EFNEPFarmers Market Nutrition Education Program (FMNP)
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Partners and Collaborators
2006 kickoff of Harlem Hospital Farmer's Market (left to right, Robert Lewis, New York State Department of Agriculture & Markets, Joel Berg, New York City Coalition Against Hunger, Marcel Van Ooyen, Council on the Environment of New York City, and New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn)
Cornell University Cooperative Extension New York City collaborates with the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, the New York City Department of Health, and the New York City Office of Aging to implement the Farmers Market Nutrition Education Program at many farmers' markets and WIC senior program sites.
For 2008, our market partners include:
- Brownsville Community Farmers Market
- Council on the Environment of New York City/Greenmarket
- East Harlem Union Settlement Farmers' Market
- East NY Farms! Market
- Harlem Hospital Greenmarket
- Harvest Home Farmers' Market
- Jamaica Farmers' Market
- Lincoln Hospital Greenmarket
- Poe Park Greenmarket
Impact and Value
A team of trained nutrition educators, student interns and volunteers promote fresh fruit and vegetable consumption through hot and cold food demonstrations and tasting at participating farmers' markets. This model provides work-force development opportunities for student interns, volunteers and EFNEP graduates who are trained as community nutrition educators.
For 2008, our partners sponsoring volunteers and interns include:
- Brooklyn College
- Cornell University
- Hunter College
- La Guardia Community College
- Queens College
- Teachers College Columbia University
- New York University
- New York City Coalition Against Hunger (NYCCAH)