Foodlink Career Fellowship Class of 2022 is largest graduating class ever!
The Foodlink Career Fellowship hosted its fourth graduation on Monday, honoring the Class of 2022’s nine Fellows who completed the year-long culinary apprenticeship. It was the largest class yet, following classes of 8, 5 and 7 in previous years. The event was held inside the Central Library downtown, across the hall from the Foodlink Community […]
Foodlink’s Festival of Food returns! Tickets on sale NOW
For the first time since 2019, the region’s best and biggest tasting event returns! Tickets are now on sale for the Festival of Food, Foodlink’s annual fundraiser at the Public Market. The event will be held on Sept. 12 after taking two years off due to the pandemic. Dozens of Rochester-area food and beverage vendors […]
Foodlink honors Wegmans’ Mary Ellen Burris, WDKX at return of The Get Together
The Get Together returned to Foodlink’s front lawn last week. The “annual” spring event launched in 2019, but was canceled in both 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic. It was a scaled back affair this year compared to the 300+ person gathering for the inaugural event. This time, about 150 friends and supporters — […]
Assemblyman Meeks, Field & Fork Network & Foodlink Announce $2 Million State Appropriation
Assemblyman Meeks joins Field & Fork Network and Foodlink to announce, for the first time in the program’s history, its inclusion in the New York State Budget. Double Up Food Bucks NY received bipartisan support for the $2 Million allocation; the funding will allow the statewide program to expand services to approximately 100,000 SNAP recipients […]
Wegmans’ allergen-friendly food drive gets underway
Wegmans Food Markets and the Buffalo Bills are teaming up to help combat food insecurity in our communities for those with food allergies by donating allergen-friendly, gluten free, and lactose free items to FeedMore WNY and Foodlink. Starting May 9 through May 21, customers at Rochester and Buffalo area stores will have the opportunity to purchase […]
Anti-hunger advocates celebrate increased funding in NYS budget
Anti-hunger advocates in New York scored a victory in early April when the finalized state budget included a significant bump in funding for the Hunger Prevention and Nutrition Assistance Program (HPNAP). The program lives within the Department of Health’s budget, and helps support food banks around the state — and thousands of food pantries — […]
Foodlink serves as a host site for RCSD’s Job Shadow Day
Foodlink hosted approximately a dozen RCSD seniors on Thursday, March 24, for Job Shadow Day — a day for Rochester students to gain insights and explore various career paths at organizations around Rochester. The initiative stems out of the RCSD’s Career and Technical Education department, which teaches specific career skills to students in high school […]
Foodlink awarded federal funding for cooler expansion project
Congressman Joe Morelle together with Senator Chuck Schumer and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced Monday the delivery of $750,000 for Foodlink to help cover the costs of a much-needed refrigerator expansion project. “The pandemic forced too many Monroe County residents into food insecurity, and as we continue to emerge from this crisis, we must ensure families […]
Growing a partnership with Foodlink & the RTS Worksite Wellness Program
The Curbside Market is a market on wheels that links communities in the Rochester area to fresh, affordable food. As Curbside Market continues to grow its outreach, it is making larger attempts to expand and help more people gain access to fresh and affordable food. Since 2017, Foodlink has partner with Rochester Transit Service (RTS) […]
Foodlink attains another 4-star Charity Navigator rating
Foodlink recently earned the distinction of a 4-star rating by Charity Navigator, the largest charity evaluator in America that helps guide intelligent giving by evaluating the Financial Health and Accountability & Transparency of more than 1.5 million charities nationwide. Foodlink received an overall score of 94.69, according to data from its FYE2020 Form 990. Using […]
