Resources

Developed by the Healthy Community Store Initiative (funded by Cornell Cooperative Extension), this recipe book was created to help introduce community members to healthful recipes that can be made using ingredients found in a Healthy Corner store!

Learn about classes offered, recipes, nutrition education, and obesity prevention programs available locally.

A gleaning how-to guide prepared by Salvation Farms.

Double Your Snap/EBT Dollars

A compilation of low-cost, easy to make recipes submitted by community members for use during weather emergencies.

Learn about Erie County's efforts to promote infant and child nutrition through the creation of its Breastfeeding Friendly Designation.

Learn more about Erie County's efforts to reduce greenhouse gases and address our changing climate. For example, the Erie County Low-Income Program for Sustainable Energy (ECLIPSE) will address these impacts for Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) eligible families.

Access more resources to learn about Erie County's participation in efforts to preserve and protect our local farmland.

Review these recipes for some ideas on how to use locally-grown produce!

A video series teaching Food Safety to farmworkers, hosted by Cornell. Cooperative Extension of Erie County.

Request Feedmore's Mobile Farm market come to your site to provide fresh produce to your community.

Outlines best practices and resources for designated food scraps generators (DFSGs) to use when developing their organics management programs and maintaining compliance under the law.

Cornell Cooperative Extension provides resources for reducing food waste, including recommendations for methods of home-preservation. Learn more about reducing food waste with the National Center for Home Food Preservation.

A pledge to grow food sustainably with health in mind. Find out more at the Greater Buffalo Urban Grower's Facebook page.

Cornell Cooperative Extension provides information on the steps taken in produce packing areas to reduce microbial contamination.

Learn from members of GBUG the best practices for starting and maintaining an urban garden!

The overarching goal of this partnership is to enhance community food security while ensuring sustainable and economically viable agriculture and food production. This requires building the capacity of local governments to remove public policy barriers and deploy innovative public policy tools. 

Where to find information about food and agriculture regulations locally, regionally, and nationally.

Ways for health providers and community organizations to get involved in increasing the health of our residents through decreasing the intake of sodium.

Located on the West Side of Buffalo, Massachusetts Avenue Project (MAP) is a non-profit urban farm located on Buffalo's West Side. Visit their website to rent space in their farmhouse, find jobs for youth, find a guide to urban agriculture, learn what to do with food scraps, rent space in their kitchen and find recipes, locate their mobile food truck, or support their efforts.

Learn more about the process for obtaining a home processor exemption, including a list of foods that are able to be processed and sold for retail in your own home rather than in a commercial kitchen.

Information on the new Food Waste Law, composting locations.

Learn about Providence Farm Collective and their work to support underserved farmers, educate youth, and provide employment opportunities.

Associated organizations that may be of interest to those with stakes in the food system.