Food for Thought
Reflections from It Takes a Region Conference
FaHN VISTA, Tom Lewis attended the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group's (NESAWG) It Takes a Region conference in Hartford, CT on November 11th. Here are his reflections from that day: Attending the It Takes a Region conference was certainly a memorable...
FaHN Releases 2016 Year in Review
We released the FaHN 2016 Year in Review at our annual member & sponsor recognition party on Oct. 20th. The report includes updates on many of the projects we've worked on this year, including: The release of our annual Community Garden & Urban Agriculture...
Touring the Milky Way in Delaware County
Who knew the Milky Way was so close? To celebrate National Dairy Month, FaHN AmeriCorps members Maggie and Olivia participated in Catskills Family Creameries’ 4th Annual Milky Way Tour. For one day, six farmstead creameries in the Catskills opened their doors to the...
Regional Access is Building a Strong Food Community
Our Food and Health Network sponsor feature this month is Regional Access, based in Ithaca, NY. Asa Redmond, Vice President of Operations, shared information about the company his father started and its commitment to distributing great food and strengthening the...
Lessons Learned at Growing Health: Healthy Foods, Healthy Communities Forum
The Food & Health Network co-hosted Growing Health: Healthy Foods, Healthy Communities on April 7 with the Broome County Health Department. The half-day forum focused on healthy, local food procurement and strategies for increasing access to healthy food choices...
Food and Farming with the Creekside Cook
From Donalyn Ketchum, Creekside Acres & The Creekside Cook Creekside Acres in Berkshire, Tioga County is owned and operated by Larry & Donalyn Ketchum. Long time gardeners, in 2015, they decided to become Farmer’s Market vendors at the Thursday Night Farm to...
Supporting Local Food and Brews at Galaxy Brewing Co.
Mike and Seth Weisel own Galaxy Brewing Company in Binghamton, NY. Mike was a home brewer for nearly 40 years, practicing and experimenting in his spare time. Seth gained an interest from his dad and then went on to the Master Brewers Program at UC Davis. He got his...
Increasing Local Food Procurement through Farm to Institution
Maggie Reeger, FaHN VISTA, spoke with Glenda Neff, an individual FaHN Sponsor and co-coordinator of Farm to Institution NYS (FINYS), to learn more about her efforts to increase local food procurement throughout New York State. On her work with local food and...
Action Alert: Support an Increase in Funding for Farm to School in New York State
It's time to urge New York State legislators to support the Farm to School Procurement Incentive in the 2016-2017 NYS Budget Proposals! This week, members of the New York School Nutrition Association visited their NYS Assembly and Senate representatives to request an...