Local foods are produced and consumed close to home. The term is also used to describe activities that support connections between local food producers and consumers.

Relationships between people are the key to local foods:

producers - grow and market the food 
consumers - pruchase the food 
community developers - make or support connections between producers and consumers

Visit the USDA's website: Know Your Farmer-Know Your Food.





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Resources for Consumers |   Resources for Producers |   Resources for Community Developers 

Resources for Consumers 

National Center for Home Food Preservation

Local Food Guides for Northern New York

Adirondack Harvest

Central New York Bounty

Finger Lakes Culinary Bounty

Hudson Valley Bounty

Guide to Foods Produced in the Southern Tier and Finger Lakes Region

Pick Niagara

Farm to Table

Lake Erie Concord Grape Belt

Vegetable varieties for gardeners 

Resources for Producers

Cornell Small Farms Program 

Northeast Beginning Farmers Project

Guide to Farming in New York State

NY MarketMaker

Pride of New York

A Resource Guide to Direct Marketing Livestock and Poultry 

Northeast Sustainable Research & Education Program

Northeast Center for Food Entrepreneurship 

The Effectiveness of Farm-to-Chef Marketing of Local Foods: an empirical assessment from Columbia County, NY.  

Local and Regional Food Systems Reference Guide for Growers - CU-Mann Library

Local and Regional Food Systems Reference Guide for Processors/Distributors - CU-Mann Library

Resources for Community Developers

North Country Regional/Local Foods Initiative

Local Food and Agriculture Resource Guide   

Farm-to-School

Food Insecurity in Rural New York State 

Land & Diet: What’s the Most Land Efficient Diet for NYS?  

Local and Regional Food Systems Reference Guide for Community Developers - CU-Mann Library