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. "…
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CONNECTIONS—1 p.m. Cornell Cooperative Extension SNAP Ed Nutrition Educator Maegan Freeman discusses health benefits of fruits and vegetables. Connections at Clark Sports Center, 124 County Highway 52, Cooperstown. connectionsatcsc@gmail.com or https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10236693252062461&set=pcb.2981702035372062…
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...…
Although keeping track of what is happening in our country overwhelms most of us, it’s important to remember that terrible things are being done in our names and with our dollars. It’s also important to raise our voices in protest.…
The Cooperstown Food Pantry has reported its visitors have doubled over the last month. The Oneonta Salvation Army saw increases of use as much as a third. Already burdened by a cost of living crisis, the stoppage of SNAP benefits on November 1 as a result of the government shutdown has driven even further need for affordable groceries.…
In Oneonta, St. Mary’s Food Pantry and The Salvation Army Food Pantry are among the more than half-dozen agencies in the city that are rallying to assist those community members experiencing food security as a direct result of the government shutdown.…
“This grant will enable us to invest in the continued success of the Cooperstown Farmers’ Market,” said Ellen Pope, executive director of Otsego 2000, which founded the farmers’ market in 1991. “We will be able to raise both overall visitation and the use of SNAP and other food access initiatives at the market.”…
The Lions are planning a fundraiser, with all proceeds benefiting the club’s SNAP Match Program. Willy’s Good Chicken Dinner will be held on Saturday, August 23 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Hulse Hill Farm, 5928 State Highway 28 in Fly Creek, in conjunction with Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Family Farm Day.…
The current administration abruptly canceled USDA programs that offered U.S.-grown food to food banks at low or no cost, as well as programs that enabled pantries and schools to purchase food from local farmers.…
