CCE Broome Nutrition Programs

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!

01/13/2026

Our first farm to school taste test of the new year!

01/12/2026

We are happy to introduce the new Events at CCE Broome page—a one-stop resource for our major events and fundraisers.

Follow the page to stay up to date on what’s happening across CCE Broome.

Information about individual programs will continue to be shared here or on our Cornell Cooperative Extension-Broome County page. You can also find a full events listing at www.ccebroomecounty.com
and receive updates through our bi-monthly newsletter. Sign up on our website to stay connected.

Upcoming Events at CCE Broome
We’re excited to share a look at what’s ahead in early 2026! Mark your calendars and stay tuned for full details on each event.

February 2026
2/12 – Sweets & Treats Market

March 2026
3/8 – Something New: A Boutique Wedding Experience
3/22 – Spring Artisan Market

April 2026
4/2 – Taste of Seasons: Spring
4/25 – Open Farm Day
4/25–26 – Earth Day Festival

More info, vendors, and registration details coming soon — we can’t wait to welcome you!

01/06/2026

Our 6th Annual Holiday Giving Box Initiative was an incredible success!

Because of this community’s generosity, we were able to raise over $21,000 and provide 432 holiday meals, reaching over 2,200 individuals and families this season, including 42 Veteran families.

This initiative continues to remind us what’s possible when people come together with kindness and purpose. Thank you to everyone who donated, volunteered, packed, and shared - this success belongs to you!

Cornell Cooperative Extension-Broome County is deeply grateful to our partners at Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo's office, CHOW, Rock on Café, The Agency/Leadership Alliance, and Broome County's Veteran Resiliency Project.

Thank you to all our participating school districts! Without you, we wouldn't be able to get the boxes to families who needed it the most!

Binghamton City School District
Chenango Forks Central School District
Deposit Central School District
Harpursville Central School District
Johnson City CSD
Maine-Endwell Central School District
Union-Endicott Central School District
Susquehanna Valley CSD
Vestal Central School District
Windsor Central School District
Whitney Point Central School District

01/05/2026

Back by popular demand!📣

Join us EVERY Wednesday in January and February at 10:30am for our Move and Improve class! (What a great way to meet those 2026 goals!) 💪

Our class features movement with music, nutrition lesson, and a snack! 🍎

Call or email to register - 607-584-9972 or khc59@cornell.edu

Classes take place in our CCE Auditorium at 840 Upper Front Street in Binghamton.

01/02/2026

Happy New Year!! 📣

In 2026 we’ll continue to offer our monthly Healthy for Life Nutrition class the first Tuesday of the month at 2:30pm in the CCE Auditorium!

Participants will prepare and sample a tasty recipe and learn ways to make the healthy eating easy and inexpensive.

For more information and to register contact Kathleen at khc59@cornell.edu or call 607-772-8953.

Join us for our January 6th class! We will be preparing together a delicious Chicken Chowder!

12/11/2025

We love working with the Transitional Skills Class at Whitney Point Central School District High School!