CCE Broome Nutrition Programs

04/29/2026

Please call the Vestal Public Library to register!

May 6th: Waste Less
Understand and identify favorite recipes that repurpose food scraps and leftover foods, and develop your own goals for ways to reduce food waste at home.
Recipe: Broccoli Stem Salad

May 13th: Food Safety, Storage and Preservation
Learn strategies for storing food to extend its freshness, ways to identify when a food is safe or unsafe to eat, and some common techniques for preserving food at home.
Recipe: Mixed Berry Chia Jam

May 20th: Is it Trash?
An in-depth look at the kitchen items that get sent to the landfill and whether they belong there. Learn what food scraps are compostable, ways to reduce waste from food packaging, and understand what food codes and “expired” foods are.
Recipe: Several Simple Homemade Salad Dressings, tasted on a fresh greens salad

Cornell Cooperative Extension-Broome County

04/20/2026

So fun seeing this in action 🌱

Our Farm to School Team has been supporting Chenango Valley Central School District get their gardens and hydroponic towers up and running, and it's so wonderful to see the students harvesting their herbs and making these delicious dishes!

Cornell Cooperative Extension-Broome County
Rock on Café
Food and Health Network

04/16/2026

04/14/2026

Looking for a fun midweek boost? ✨

Join us every Wednesday at 10:30 AM in the auditorium for Move & Improve!

💃 Get your body moving with a 20-minute energizing workout
🥗 Discover simple, practical nutrition tips you can actually use
🍎 Taste a delicious, healthy snack together

Call 607-772-8953 to register! Our nutrition classes are always free.

03/24/2026

🌯 Join us this Thursday, March 26th at 10:30 AM at the Johnson City Library!

Start your morning strong as we explore easy, healthy breakfast ideas and the power of planning ahead. Together, we’ll be making hearty egg burritos, perfect for busy days!

Come learn, cook, and enjoy a delicious breakfast with us. We hope to see you there!

Register by calling Your Home Public Library at 607-797-4816 or emailing jc.natassia@4cls.org

03/20/2026

Learning where our food comes from is always a hands-on adventure! 🌱

We had a great time visiting elementary students across Binghamton City School District, exploring the “Plant Parts We Eat” and discovering how different foods come from roots, stems, flowers, leaves, and more.

After learning, students got to taste the rainbow with colorful rainbow carrots paired with pizza hummus. A fun (and delicious!) way to connect nutrition, agriculture, and curiosity.

Thank you to Rock on Café and Food and Health Network for your Farm to School partnership!

Cornell Cooperative Extension-Broome County

03/18/2026

We love working with Whitney Point Central School District's Transitional Skills class! Nutrition Educator Caitlin has been visiting this classroom monthly for the last two years! This month they made one of our favorite Farm to School Rock on Café recipes, the Kale Caesar Salad!

03/12/2026

We ❤️ our Nutrition team!

Happy National Nutrition Month!

March is National Nutrition Month!🥦

At CCE Broome, our Nutrition team works every day to help individuals and families build healthy habits, access nutritious foods, and connect with where their food comes from. Through our programs EFNEP and SNAP-Ed, and collaborations with Farm to School and the Healthy Lifestyle Coalition, our educators are making a difference across Broome County.

🥕Naomi brings hands-on nutrition education to families through EFNEP, helping participants build cooking skills, stretch their food dollars, and make healthy choices at home.

🍎Caitlin and Kathleen lead our SNAP-Ed programming, working within schools and in collaboration with community partners, to help youth and adults take small steps towards healthier eating, active living, and building habits that last.

🥬Caitlin also provides Farm to School and garden education work, connecting youth to local food systems and teaching where food comes from through hands-on learning.

🫐Ann works with the Healthy Lifestyle Coalition to support families on the North Side of Binghamton through nutrition education and community initiatives that make healthy living more accessible.

We're grateful for the passion and dedication of this incredible team and the impact they have across our community every day.

03/06/2026

Our Cornell Cooperative Extension-Broome County Farm to School team has been busy connecting, learning, and sharing at two incredible conferences focused on strengthening school garden programs and local food education.

🌵 Growing School Gardens Summit – Phoenix, Arizona
Our Farm to School Educator, Caitlin, attended the Growing School Gardens Summit in Phoenix, bringing back new ideas, resources, and inspiration to support school gardens here in Broome County.

🌾 New York State Farm to School Summit 2026 - Saratoga Springs, NY
Our team also had the opportunity to present a workshop, “Planting Solutions: How Schools Can Grow and Use School Gardens Effectively.” With 75 attendees, the session sparked great conversations about practical ways schools can build, sustain, and integrate gardens into education and nutrition programs.

We’re excited to continue helping schools grow gardens that connect students to fresh food, hands-on learning, and the journey from seed to plate. 🌻🥕🌿

Thank you to our Farm to School partners Rock on Café and Food and Health Network 👏

02/06/2026

This week in our afterschool cooking program, Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School 2nd graders learned all about building snacks that include multiple food groups to help keep their bodies fueled and strong! 💪

Students also talked about why physical activity is important and practiced an essential kitchen skill, knife safety 🔪

After learning the basics, they got hands-on cutting strawberries and bananas and created a delicious fruit parfait to enjoy! 🥣

A huge thank you to our amazing partners United Way of Broome County and the Healthy Lifestyles Coalition- HLC for supporting this program and helping us bring fun, healthy learning opportunities to students!

Cornell Cooperative Extension-Broome County

01/30/2026

Community partnerships in action! 🐟🍲

Thanks to our partnership with Tiger Ventures, the CCE Broome County 4-H UNITY Endicott program continues to grow within their school building. When the School Food Center received frozen fish, Tiger Venture students and our UNITY team led by Miss Ann turned it into a delicious fish chowder, plus take-home ingredient kits so families could make it again at home!

01/29/2026

Warm, Sweet & Heart-Healthy! 🍎

Cooking fruit is a delicious way to make your house smell amazing, and a cozy, heart-healthy way to enjoy something sweet!

Join us for a Healthy for Life nutrition class where you’ll learn different methods for cooking fruit and get to make and taste Warm Cinnamon Raisin Apples.

📅 Tuesday, February 3rd
⏰ 2:30 PM
📍 Cornell Cooperative Extension of Broome County Auditorium
840 Upper Front Street, Binghamton

✅ FREE to join
📞 Call 607-772-8953 to register

We would love to see you there!