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Your September Monthly Harvest from NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets is here!

09/06/2023

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๐“˜๐“ท ๐“ฃ๐“ฑ๐“ฒ๐“ผ ๐“˜๐“ผ๐“ผ๐“พ๐“ฎ
โ€ข Statewide News
โ€ข Taste NY Updates
โ€ข NYS Grown & Certified Updates
โ€ข Funding Opportunities
โ€ข Spotlight: #FindMeAtTheFair Winner Announced

๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—”๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—บ
As we turn the calendar to September, weโ€™re realizing autumn is just around the corner and itโ€™ll be time soon to explore all of New York Stateโ€™s great agritourism opportunities! From apples to pumpkins, to corn mazes and sunflower fields, and so much more, New York farms offer fun for all ages this fall.

Check out New Yorkโ€™s many u-pick farms and have some family fun while supporting your local farmer!

๐—›๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต
September is recognized nationally as Hunger Action Month, [โ€ฆ]

September 6th, 2023|Categories: Events, External posts, Grants, Newsletters|

Your August Monthly Harvest from NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets is here!

08/02/2023

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๐“˜๐“ท ๐“ฃ๐“ฑ๐“ฒ๐“ผ ๐“˜๐“ผ๐“ผ๐“พ๐“ฎ
โ€ข Statewide News
โ€ข The Great New York State Fair Updates
โ€ข Taste NY Updates
โ€ข NYS Grown & Certified Updates
โ€ข Funding Opportunities
โ€ข Spotlight: New York Wines Now Sold in Puerto Rico

๐—–๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—”๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—น๐—น ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐˜† ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€!
Visit Your Local County Fair for a Chance to Win Tickets to the Great New York State Fair

New York is home to more than 50 county and youth fairs, providing opportunities for New Yorkers of all ages to learn about local agriculture, where our food comes from, and how itโ€™s grown, harvested, and [โ€ฆ]

August 2nd, 2023|Categories: Events, External posts, Grants, Job postings, Newsletters|

Your July Monthly Harvest from NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets is here!

07/05/2023

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๐“˜๐“ท ๐“ฃ๐“ฑ๐“ฒ๐“ผ ๐“˜๐“ผ๐“ผ๐“พ๐“ฎ
โ€ข Statewide News
โ€ข Taste NY Updates
โ€ข NYS Grown & Certified Updates
โ€ข Funding Opportunities
โ€ข Spotlight: Commissioner Ball Congratulates Winner of the โ€œStill Growingโ€ Poetry Contest

๐—ช๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ ๐—จ๐—ฝ: ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐——๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ
Every June, Dairy Month gives us the opportunity to recognize New Yorkโ€™s dairy farmers and manufacturers who produce some of the very best dairy products anywhere. This year, we took part in a wide range of Dairy Month activities to promote the industry โ€“ check out some highlights below!

โ€ข ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ข๐™ž๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง ๐˜ฝ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก ๐˜พ๐™š๐™ก๐™š๐™—๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™‰๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ก๐™ฎ $30 ๐™ˆ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™€๐™ญ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™› ๐˜ผ๐™œ๐™ง๐™ž-๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ง๐™  ๐˜ฟ๐™–๐™ž๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™๐™–๐™˜๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ
Earlier this month, Commissioner Ball headed up to [โ€ฆ]

July 5th, 2023|Categories: External posts, Grants, Newsletters|

Your June Monthly Harvest from NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets is here!

