28-02-2025
Harpursville students try farm grown foods
HARPURSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVT/WBGH) – Cornell Cooperative Extension brought together regional meat farmers with elementary students, so the kids could experience fresh, locally produced meat.
Students at W.A. Olmstead Elementary in Harpursville got a visit from Dan Honig from Happy Meat Valley Company.
Honig's company acts as a coordinator, working with farmers to get their products sold in local stores, restaurants, and schools.
The school prepared chopped cheese sandwiches for the students, and after trying it, the kids got to vote on how it tasted. If enough kids like it, the school will bring it back for lunch.
Honig says the farms he works with are from the Finger Lakes Region.
'Four companies that control eighty-five percent of the beef supply in the U.S. and the fact we've been able to exist, we started in 2013. We're moving about thirty beef animals a week. Which means we can support twenty-four farms feels like success to me. We're going to keep going,' said Honig.
A chopped cheese is ground beef, with spices, cheese, and lettuce served as a sandwich.
One 6th grader, Garrus VanGorder says the sandwich was tasty, and it's good that he and his peers are getting introduced to new foods.
'It was good because it had hamburger, and it wasn't like so big, but it was easy enough to have a quick bite and not throw a lot away,' said VanGorder.
The event is part of Cornell Cooperative Extension's New York Thursdays, connecting farmers with local communities.
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