“The Farm to School program has the potential to provide far reaching positive benefits to the community, local farms, and most importantly higher nutritional food to the students for improved health, growth, and learning.”

Mike Harris
Owner of Lone Maple Farm & farm to school partner

“Meeting hunger needs is a large task and cannot be done alone. Working in collaboration with the Food & Health Network, Tioga Opportunities, Inc. and the Tioga County Anti-Hunger Task Force have made recognizable strides in increasing participation at free summer meal sites for kids. FaHN’s committed and knowledgeable staff, have been a pleasure to work with, and I look forward to continuing our partnership with, new, impactful, initiatives!”

Andrew Hafer
Community Services Director, Tioga Opportunities, Inc.

“We really enjoy supporting different groups that help us accomplish one of our core-founding missions: To have our food be accessible to everyone that wants it. Working with the Food & Health Network is really great because it helps us reach more people and support the local food system in general.”

Stephanie Roberts
Shared Roots Farm, McGraw, NY

“Broome-Tioga BOCES Foodservices Rock on Café has seen tremendous growth in our Farm to School efforts with our very strong working relationship with the Food and Health Network of South Central New York. This partnership, which we value tremendously, is bringing the farm, farm products and agricultural education to students. Not only are we able to increase the nutritional content of the food we serve, but we’re also directly impacting the local economy.”

Ray Denniston
Special Project Coordinator for Foodservice, Broome-Tioga BOCES