06/07/2023

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๐“˜๐“ท ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฒ๐“ผ ๐“ฒ๐“ผ๐“ผ๐“พ๐“ฎ:
โ€ข Statewide News
โ€ข Taste NY Updates
โ€ข NYS Grown & Certified Updates
โ€ข Funding Opportunities
โ€ข Spotlight: New York Products Featured at PGA Championship in Rochester

๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐——๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ!
Itโ€™s officially one of our favorite months of the year โ€“ known to most as โ€œJune,โ€ but to us, more importantly โ€“ as Dairy Month! Starting with World Milk Day on June 1, Dairy Month provides us all an opportunity to recognize our tremendous dairy farmers and dairy manufacturers who are producing and processing some of the very best dairy products in the world. Dairy is the largest single segment of [โ€ฆ]

June 7th, 2023|Categories: External posts, Grants, Job postings, Newsletters|

Register Today! Join Hunger Solutions New York and No Kid Hungry for the Upcoming CEP Webinar Series

05/31/2023

This summer, Hunger Solutions New York and No Kid Hungry New York will be co-hosting a webinar series for schools to ensure all CEP-eligible schools can maximize this new state subsidy in the upcoming school year.

๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ญ๐™ž๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฏ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™‰๐™š๐™ฌ ๐˜พ๐™€๐™‹ ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™Ž๐™ช๐™—๐™จ๐™ž๐™™๐™ฎ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™œ๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™‚๐™ง๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ
Thursday, June 1, 2023, 1-1:30pm
Join us to learn how strategic grouping can help you maximize the new state CEP subsidy.
Register here for Maximize the CEP Subsidy Webinar

๐˜พ๐™€๐™‹ ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™Ž๐™ช๐™—๐™จ๐™ž๐™™๐™ฎ: ๐™‚๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™”๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™Œ๐™ช๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™Ž๐™€๐˜ฟ
Wednesday, June 14, 2023, 9-9:30am
The NY State Education Department (SED), Child Nutrition Program Administration, will join us for a 30 minute Q&A session on the new CEP State [โ€ฆ]

May 31st, 2023|Categories: Events, External posts, Grants|

2023 – 2024 HPNAP Resources Food Grant & Operations Support Application Deadline is ๐Ÿฐ:๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฃ๐—  ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿญ๐˜€๐˜, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ!

05/17/2023

HPNAP provides supplemental funding and nutrition technical assistance to a network of emergency food programs (EFPs), consisting of food banks, soup kitchens, food pantries and
other non-profit organizations. HPNAP and other government support provide funds for operating costs and for nutritious foods that may not be donated by other sources.
Applications can be made through select EFPs. Below is an example from FoodBankNYC:
โ€ข Application Guidance
โ€ข Application

Source

May 17th, 2023|Categories: External posts, Grants, News from HANNYS|

May eNews from GardenShare

05/08/2023

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๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€?
May marks the beginning of Spring Farmers Market season. If you have not submitted an application for vendor membership, day vendor, or nonprofit tabling. Email the Farmers Market Manager farmersmarkets@gardenshare.org!

Remember you do not just have to shop the markets with just cash. Many accept debit/credit cards. Come to the market managers table to learn how to get tokens to buy your favorite local products.

Each market has there own Facebook pages for frequent updates on product availability and other events/news for each market. Click on the town below!

Akwesasne
Canton
Gouverneur

May 8th, 2023|Categories: Events, External posts, Grants, Newsletters|

Laying the Groundwork for Summer Meals from Hunger Solutions New York

04/27/2023

๐™Ž๐™ช๐™ข๐™ข๐™š๐™ง ๐™„๐™จ ๐™…๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐˜ผ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง!
Now is a great time to pre-order Summer Food Service Program outreach materials from the New York State Department of Education. Bilingual outreach flyers are available in bulk at no charge. The flyers promote summer meals and feature a QR code to help families find nearby site locations.

