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By Melissa Hart
Adirondack Harvest wanted to gauge people’s desire to source more food that’s locally grown and produced, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The organization posted a survey, which generated 162 responses. Here are some key take-aways: People were asked where they are buying local food (people could choose all that applied to them). About 70% of people…
By Melissa Hart
The Hub on the Hill, a food hub/food distribution facility in Essex, has launched an online ordering system. The site — https://hubonthehill.localfoodmarketplace.com/Products — offers local food and products with the added convenience of home delivery, within 100 miles of its location in Essex. (Place orders by Monday and then choose a delivery day.) The project…
By Melissa Hart
The Adirondack Council awarded 10 micro-grants totaling over $32,000 to local farmers, in an effort to address COVID-19 and climate change. The seven environmental projects being funded by the micro-grant program cover a variety of projects, such as solar-powered refrigeration, storm water runoff management, rotational livestock, grazing, solar-powered fencing and irrigating, super-efficient greenhouses, crop diversification…
By Melissa Hart
Has the pandemic led you to buy more or less locally sourced food? Adirondack Harvest wants to hear from you! Take this short survey to share your thoughts: https://adirondackharvest.com/please-take-our-survey-local-food-and-covid-19-learning-through-experience/
By Melissa Hart
In St. Lawrence County, the greater Clifton-Fine community is facing its own challenges with food access. The region’s newest “food desert” saw the closing of the only area grocery store, the Great American store in Star Lake, at the end of 2019.
By Melissa Hart
The Saranac Lake Farmers Market was one of the first in the region to respond to the COVID-19 crisis, quickly pivoting to an online ordering system (https://tinyurl.com/FarmersParkIt) and curb-side pick up to reduce interactions. Dubbed the “Farmers Park-it,” customers place their orders by Thursday night for pick up from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturdays…
By Melissa Hart
To address food insecurity, nonprofit AdkAction has teamed up with Hub on the Hill commercial kitchen/local food distributor to put together emergency food packages (EFP) with a week’s worth of locally produced food and ready-to-eat meals. Each EFP contains eggs, bread, apples, healthy snacks, yogurt, greens, granola, soup, and two large trays of frozen entrees.…
The Adirondack Council and Essex Farm Institute have recently updated its micro-grant program to allow farmers, value-added producers and food pantries to apply for COVID-19 related emergency funding during this grant cycle.
By Melissa Hart
By Melissa Hart Even though we’re only a few months into 2020, “panic buying” ranks high for one of the memorable phrases of the year, up there with “social distance.” In the recent rush to stock up on pantry staples like rice, beans and canned goods (not to mention toilet paper!), perishables tend to be…
By Melissa Hart
School tastings give students chance to weigh in on local foods One of the big challenges for school serving local foods (particularly vegetables) is figuring out ways to get kids to eat them. That’s where Meghan Brooks, Farm to School Educator for Cornell Cooperative Extension comes in. About once a month she pays a visit…