Northside Food Network Puts HANNYS Mini-grant towards Farmers’ Market
Second Sale

The Northside Food Network.
Northside Neighborhood Association, Ithaca, NY. Administered by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County.

The Northside Food Network connects Northside Neighborhood residents to area farms, farmers, and the food they produce. This is achieved through education, skill building, and new strategies for making local food more affordable to low-income residents. Components of this project include: a new “Northside Neighborhood Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)” farm project offering weekly deliveries of vegetables to 60 Northside residents at affordable prices; an “After-Market Seconds Sale” that has brought surplus Ithaca Farmers Market produce into the neighborhood for discount sale to 120 residents so far; “WE-PICK Days” that have brought 30 community members including children to farms to pick their own food and connect with its source; a “Community Meal” for this fall celebrating locally grown foods; and “Grow a Row for Your Neighbors” which is a campaign that encourages gardeners to donate produce to a local food pantry.

For more information contact Meg Meixner at Northside Neighborhood Association,
607-273-0763.

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