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May 22, 2023
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Media Advisory: Taste NY 10th Anniversary Celebration at Capital Region Welcome Center Spotlights Local Farmers, Food and Beverage Producers

Media Advisory: Taste NY 10th Anniversary Celebration at Capital Region Welcome Center Spotlights Local Farmers, Food and Beverage Producers

WHAT:         

NYS Agriculture Commissioner Richard A. Ball will visit the Capital Region Welcome Center to continue the State’s celebration of the Taste NY program’s 10th anniversary, spotlighting local farmers and food and beverage producers who are growing their business with the help of the Taste NY program.  Since its launch, the program has had a more than $100 million economic impact on the program’s participants across New York.

The celebration marks the fourth in a series of events that are planned across the state in 2023 to recognize Taste NY’s 10-year milestone and the program’s success. Taste NY is New York’s flagship ‘eat local, drink local’ program, highlighting the quality and diversity of food and beverages grown and made in New York.

 

WHEN:         

Thursday, May 25, 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

*Following the program, vendors from the Capital Region will be sampling the many delicious local food and beverages  available for sale at the Welcome Center.  They include:  

Liberty Farms

Love Apple Farm

Jourdin’s Maple Syrup

See & Be Kitchen

Vasilow’s Confectionary

 

WHERE:      

Capital Region Welcome Center

 NYS Thruway (I-87) Northbound

Between Exits 21B and 21A (Milepost 127)

New Baltimore, NY 12124

 

WHO:           

State Agriculture Commissioner Richard A. Ball

Victoria Giarratano, Assistant Director, Food Systems and Innovation, Cornell Cooperative Extension

Lisa Gallina, Executive Director, CCE Columbia and Greene Counties

Paul Spoleti, General Manager, Liberty Farms