Geddes, NY (WBNG Binghamton) The State Fair continues outside of Syracuse. People from all over New York will travel to the Fairgrounds this week. Some of you will be going up from the Southern Tier.
Action News reporter Matt Markham shows us a little bit of how our area is represented at the Fair.
Aside from the food and attractions at the Fair, it is still agricultural at its roots. So is much of the Southern Tier. Local 4-H clubs compete for the chance to get to Syracuse.
"At county fair, you get selected for state fair. And we get to show off the talent of 4-H and what it does for the kids," said Matthew Gray with the Delaware County 4-H Club.
The Delaware County group has its own exhibit and crafts.
"We do projects for kids that come through here and every booth has different projects," Gray said.
Matt Gray from New Kingston used to show his cows at the Fair. Of course, our area is rich with agriculture and dairy farming. Some of our local milk ends up here, where a cup of New York milk is just 25 cents.
"This is the first people people come to stop when they get here."
"We have people come back every year, year after year, and they love talking about their experiences and how when they were little it was still a nickel," said Lisa Andreianes of the Rainbow Dairy Bar.
Right near the dairy bar is the fair-famous butter sculpture, made with local butter. This year, it's a dairy farm.
Then, if you're hungry, but you miss a "home" favorite, Tully's has a booth here. It serves them well.
"It helps our tender sales. Right after the Fair, our tender sales go up. We sell a lot of tenders here," said Robert Lane, a Tully's manager.
Every box has a coupon for a dollar off your next tender purchase.
"It definitely brings back customers to our local stores," Lane said.
And brings thousands back north for their fair favorites.
Salamida's aptly-named State Fair Spiedie Sauce is also sold in the Pride of New York Marketplace, just by the main gate.
And, the village of Afton in Chenango County placed as a runner-up in a competition for the state's best drinking water, held at the Fair yesterday.
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