Active Projects

Placid Earth: Student-Run Composter

Since 2019 AdkAction has served as the fiscal sponsor for Placid Earth, a student-run composting business in Lake Placid.

Fair Share

Started in 2021, AdkAction’s Fair Share project sponsors low-income families to participate in season-long Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm share programs at no cost. This project builds equity in access, so low-income community members can take advantage of the health, environmental, and social benefits of participating in a CSA, while supporting small farms through upfront investment ahead of the growing season.

Clean Water Safe Roads

Road Salt pollution is threatening Adirondack waters. Studies now show that Adirondack lakes and streams near roads are contaminated and drinking water wells are becoming contaminated at an alarming rate.

Capped Landfill Pollinator Habitat

AdkAction is partnering with the Town of Indian Lake to transform a closed, capped landfill into an eight-acre native pollinator habitat. This three-year demonstration project will test how unused landfill sites across the Adirondacks can be restored to support bees, butterflies, and other vital pollinators.

Adirondack Pollinator Project

We empower people to take individual and collective action to ensure a future where pollinators thrive, native habitat abounds, and Adirondack residents and visitors are engaged pollinator advocates.

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Broadband for All

We are working to create universal access to high-speed broadband in the Adirondacks.

Long Term Rental Catalyst

The Land Bank Project’s goal is to address the affordable housing shortage for low and middle income families in the Adirondacks by taking a lead role in catalyzing the development of a regional land bank.

Fair Food Cards

The Fair Food project began in 2021 as an evolution of AdkAction’s pandemic-era food security initiatives. What started as a small, locally grounded effort to help working families access nutritious food has grown into a trusted regional model that supports both household food security and Adirondack farmers.