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The Daily OrangeNew test kitchen provides healthy choices
By Jennifer Ward
Posted: 11/4/08, 1:30 AM EST Section: Feature
The Syracuse Test Kitchen is more about big picture community well-being than the usual health issues.
"What we want is for people to see products that are made by people right here in their community. It gives them pride to see local people prospering," Foster said.
She said the new healthy foods on the market just haven't caught on in the Syracuse area.
"What works here better than organics is made local," she said. "That has a bigger impact."
After opening last March, the kitchen hasn't produced any Newman's Own products. But that doesn't mean it hasn't made a difference in the lives of South Side residents.
Glenn Gaslin, general manager of the auxiliary corporation that oversees the farm, praised the quality of work being done at the test kitchen.
"A lot of the people coming to us from the SSIC have a real good product when they walk in the door," he said.
Gaslin champions the Pride of New York program and the stores that support it, including Nelson Farms' own country store.
"Buying local is better for everybody," he said. "The more that we buy locally, the more we get a safer product, and the more we help the economy, locally."
jward04@syr.edu
"What we want is for people to see products that are made by people right here in their community. It gives them pride to see local people prospering," Foster said.
She said the new healthy foods on the market just haven't caught on in the Syracuse area.
"What works here better than organics is made local," she said. "That has a bigger impact."
After opening last March, the kitchen hasn't produced any Newman's Own products. But that doesn't mean it hasn't made a difference in the lives of South Side residents.
Glenn Gaslin, general manager of the auxiliary corporation that oversees the farm, praised the quality of work being done at the test kitchen.
"A lot of the people coming to us from the SSIC have a real good product when they walk in the door," he said.
Gaslin champions the Pride of New York program and the stores that support it, including Nelson Farms' own country store.
"Buying local is better for everybody," he said. "The more that we buy locally, the more we get a safer product, and the more we help the economy, locally."
jward04@syr.edu
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Anon
posted 11/14/08 @ 6:49 PM EST
I'm not sure how the headline for this story fits with the content of the piece. It seems to contradict the first sentence of page 2. And there's no mention anywhere in the story of the food produced there being healthy. (Continued…)
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