๐™‰๐™ค ๐™†๐™ž๐™™ ๐™ƒ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™‰๐™š๐™ฌ ๐™”๐™ค๐™ง๐™  (๐™‰๐™†๐™ƒ-๐™‰๐™”) ๐™Ž๐™๐™Ž๐™‹ ๐™‚๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™Š๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ
NKH-NY is supporting school districts and community-based organizations operating the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) or Seamless Summer Option (SSO) and implementing non-congregate meal programs in rural areas. Grant awards will average between $10,000 โ€“ $20,000, and exact amounts will vary depending on program need. [โ€ฆ]

April 27th, 2023|Categories: Events, External posts, Grants, Newsletters|

Farm School NYC April Newsletter

04/19/2023

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๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€
After over eight years of dedicated service at Farm School NYC, Onika Abraham has decided to step down as Executive Director and will transition out of her role at the end of May 2023. She is excited to pursue a new leadership opportunity in the environmental and nature education and equity space. Read more about her journey and the impact of Onikaโ€™s leadership in strengthening our community in this letter from our Board of Directors. If youโ€™d like to express gratitude, please email her to share memories and sentiments. We are also excited to announce that our organization will [โ€ฆ]

April 19th, 2023|Categories: Events, External posts, Grants, Job postings, Newsletters|

Your April Monthly Harvest from NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets is here!

04/05/2023
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๐“˜๐“ท ๐“ฃ๐“ฑ๐“ฒ๐“ผ ๐“˜๐“ผ๐“ผ๐“พ๐“ฎ:
โ€ข Statewide News
โ€ข Taste NY Updates
โ€ข NYS Grown & Certified Updates
โ€ข Funding Opportunities
โ€ข Spotlight: The Department Celebrates Agricultural Literacy Week

๐—–๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†
The days growing longer and the weather getting warmer can only mean one thing: the start of the growing season is almost upon us!

While planting gets underway, April also marks a special, annual celebration for our gardeners across the state: National Garden Month! Thereโ€™s no better time to be thankful for all the flowers, plants, trees, and herbs that we can grow in our own backyards than this time of year, when the ground [โ€ฆ]

April 5th, 2023|Categories: Events, External posts, Grants, Newsletters|

DEC Funding for Local Emergency Food Relief Equipment!

03/24/2023

๐™Š๐™ง๐™œ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™–๐™ก๐™จ ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™–๐™œ๐™š๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ
The goal of this funding program from the Department of Environmental Conservation is to assist 501(c)(3) not-for-profits that provide emergency food relief in New York State. Approximately $500,000 is available for Local Emergency Food Relief Equipment Grants.

Eligible Applicants:
501(c)(3) not-for-profit (NFP) corporations that provide emergency food relief in New York State, excluding New York State Food Banks, are considered eligible applicants. Note: New York State Food Banks are not eligible.

Eligible Equipment:
The following types of equipment that assist local emergency food relief organizations in providing food to those in need are eligible for funding under this grant program:
โ€ข trucks, refrigerated vehicles and related equipment (trailers, insulated food storage [โ€ฆ]

March 24th, 2023|Categories: External posts, Grants|

Latest News from Capital Area Council of Churches

03/09/2023

โ€ข ๐™€๐™˜๐™ช๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™‚๐™ค๐™ค๐™™ ๐™๐™ง๐™ž๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™Ž๐™š๐™ง๐™ซ๐™ž๐™˜๐™š โ€” ๐˜ผ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ž๐™ก 7, ๐™‰๐™ค๐™ค๐™ฃ
On Good Friday, April 7, an ecumenical service will be held at First Lutheran Church in Albany at noon. The service is being prepared by the following clergy.

Rev. Leonard Comithier
Rev. Antonio Booth
Rev. David Preisinger
Rev. Jo Page
Rev. James Kane
Elder Kitt Jackson
Thanks to the pastors and laity who are joining in this ecumenical celebration.

โ€ข ๐™ˆ๐™‡๐™† ๐™Ž๐™˜๐™๐™ค๐™ก๐™–๐™ง๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฅ ๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™–๐™™๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ง๐™˜๐™ 31
Awarding Multiple $4,000 Scholarships This Year!
The deadline for MLK Scholarship applications is fast approaching. Awarded to high school seniors going to college this fall, the scholarship honors Dr. King and an essay reflecting on Dr. King is one of the requirements. Applications are available [โ€ฆ]

March 9th, 2023|Categories: Events, External posts, Grants, Newsletters|