Cornell Cooperative Extension of Delaware County is sponsoring the Walton Farmers’ Market in 2022. This market has been established for the convenience of local residents and participants in the Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (FMNP) through WIC and Delaware County Office for the Aging. WIC clients and income eligible senior citizens may redeem their farmers’ market nutrition program coupons at these local markets. Produce Prescription Program coupons are also accepted.
Farmers who want to sell local foods at the Cornell Cooperative Extension markets are invited to Contact Us.
Walton Farmers’ Market
Veterans Plaza, 181 Delaware St
Every Friday, July-September 2022
11am-3pm
Tourism Grant Award for Traditional Music at the Walton Farmers’ Market 
Fridays July 1 – September 2, 12:00 – 2:00 p.m.
The Grant Rogers Project, a collaborative effort between the William B. Ogden Free Library and Music on the Delaware, is pleased to announce that they have been awarded funds from the Delaware County Tourism Promotion and Development Grant. These monies, together with donations from the Walton Chamber of Commerce and other anonymous donors, will be used to provide music this summer at the CCE sponsored Walton Farmer’s Markets located at Veteran’s Plaza. The market will be open from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Fridays from July 1 through September.
The music will begin on July 1st, extend through August, with the exception of Fair week, and end on September 2nd. The musicians will play from 12 to 2 PM and will offer a wide variety of traditional music. This includes singer/songwriters with popular and original works, traditional fiddlers, and dance bands playing old time and Celtic tunes. All the music will echo historic local and regional musicians, including the late Grant Rogers, for whom the project is named.
The following schedule outlines the Market Music offerings:
- July 1- Larry Jamieson, country/folk
- July 8- Bill Seneschal, folk songs
- July 15- Tributary, old time tunes
- July 22- John Potocnik & Kathy Shimberg, fiddle tunes
- July 29- Amy Shapiro & Dannielle Swart, fiddle, guitar, voice
- August 5- Tremperskill Boys, square dance music
- August 12- Local Seisiun & Linda Hickman, Irish dance music
- August 26- Don Gilkinson, country music
- September 2- Bea Summers & Barb Acker, country, rock, folk
Whether you are a local or part-time resident, or a tourist passing through, plan to enjoy this beautiful area with a visit to the Walton Farmer’s Market to hear some wonderful music and to purchase some local produce and handicrafts.
For more information on traditional music in Delaware County, see www.grantrogers.org.
Produce Prescription Program Available at Walton Farmers’ Market
Cornell Cooperative Extension joins the South Central NY Produce Prescription Program for the fifth year in Delaware County. Designed by the Rural Health Network of South Central NY and implemented in Broome County in 2017, the program exists as a strategy to help prevent and manage chronic diet-related diseases by increasing affordability and access to nutritious fresh fruits and vegetables from local farms. Produce Prescription coupons can be accepted at Cornell Cooperative Extension sponsored market in Walton.
Focused on Medicaid patients, participants can be referred to this program through Registered Dietitians and Wellness Coordinators at UHS Walton / Delaware Valley. Enrollment provides the patient regular meetings with a Registered Dietitian, Wellness Coordinator, or Community Health Worker over a six to eight month time period. These meetings will provide participants with their prescription in the form of vouchers. Patients then use these vouchers as their method of payment at Cornell Cooperative Extension’s farmers’ market. Vendors are reimbursed after turning in voucher and log information into the Rural Health Network of SCNY. Prescription includes only the purchase of fresh fruits and vegetables from participating markets and stands.
The Produce Prescription Program seeks to “prescribe” financial incentives for their most in-need patients to act on the medical advice they receive, drive sales for locally grown product, allow community partners to become partners in health, connect patients to resources for additional support (cooking, transportation, etc.), and create accessible retail sites meeting a range of consumer preferences for accessibility, functionality, variety, quality and shopping experience. The Produce Prescription Program is funded through an Innovation Fund grant awarded to the Rural Health Network by Care Compass Network, and is focused on adults who receive Medicaid and their families.
Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program
The Farmers Market Nutrition Program (NYS-FMNP) operates through collaboration among the NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets (NYSDAM), Special Supplemental Nutrition for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), Office for the Aging, and Cornell Cooperative Extension. The programs are designed to:
- Enhance health of eligible low-income, nutritionally at-risk residents with fresh fruits, vegetables, and nutrition education.
- Promote use of farmers markets by WIC clients and low-income seniors.
- Support NY farmers who market their fresh produce through farmers markets.
- Encourage expanded and diversified fruit and vegetable production in NYS.
- Promote the development of farmers markets as a component of sustainable, quality communities.
- Cornell’s FMNP goal is to strengthen local capacity, to address challenges and reinforce successes leading to strengthened local farmers markets and enhanced food access and nutrition knowledge by low-income consumers.
Fruits & Vegetables: Nature’s Magic
Want to look and feel great? Don’t reach for the latest magic supplement pill or powder. Instead, eat more fruits and vegetables! Fruits and vegetables are loaded with vitamins, minerals, and fiber – which protect against heart disease, stroke, certain cancers and other diseases. Fruits and vegetables add flavor without adding lots of calories. They help keep you fit naturally. Follow these tips to get the most benefit from fruits and veggies:
- Make at least half your plate fruits and veggies. Fill-up on low calorie goodness!
- Eat fruits and vegetables as snacks and with meals. Fruits and vegetables are great ANY time.
What’s So Special About Fruits and Vegetables?
Fiber! Folic Acid! Vitamin C! Potassium! Vitamin A! What is all this stuff? It’s just some of the stuff that makes fruits and vegetables so good for us. Each color fruit and vegetable has something special to make us healthy. So eat as many different colors as you can in the vegetable rainbow to be sure you are getting all the “good stuff.”
- Choose red fruits and veggies for to protect your heart
- Choose yellow and orange fruits and veggies for a strong immune system and glowing skin
- Choose dark green leafy veggies for strong bones and healthy eyes
- Choose blue/purple fruits and veggies to maintain memory and your urinary system
- Choose white/brown fruits and veggies for a healthy heart and blood pressure
For more information contact
Valerie Dudley
HE Administrative Assistant, vsd22@cornell.edu
(607) 865-6531