WHAT:
Nearly one dozen local farms and food businesses will join NYS Agriculture Commissioner Richard A. Ball to celebrate the State’s Taste NY program’s 10th anniversary and announce the economic impact the program has had on local farmers and food and beverage producers, including Western New York small businesses, since the Western New York Welcome Center’s opening in 2018.
The Welcome Center is also offering 10 percent off all purchases on November 29 and the chance to win a basket filled with local goodies in celebration of the 10-year milestone.
Taste NY is New York’s flagship ‘eat local, drink local’ program, which promotes New York’s farms and food and beverage businesses.
WHEN:
Wednesday, November 29, 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
*Following the program, producers who sell their products at the Western New York Welcome Center will be sampling the many delicious local food and beverages available for sale at the Welcome Center. They include:
- Bittner Singer Orchards
- Chenez’s Popcorn
- Eden Valley Creamery
- Ganci’s BBQ Sauce
- The Greek Goddess
- Herb’N Garden Farms
- Merle Maple Farm
- TopSeedz
- Singer Farm Naturals
WHERE:
1999 Alvin Road
Exit 19 off I-190
Grand Island, NY 14072
WHO:
State Agriculture Commissioner Richard A. Ball
Diane Held, Executive Director of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Erie County
Molly Vigrass, Taste NY Market Manager at the Western New York Welcome Center
Ari Sobel, Herb’N Garden Farms
Buffalo Division Director Matt Latko
