USDA Hunger-Free Communities Planning and Assessment Grantee Poughkeepsie is a riverfront city of nearly 30,000 residents in the Hudson Valley, a two hour commuter train ride from New York City. It is located in border zone between metropolitan New York City and the agricultural regions of the upper Hudson Valley. Preliminary data suggests a significant… Continue reading Poughkeepsie Farm Project
Health & Welfare Council of Long Island
The mission of the Health and Welfare Council of Long Island (HWCLI) is to serve the poor and vulnerable people on Long Island by convening, representing, and supporting the organizations that serve them; and through illuminating the issues that critically impact them; organizing community and regional responses to their needs; advocacy; research; policy analysis and… Continue reading Health & Welfare Council of Long Island
Community Food Advocates
Community Food Advocates spearheads the Lunch 4 Learning campaign. It was formed to fight for NYC to adopt universal free school lunch. In 2017 we were successful and got Free School Lunch For All adopted for all NYC public schools. The coalition continues strong and is focused on effective implementation and our high impact policy… Continue reading Community Food Advocates
Interreligious Food Consortium
The mission of the Interreligious Food Consortium is to support those who are in need of emergency assistance through a network of 70 food pantries in Onondaga County. Currently seventy food pantries and meal programs are part of a network that serves more than 200,000 meals per month. Our agency can; Connect those who are… Continue reading Interreligious Food Consortium