About Farm to Chef, Inc.

Farm to Chef Express is a program of Cornell Cooperative Extension funded by a grant from the New York State Department of Agriculture & Markets. It was begun in 2004 by a group of farmers wanting to reach out to the chefs of New York City restaurants.

The advisory board is made up of farmers and professionals in the food and agricultural industry:

Mary Cleaver, Peter Hoffman, Donna Murray, Nina Planck, Paula Schafer and Jennifer Small

The Farmer Steering Committee is made up of farmers and our driver participating in FCX:

Kevin Bowman, Alan and Nancy Brown, Glen Rowse, Art Place, Lisa Saunders, Remus Preda, and Mike Yezzi

To learn more about the project's beginning visit the Agricultural Economic Program of Saratoga and Washington Counties' website at www.aedpws.org

For more information on Cornell Cooperative Extension visit www.cce.cornell.edu or New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets visit www.agmkt.state.ny.us

Articles

Local Is Luscious By Miriam Axel-Lute for Metroland March 2005
Spring / Summer 2005 Newsletter
Winter 2004-2005 Newsletter
September 2004 Progress and Updates by Judith Kleinberg September 2004
Farm to Chef, Inc. First Order Success! by Paula Schafer June 2004