SENECA CO., N.Y. — Seneca County Cornell Cooperative Extension and the Seneca County Chamber of Commerce invite you to its annual celebration of Seneca County agriculture, Wednesday, July 21st from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM in Floral Hall during the Seneca County Fair at the Fairgrounds at the corner of Swift and North Streets in Waterloo. The event also serves as the Chamber’s July Business After Hours.
To celebrate Seneca County agriculture, Chef John McNabb from Knapp’s Winery and Vineyard Restaurant in Romulus is creating several dishes using Chevre (goat cheese) from Lively Run Dairy in Interlaken, shiitake mushrooms from the Amish Mushroom Project in Ovid and a light salad using fresh vegetables from The Veggie Table in Seneca Falls. The Chef’s Seneca County creations will be paired with wines from the Cayuga Lake Wine Trail. The evening will include brief updates on the current state of agriculture in Seneca County from three of CCE’s Regional Agricultural Specialists, as well as displays highlighting Seneca County CCE, Farm Bureau, and Soil and Water programs.
To participate and taste the featured products from Seneca County producers, reservations are required for the free event; which due to COVID guidance at the time of planning will be a seated and narrated tasting. To make reservations, please visit our website at www.senecacountycce.org, where you will see the event. If you do not have internet access, please contact Seneca County Cornell Cooperative Extension at 315-539-9251.
Lively Run Dairy is one of the longest operating commercial goat dairies in the country beginning production in New York State in 1982. Just starting production is the Amish Mushroom Project located in Ovid. Shiitake mushrooms are grown on logs in an insulated greenhouse and this is your opportunity to try them. The Veggie Table is operated by the Riegel Family as a farm store and market as well as offering CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) shares and vends at the Seneca Falls Farmers Market. Providing the wine for the food pairings is the Cayuga Lake Wine Trail, considered the first wine trail in the US, featuring 14 award winning wineries. This is a fabulous opportunity to taste some of the best that Seneca County has to offer!
For further information, contact Seneca County CCE at (315) 539-9251 or seneca@cornell.edu.
–Cornell Cooperative Extension – Seneca County
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