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Saturday, November 9 • 8:30am - 9:45am
Bringing Farmers, Low-Income Consumers and Healthcare Together

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The workshop will focus on the ways in which the South Central NY Fruit & Vegetable Prescription Program (FVRx) has successfully brought together healthcare providers and local food retailers (farmers’ markets, CSA programs, mobile produce markets) to increase access to local food for low income residents, and open up new markets and customer bases for farms, and the impact that has had on local community members.
Speakers
avatar for Kate Miller-Corcoran

Kate Miller-Corcoran

Farm Share Program Manager, VINES (Volunteers Improving Neighborhood Environments, Inc)
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Erin Summerlee

Director of the Food and Health Network, Rural Health Network of South Central NY
Erin Summerlee is the Director of the Food and Health Network at the Rural Health Network of South Central NY. Erin works to link food access, health, and sustainable agriculture in support of a thriving regional food system and local communities. Over the past five years she has... Read More →
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Dee Larrier

VINES: Volunteers Improving Neighborhood Environments

Saturday November 9, 2019 8:30am - 9:45am EST
Classroom 210
  Farm to Fork Supply Chains
  • Level (Beginner, Intermediate,... Everyone

Attendees (13)