Dan Bosley Receives Excellence in Innovation Award
We are excited to share the news that Dan Bosley, the owner and “Farm-Assist” at the Keeseville Pharmacy/Farmacy has been awarded the Excellence in Innovation Award by the Pharmacists Society…
Locavore Challenge
July 22 - 28, 2019 The Challenge: To ONLY eat food that has been grown within a 100-mile radius of your home. This includes breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert, beverages, or…
Increasing Access to Local Food – Teaching WIC families to make salad dressing from scratch
In an effort to increase healthy cooking education and local agricultural awareness, AdkAction and Essex County Women, Infants, & Children (WIC) teamed up to present a delicious and nutritious “Quick…
AdkAction Awarded Generous Acts Program Grant to support Farmacy Project
AdkAction has been awarded a grant from Adirondack Foundation’s Generous Acts Program to remove barriers that prevent low-income residents from eating healthy, local food. Funding will be used for…
Farmacy Project to Expand: New Equipment, Additional Site, Cooking Classes Planned for 2019
KEESEVILLE — A small farm store located inside Keeseville Pharmacy is about to get a major boost, thanks to an Innovation Grant from Adirondack Health Institute. The Farmacy is a…
AdkAction’s 2018 Colgate Fellow
Over the summer of 2018, AdkAction welcomed Colgate University Fellow, Colleen Donlan, on an internship experience funded by Colgate. Colleen worked primarily on the Farmacy Project.