ESNY classes can help you put more vegetables and fruits in your diet.
A small group nutrition class
Learn to make healthy meals your family will love in ESNY classes.
A woman and her daughter read and share a healthy snack together.
Learn to read and understand food nutrition labels in an ESNY class.
Eat Smart New York
Welcome to Finger Lakes Eat Smart New York!
Whether you receive SNAP or participate in other programs that help you stretch your family’s resources or you are a collaborator who works with SNAP participants, Finger Lakes Eat Smart NY is for you.
Join us for a FREE workshop or series that will help you learn to fill your grocery cart and dinner table with healthy and inexpensive foods. Our nutrition educators provide community-based classes to help you learn about cooking, meal planning, healthy food shopping on a budget, weight control and physical activity, and much more.
In addition to classes, here is what you can find on our website:
- Recipes that are low-cost and easy to prepare that focus on tasty healthy foods for you and your family
- Food Near You or ways to find food pantries, soup kitchens, farmers’ markets and school & community gardens
- Events where an Eat Smart New York nutrition educator will be offering a FREE workshop or exhibit
- Resources for how to work with schools to offer healthy foods and physical activity for youth and how to start, grow and sustain a community or school garden
- Stories featuring our participants and collaborators
- Newsletter subscribe to receive each month
Please like our Facebook page to get more tips and highlights, and visit the website to find an upcoming class.
Last updated July 26, 2019
Can I Take Classes?
You can sign up for our FREE Eat Smart New York classes if you now receive (or are eligible to receive) food assistance through:
SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as Food Stamps)
WIC (Women, Infant & Children’s Supplemental Food Assistance Program)
MEDICAID or TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families)
FREE OR REDUCED PRICE SCHOOL MEALS: for students -- or families of students -- who go to a school where more than 50% of the students receive Free or Reduced Price School Meals.
We also serve County residents who participate in (or are eligible for) HEAD START, or who receive SSI or AFDC.
Staff Contacts
Jonathan Sterlace
Nutrition Educator
(607) 583-3247
jss88@cornell.edu
Sara Stamp
Nutrition Educator
(607) 583-3124
ss3672@cornell.edu
Get SNAP!
Are you eligible for SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program)? Find out if you can receive SNAP benefits and apply online at MyBenefits.NY.gov.
