Buy Local

Welcome to the Taste of Yates Local Food Guide! Cornell Cooperative Extension of Yates County and the Yates County Chamber of Commerce are pleased to share this publication with you as it truly illustrates the diversity and bounty of food Yates County farms have to offer. However, you may be asking yourself why it is important to eat local food.

There are numerous reasons to buy local food all year round:

• The products are fresher! Local Foods can be harvested at the peak of ripeness because they do not need to travel as far to the consumer. Foods lose nutrient value and taste the longer they sit on the shelf. By working with your local farmer, you can fill your refrigerator and freezer with the freshest products Yates County has to offer!
• There is less impact on the environment! Local foods travel fewer miles than foods shipped all over the nation or even the world. By eating local, your food has traveled fewer miles and therefore leaves a smaller carbon footprint.
• It supports the local community! Buying local food means your dollar stays right here in the local community supporting our farmers and businesses.
• Yates County is full of variety! Yates County is blessed to have an amazing diversity of agricultural products. It is just a matter of walking out your front door to find everything from produce, meat, dairy, grains, dry beans, wine, cider, and so much more!

This guide is meant to connect the people that grow the food to the people who eat the food. Please use this publication as a tool when making food purchases. The farmers and producers listed in the guide do all do business differently, and it is best to contact them before arriving on the farm or visiting a local retailer that carries their product.

Happy Eating!

Last updated November 4, 2019