Good Health Starts at the Table–Pharmacy Owner Takes On Food Access in His Community
February 3, 2020
This is my story. My name is Dan Bosley and I am the pharmacist and owner of Keeseville Pharmacy. For the past 18 years, I
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Increasing Access to Local Food – Teaching WIC families to make salad dressing from scratch
July 2, 2019
In an effort to increase healthy cooking education and local agricultural awareness, AdkAction and Essex County Women, Infants, & Children (WIC) teamed up to present
Sign up for Fair Food Pricing
October 29, 2020
Photo credit: Courtesy Adirondack Foundation, (c) Erika Bailey. Would you like to get more of your groceries from local farms but can’t afford to? Do
Fair Food Pricing
October 19, 2020
Food from small-scale family farms is often more expensive than food at chain grocery stores, putting it out of reach for many Adirondack families. It is also more sustainable, ethical, and better for our local economy. We are working towards a future in which Adirondack farmers can feed the region and local families can afford to buy local food by providing a 30% discount on farm fresh products for qualifying families.
Food Packages now Available for Purchase on Sliding Scale
October 17, 2020
The general public can now order an evolved version of the Emergency Food Packages on The Hub on the Hill’s website. What was an Emergency
The Future of Emergency Food Packages
August 28, 2020
Thanks to the generosity of foundation funders Adirondack Foundation and Mother Cabrini Health Foundation and hundreds of individual donors, we delivered over 2,300 Emergency Food Packages (about 35,500 meals) to local households in need, with 2,000 more on the way before October. What happens next?
Emergency Food Packages Project Awarded $225,000 in Grant Funding
July 15, 2020
AdkAction and partners have been awarded $225,000 to continue the Emergency Food Packages project. With generous support from Adirondack Foundation, Mother Cabrini Health Foundation, and New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth), the Emergency Food Packages Project will continue to provide healthy, locally grown food to low-income and vulnerable Adirondack residents as the pandemic continues to diminish food access.
School summer meal programs: with food insecurity on the rise, how will Adirondack students get food this summer?
June 17, 2020
Throughout the COVID-19 crisis, food service and transportation staff have been critical to school children maintaining access to the same types of meals they were