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FOOD & FITNESS CONFERENCE

“Nutrition In A Nutshell: Understanding Food Allergies” is the topic for the Annual Food & Fitness Conference, planned for Wednesday, April 28th at the Foxcare Center, Conference Room, Route 7, Oneonta, New York. The conference will be held 1:00 – 3:30 p.m. in the afternoon with the program repeated from 5:00 – 7:30 p.m. in the evening with registrations at 12:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.

The conference will present an overview of the prevalence, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of common food allergies with information on what healthcare professionals, dieticians and people should know about food allergies to obtain a safe and healthy diet. Therese M. Gadomski, RD, CDN, CDE, keynote speaker for the conference, will provide current research on food allergies and an update on diagnosis, treatment and recommendations to follow a gluten free diet. Ms. Gadomski will also provide insights from living with Celiac Disease herself and share gluten free products that conference participants can sample at the conference and purchase locally.

Register for the conference by sending $15 conference registration fee for professionals/general public and $5 fee for full-time college students to Cornell Cooperative Extension, PO Box 184, Hamden, NY 13782. Please make checks payable to CCE of Delaware County for the conference registration, which covers the costs of the conference including beverages and a resource packet. Professional development units from the Commission on Dietetic Registration will be given for participation in the conference. This year’s Annual Food and Fitness Conference is being sponsored by Cornell Cooperative Extension in Otsego and Delaware counties.

For further information or to register by April 16th for the conference, call Cornell Cooperative Extension in Delaware County at 607-865-6531 or e-mail Valerie at vsd22@cornell.edu

 

CREATE YOUR OWN FARM WEBSITE

 If you know how to work a computer and create Word documents, you can create your own website. On April2, from 1-4:00 p.m, Cornell Cooperative Extension, in partnership with the Watershed Agricultural Council, will be holding website building workshop at Cooperative Extension’s Resource Center in Hamden, NY. 

Participants will w have the opportunity to learn step-by-step how to create an effective, inexpensive farm website.  Cheryl Fabrizi, a marketing specialist, owner of Fab-Idea of Binghamton, New York, and instructor at Broome Community College, will teach participants the essentials of buying a web address, including where to host it, what software to use and how to design, write and maintain a website.  Participants need to come with their on-line marketing goals and basic information about their farm. Participants whose farms already have a website are welcome to attend as well.

The second session will be held on April 16 at Extension’s Resource Center in Hamden, 1:00-4:00 p.m.  Participants will get a chance to see or hear about the progress they made or problems they encountered since the first session in setting up or improving their websites. Ms. Fabrizi will discuss how to expand outreach through interactive marketing tactics; how to use search engine optimization, and using blogs, posts with links, and social networking.

The fee for the entire 2-part program is $5 per person – light refreshments are included. Make your check payable to Cornell Cooperative Extension of Delaware County. Registrations should be mailed to Cornell Cooperative Extension, P.O. Box 184, Hamden, NY, 13782.  Note “farm website” on the check.  Pre-registration is required by March 24.