Progress Report: Community Kitchen update (October)
*** “This is the _______ room.” The line – a common one – was usually countered with a slow scan, a nod and then my imagination handled the rest. The blank, in these cases, referred to one of the many rooms in Foodlink’s new Community Kitchen. Meal Production, Value-Added Processing, Dry Storage, Expediting. So many […]
Register for the East Ave. Grocery Run!
The annual East Ave. Grocery Run is right around the corner. Register now for the Nov. 5 race and help us fight hunger! Registration can be done in person at Fleet Feet Sports (Culver Road or Ridgeway locations), or online. There is a 5K, a 1-mile run/walk and a children’s fun run. An awards ceremony and […]
Bills, Tops & Campbell’s team up to tackle hunger
251 and counting. Or, if you’re a food banker, 5,020 and counting. The first number is significant to Buffalo Bills fans, as it represents the number of tackles made by Buffalo’s defense through four games this season. The second number, however, means a lot more to western New Yorkers in need. For every Bills tackle this […]
Foodlink awarded highly competitive USDA grant
The USDA announced Sept. 30 that Foodlink will receive grant funding from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, which has invested more than $8.6 million in projects “to foster self-sustaining solutions that help make healthy foods available to families living in low-income neighborhoods.” If you’re thinking that description sounds an awful lot like the work […]
Progress Report: Community Kitchen update (September)
******** Each September, Foodlink goes orange to promote Hunger Action Month. This year, so did our Community Kitchen. We gave the kitchen a splash (quite a few splashes, actually) of orange paint earlier this month to brighten up the place. Orange — the color of the nation’s first food stamps — means a great deal […]
Festival of Food is fast approaching; Check out the roster!
The Festival of Food is less than a week away — a hard concept to grasp for an event our dedicated staff has been planning for almost half the year. If you haven’t purchased your tickets yet … now’s the time. All proceeds from the festival (Sept. 19, 6-9 p.m. at the Public Market) help fund our […]
Hunger Action Month is here
For food banks around the country, September is a big deal. Hunger Action Month is a time for Foodlink and the Feeding America network to mobilize the public to take action on the issue of hunger and food insecurity in the United States. More than 48 million Americans suffer from food insecurity, meaning they lack […]
Progress Report: Community Kitchen update (August)
******** For a split second, I lost my tour guide. While I fiddled with my phone, he walked through a doorway, around a corner and was gone. It was brief and it was uneventful, but it was also telling of recent progress made in Foodlink’s Community Kitchen. Yes, if you’re looking for a pretty clear […]
Curbside Market celebrates third vehicle, joins new SNAP incentive program
Foodlink’s Curbside Market, which brings fresh, affordable produce into low-income, underserved communities, made a “double” announcement Aug. 16 that will benefit its growing customer base. At Andrews Terrace, one of the most popular Curbside stops, Foodlink officials and other major stakeholders gathered to celebrate the completion of the program’s third vehicle – a wheelchair-accessible truck that […]
Celebrating National Farmers Market Week
Foodlink is joining a chorus of agriculturally-conscious organizations across the country in celebration of National Farmers Market Week (Aug. 7-13). In recent years, Foodlink has strategically aimed to distribute more local produce to our network of human service agencies and through a multitude of food access programs. Initiatives such as the Curbside Market, Urban Farm […]
