Our Suppliers
From Cornell-operated growers such as Dilmun Hill Student Farm and Cornell Hydroponics, to local farms such as Fort Baptist Farm and Remembrance Farm, to local bakeries such as Wide Awake Bakery and Laurie's Grain-Free Bakehouse, we aim to source the majority of our items from local vendors to strengthen our connectedness to an environmentally-sound food system rooted in the here and now. Check out some of our featured vendors below!
Cornell Student- or Faculty-Run Vendors
Dilmun Hill Student Farm
Dilmun Hill is a student-run farm that has been practicing sustainable agriculture on Cornell University's campus for more than a decade. In the fall semester, Dilmun Hill provides us with our kale, Swiss chard, kohlrabi, okra, celery, assorted peppers, garlic, cabbage, eggplant, heirloom and cherry tomatoes, and much more.
Aunt Flo's Kitchen
Aunt Flo's Kitchen is a Cornell student-run business that creates Cramp Bites designed to mitigate menstrual pain. Cramp Bites, which are inspired by a Middle Eastern recipe consisting of dates, nuts, and spices, are the first and only doctor-recommended snack designed to counteract the nutritional deficiencies causing period cramps.
Cornell Hydroponics
Cornell Hydroponics brings together students with a passion for advancing agricultural technology. Students provide us with much of our regular and curly green lettuce, regular and purple basil, blue kale, and Swiss chard and manage a growing apparatus in the store to educate customers on the hydroponics process.
Ithaca Maple Works
Ithaca Maple Works, run by Cornell professor Joe McFadden, runs a 65-acre upstate New York Farm that produces 100% pure maple syrup and specialty maple products.
Local Farms
Fort Baptist Farm
Fort Baptist Farm is a Black owned, multi-generational, multi-cultural, multi-racial sustainable family farm in Ithaca. Led by Dee and Ed Baptist, the farm provides us with our cabbage, sweet peppers, carrots, leeks, scallions, ginger, and much more!
Remembrance Farm
Remembrance Farm is a 100-acre biodynamic vegetable and dairy farm located in Trumansburg. Nathaniel and Emily Thompson grow many of our onions, sweet peppers, candy stripe beets, and salad greens.
Plowbreak Farm
Plowbreak Farm is a USDA Certified Organic Farm that sits atop the hills of Seneca Lake and specializes in vegetables. Farmers Aaron Munzer and Kara Cusolito provide us with much of our honeynut squash, multicolored zucchini, radishes, beefsteak and heirloom tomatoes, lettuce, and more.
Stick and Stone Farm
Stick and Stone Farm, owned by Chaw Chang and Lucy Garrison, is a USDA Certified Organic Farm in Ithaca known for specialty Asian vegetables. From Stick and Stone, we receive most of our bok choy, broccoli rabe, Chinese broccoli, eggplant, shishito peppers, delicata squash, and more.
High-Ground Gardens
High-Ground Gardens is a small-scale, no-till farm with produce grown with biologically-centered practices in Ovid, New York. We obtain most of our herbs from Andrew and his team: mojito mint, thyme, chives, dill, basil, parsley, rosemary, and so on!
Wildflower Farm
Wildflower Farm, owned by Jeb and Christina Mead and based in Enfield, raises belted Galloway cattle and provides us with our ground beef. The farm uses no growth hormones or routine antibiotics, and the animals are processed at nearby Schrader Farms, which is USDA inspected and animal welfare certified.
FingerLakes Farms
FingerLakes Farms is an Ithaca-based company that sources its products from a variety of farmers and producers in New York State, such as Lively Run Dairy (in Interlaken), Jones Family Farm (in Herkimer), and Ithaca Milk.
Local Bakers and Other Producers
Wide Awake Bakery
Wide Awake Bakery is community-focused bakery located in Trumansburg. Stefan Senders and Liz Brown work closely with their local partners — Oechsner Farms and Farmer Ground Flour — to make sourdough breads and granolas from local organic grains.
Laurie's Grain-Free Bakehouse
Laurie's Grain-Free Bakehouse is a Lansing-based bakery run by mother-sun duo Laurie Geis and Elijah Cole. Their gluten-free, dairy-free, and nut-free breads, bagels, and muffins are a popular pick for customers with dietary restrictions.
Via's Cookies
Via’s Cookies is a Black-owned and women-run business aiming to provide delicious cookies that can be enjoyed by people with and without food restrictions, and to simultaneously help struggling BIPoC and LGBTQIA+ students so life can be sweet for everyone.
Ithaca Bakery
A favorite that has been over for over 100 years in New York’s Finger Lakes region, Ithaca Bakery sells us our assorted sliced sandwich breads.
Finger Lakes Cider House
The Finger Lakes Cider House is a Trumansburg-based farm that raises its own animals, grows produce, and sells unique packaged goods from products on the farm. The Cider House provides Anabel's with two speciality items: Ginger Bear and Awesome Sauce.
IthacaDelish
IthacaDelish, run by Selby Davis, is a small business that sells dukkah, an Egyptian blend of roasted nuts and seeds, seasoned with a variety of spices.
Gimme Coffee
Gimme Coffee is a specialty coffee roaster and retailer in Ithaca, and one of the largest worker-owned retail and wholesale companies in the coffee industry. Gimme provides us with our whole and ground coffee beans and assorted fresh pastries.
