NOTICE TO ALL ANIMAL ENTRANTS:

Any animal that is determined to be unfit for exhibition by the Department Superintendent MUST be removed from the Fair and will NOT be juded or receive premiums.

All Fair Books and forms are available on separate tab “4-H Fair Info”, which is accessible from our homepage. Go there to download fair books and fair forms you need.

Link to NEW YORK STATE FAIR FORMS on the Cornell Animal Science Site

Still have questions? Contact the 4-H office at 483-7403.

You have probably heard about it on the local news stations about Late Blight. For more details click on our “News” page to find out how wide-spread, pictures so you can determine whether you have it in your garden and recommendations on how to handle infected plants.

A trip to a local farmers market will find the ingredients for the perfect holiday meal, and with over 450 farmers markets across the state and some 46 across NNY region, New Yorkers all locally and across the state can enjoy a locally grown holiday meal.

The Farmers Market Federation of New York has compiled a sample menu that people can use as a guide to plan this year’s 4th of July Celebration!

Below is the sample menu followed by the recipe for Cornell’s Chicken Barbecue Sauce.
Have a safe and locally grown 4th of July!

Sample Menu
Barbecue Chicken – using locally grown, free-range chicken and Cornell’s Barbecue Sauce (recipe follows menu)
Barbecue Ribs – using locally pasture raised hogs with maple BBQ sauce
Grilled Lamb Sausage

Grilled fresh Zucchini and Yellow Squash
Grilled Squash Blossoms filled with Ricotta Cheese

Garden Salad with fresh locally grown Leaf Lettuce
Micro greens, early Cucumbers, Tomatoes, Radishes & Scallions

Deviled Eggs
NYS Cheese (more locally McCadam Cheese) & crackers

Dessert:
Strawberry Shortcake
Strawberry Rhubarb Pie
or Early Raspberry Cobbler

Drinks
NYS Reisling Wine
Saranac Beer
Strawberry Rhubarb Lemonade

Remember if you are drinking alcohol, please drink responsibly.  And do not drink and drive.

Enjoy the 4th!

Recipe for Cornell’s Chicken Barbecue Sauce

(enough for 10 halves)

Ingredients

1 cup cooking oil
1 pint cider vinegar
3 TBSP salt
1 TBSP poultry seasoning
1/2 tsp pepper
1 egg

Beat egg, add oil and beat again. Add other ingredients and stir until well combined.
You can vary recipe to suit taste and dietary requirements.

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The term “food miles” refers to the distance food travels from the location where it is grown or raised to the location where it is consumed. In other words the distance that food travels from farm to plate. Studies estimate that processed food in the United States travels over 1,300 miles, and fresh produce travels over 1,500 miles before being consumed. The energy invested in the agri-food system affects both farmers and consumers. Knowing about food miles is important no matter where you stand in the agri-food system.

There are a number of great resources available but ATTRA (National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service) as published an excellent bulletin that explains food miles, their effect on producers and consumers as well as provides tips and resources for both to utilize. Visit: http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/PDF/foodmiles.pdf to read the complete document.

Some tools that are included in the above bulletin you might find useful are:

Life Cycles Food Calculator
The Life Cycles food calculator determines the distance and the amount of greenhouse gases saved if a certain food product is bought locally as opposed to imported.

Food Carbon Footprint Calculator
A tool for residents within the UK to calculate their food carbon footprint to better understand the extent to which food decisions impact global warming.

If you are curious about your carbon footprint there are calculators available that take into account all aspects of your life. But the UK calculator figures out your food based carbon footprint.

LCA Food Database
This is a tool for acquiring an aggregated description of emissions, waste, and the resource use from soil to kitchen per unit of different food items.

With the growing interest in direct marketing livestock products, and challenges or ‘bottlenecks’ in the slaughtering and processing end of things, folks around the country are finding creative ways to overcome these challenges. Visit the e-Extension site for more details around Niche Meat Processor Case Studies.

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Feel Free to Download any of our collection of recipes to use with your family. We will add more recipes over the course of the year so be sure to check back for more options.

Main Dishes
Corny Chili

Desserts
Rainbow Fruit Salad

Cookies
Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Update on how the Franklin County EatSmart Nutrition Program is growing…

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• 127 Families
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• 84 Head Start Children
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