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Nutrition

Food safety and security and obesity prevention

Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) empowers New Yorkers to choose healthy food and healthy habits through programs that connect research and practice.

To see what programs are offered in your area, visit or contact a local office. 

CCE appoints Dr. Angela Odoms-Young human nutrition, food safety & obesity prevention lead

Featured programs

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The Expanded Food & Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)

EFNEP has been an anchor of CCE community outreach for the past 50 years. Through hands-on workshops, educators teach adults about food and exercise, food safety and security and work to foster a sense of mastery, belonging, independence and generosity among youth participants.

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Farmers Market Nutrition Program (FMNP)

The FMNP, a state-wide effort to connect communities and populations that are food insecure with local farmers who could be put to work to feed them, is an example of CCE building bridges to deliver quality, local foods. Local associations run displays and demonstrations at farmers markets, offering samples and recipe ideas for fruits and vegetables in season.

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New York State Farm to School

Farm to school programs in schools and early care and education sites engage young people in hands-on learning and connect families to fresh, healthy local food. In New York State, a cross-disciplinary team of Extension associates, Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) educators, and partners from NYS agencies work together to create better cohesion of farm to school programming across the state.

Food safety trainings

CCE educators work to keep consumers safe and help produce operations meet food safety standards through education and workshops on compliance and best practices. Educational offerings include important information and updates to food safety regulations, including the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Produce Safety Rule, Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) and co-management of natural resources and food safety. 

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Partner organizations & programs

Stories

Ann Jie Teo ’27

Field Note

Ann Jie Teo ’27 spends summer providing nutrition education in Alaska
This summer Ann Jie Teo ’27, an international student from Ipoh, Malaysia, studying nutritional sciences, traveled to Nome, Alaska, to intern with Norton Sound Health Corp. Here, she talks about her experience in the Bering Strait region...
  • Nutritional Sciences
  • Health + Nutrition
Bowl of romaine lettuce

News

Researchers explore ways to better safeguard US romaine supply

Americans eat more romaine than any other lettuce. But it has been plagued by recurrent foodborne-illness outbreaks.

  • Food Science
  • Food
  • Health + Nutrition
A person works on a production line wearing protective gear

News

Modeling tool protects worker health and food chain security

Researchers have created a computer model that can help produce farms and food processing facilities control COVID-19 outbreaks, keeping workers safe and the food chain secure.

  • Food Science
  • Food
Cross-section of chicken intestine with cells that may be affected by food nanoparticles.

News

Food coloring, anti-caking nanoparticles may affect human gut

Metal oxide nanoparticles – commonly used as food coloring and anti-caking agents in commercial ingredients – may damage parts of the human intestine, say Cornell and Binghamton University scientists.

  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Food Science
  • Health + Nutrition
Anu Rangarajan speaking during a webinat

News

Cornell experts advocate for ag diversity, food security
“They’re highly experienced, have managed large farms, have all sorts of skills, and most plan to spend a lifetime in agriculture,” Anu Rangarajan, director of the Cornell Small Farms Program in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section