Laurel: From Matt LeRoux and Tompkins County Cornell Cooperative Extension to everyone who helped to make the first Local Meats Tasting & Education Fair on Oct. 25 a great success.

More than 200 people visited the fair to meet some of our regional livestock producers and learn about their farms and products. Special thanks to Chef Sean O'Brien and Serendipity Catering for donating their time and talents to prepare 12 special dishes from a variety of meats from participating farms.

Thanks also to Cornell Dining, Cornell Orchards, LittleTree Orchard and Razorback BBQ and to participating farmers from Angus Glen, Autumn's Harvest, Birdsall Beef, Capricorn Hill, Ellis Hollow, Ever Green, High Point, Kingbird, Laue, Lakeview, Orchardland, Ort Family, The Piggery, Porkchop Valley, Quinn's Irish Hill, Sabol's and Straight-Way farms. Also to Karma Glos of Kingbird Farm and to the event's volunteers. We plan another fair next year.