Cornell Cooperative Extension

Ontario County
This photograph depicts a woman shopping at a mobile produce market, making healthy food choices from an array of fresh fruits and vegetables.
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ESNY helps families put more vegetables and fruits in their diets.

A woman and her daughter read and share a snack together.
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A woman and her daughter read and share a healthy snack together.

Two women at a supermarket discuss a milk label
Image by USDA

Learn to read and understand food nutrition labels in an ESNY class.

Eat Smart NY

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ontario County is a part a statewide program called Eat Smart New York that helps families with limited incomes to eat more fruits and vegetables, drink fewer sweetened beverages and practice healthy lifestyles.

Eat Smart New York Nutrition Education is free to all individuals who qualify for benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

Please visit our new website, fingerlakeseatsmartnewyork.org, to find events in your neighborhood, low-cost healthy recipes, nutrition & wellness resources, stories and more!

Our ESNY program, funded by USDA SNAP Nutrition Education, is part of the Cornell Cooperative Extension system Eat Smart New York program which offers nutrition education through CCE county associations across New York State. Finger Lakes ESNY serves residents in Cayuga, Chemung, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Tompkins, Wayne & Yates Counties.

Contact

Finger Lakes Eat Smart NY

wayne@cornell.edu
(315) 331-8415

Last updated December 21, 2016

Food & Nutrition

Free Classes

You can sign up for FREE Eat Smart New York classes if you now receive (or are eligible to receive) food assistance through:

SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as Food Stamps)

WIC (Women, Infant & Children’s Supplemental Food Assistance Program)

MEDICAID or TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families)

FREE OR REDUCED PRICE SCHOOL MEALS: for students -- or families of students -- who go to a school where more than 50% of the students receive Free or Reduced Price School Meals.

ESNY also serves residents who participate in (or are eligible for) HEAD START, or who receive SSI or AFDC.

Find Finger Lakes Eat Smart NY online here!

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