Erie Eats: Food and the Erie Canal - Educator Talk

Presented by the Erie Canal Museum Education Department.

Food is essential to human life—but where does it come from, how does it reach us, and who decides what ends up on our tables? This engaging talk explores how the completion of the Erie Canal in 1825 transformed food production, transportation, and access in Upstate New York and across the United States. Learn how these changes continued to evolve over the next 200 years as the Canal itself adapted and changed.