Grow a Row encourages home gardeners to plant an extra row—or simply grow a little more—of fruits and vegetables to donate to local food pantries in Schoharie and Otsego counties.…
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Kleffner: ""This program is truly a win-win. Our neighbors can access fresh, healthy food from local farmers they can trust, while helping to strengthen our local economy. "…
The program, "The Dirt on Composting," will feature a presentation by Worms Waste Not of Oneonta, a compost pickup service founded in 2024 by Rachel Frick Cardelle.…
Will Kleffner: “This support is especially critical as more and more of our neighbors are facing food insecurity and visiting the food pantry. Working with the Bassett Cancer Institute, we are glad to provide cancer patients with nutritious food, and one less worry, as they go through treatment.”…
In 2025, the cost and utilization of the Cooperstown Lion’s Club SNAP Match Program rose by more than 500 percent! Meeting the fiscal needs, time demands and expertise necessary to address the hunger crisis required a community wide collaborative effort.…
The annual event provides free holiday meals—served in person, via pick-up, or delivered to homes—for anyone who is alone, food-insecure or simply in need of connection during the Christmas season.…
The Cooperstown Farmers’ Market, a program of Otsego 2000, has FreshConnect Emergency Response checks available to anyone who identifies as food insecure, or who meets certain income levels, officials announced on Monday, December 9.…
Virginia Kennedy, group leader of CooperstownOneonta Indivisible, explained, “Food banks, as you know, have been under pressure because of all kinds of things, not just the SNAP funding, which is why we’ve been paying attention...…
DANCE PARTY—7-10 p.m. “Party for the Pantries.” Dance party to restock the food bank and pantries in our community. Ticket proceeds benefit food pantries; song requests by donation; etc. Foothills Performing Arts and Civic Center, 24 Market Street, Oneonta. (607) 431-2080 or https://www.facebook.com/events/695820406896435?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22attachment%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22newsfeed%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D…
Do you remember the sharing game we played as youngsters? We shared by dividing; one for me…one for you. Now is a great time to play that game again! When you are doing your grocery shopping...…
