and others interested in promoting the county’s agricultural industry, and is coordinated by Cornell Cooperative Extension.

For more information or to pick up a map, please call Cornell Cooperative Extension at (315) 866-7920 or email herkimer@cornell.edu.