Progress in Action: Rural Grocery Microgrants
Across the Adirondacks, small grocery stores do important work. They keep communities fed, connect neighbors, and make it possible for people to live in places that might otherwise lose access…
Learning Blueprint: Distributing Local Food Cash Cards in an Emergency
When SNAP benefits were delayed across the Adirondacks in 2025, many families faced sudden gaps in their ability to buy food, especially those unlikely to access traditional emergency services. This Learning Blueprint shares how AdkAction responded with its Emergency Fair Food Card Pilot, distributing prepaid grocery cards through trusted school partners to provide fast, flexible, and discreet support. Designed for organizations preparing for benefit disruptions or addressing rural food insecurity, this guide outlines the program model, key lessons, and practical considerations for launching a similar initiative in your community.
Testing a New Approach to Expanding Food Access: Share a Share
At AdkAction, we believe that tackling tough challenges begins with listening and being open to new ideas. Since 2021, our Fair Share CSA project has helped make fresh, locally grown…
Fair Food Card Project Partnering to Help Adirondack Women, Infants, Children (WIC) in 2026
Families across the Adirondacks are gaining new, reliable access to fresh, locally produced food through AdkAction’s Fair Food Card, now coordinated in partnership with Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) offices…
The Ever-Evolving Fair Food Card Project
During the Covid-19 pandemic, AdkAction offered Emergency Food Packages, which provided free boxes of locally produced food delivered directly to homes across the Adirondacks. But we knew hunger didn’t end…
Meeting the Moment: Strengthening Food Access Through Community
In 2025, AdkAction responded to two very different moments of need with the same focus: listening closely, acting quickly, and staying connected to the community.