Pompey, N.Y. - Onondaga County Executive J. Ryan McMahon and the Onondaga County Agriculture Council launched the &th year of the “Buy Local. Buy Onondaga Grown.” campaign Thursday.
A kickoff event was held at Albanese Longhorns in Pompey and is designed to encourage the community to purchase food products grown in Onondaga County by more than 600 farm families. The campaign runs now through December.
One of the highlights of the campaign is "ON Farm Fest", which was postponed last year due to the pandemic. Onondaga County Legislature Chairman and Agriculture Council Co-Chair David Knapp announced that the fest will return this year on September 18th and will feature some new farms.
You can find more information about Onondaga Grown and ON Farm Fest here.
Below is a list of participating farms that are participating in ON Farm Fest this year:
- Whitetail Tree Farm
- Gridley’s Cold Spring Beef Farm
- Tyson Farm and Feed
- Navarino Orchard
- Tim’s Pumpkin Patch
- Emmi Farms
- Albanese Longhorns
- Barbland Dairy Farm
- Brady Farm
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