If you happened to read today’s Cortland Standard, you may have seen the article about a second farmers’ market. Kathie Arnold, organic farmer and County Legislator, has been chairing the Cortland County Local Agriculture Promotions Subcommittee. This committee was charged with looking into the issue of expanding the current Cortland farmers' market. It seems that they have located a great place for a second market (the first will, for the time being, remain on Main Street). This second market will be located, pending an agreement yet to be signed, in the parking lot of the Cortland Foundation building on East Court Street. This building has a lot of history as it was the former Cortland Corset Factory (as in "foundation garmets") and apparently prior to that was part of the wagon making industry in Cortland. This is even more exciting as there is the additional possibility of future expansion into the building for a year-round farmers market/co-op store and the building is even heated with waste vegetable oil.
This is great news for Cortland County residents, both those that produce local products, and those that need to purchase these products. I look forward to hearing more good news about this project and would like to thank Kathie, Lisa Lickona, Tammie Whitson, and the other individuals responsible for working on this project.
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