Garden Share

860 Maple Ridge Road, Richville NY 13681
http://www.gardenshare.org/ info@gardenshare.org Directions/Map

GardenShare is a non-profit organization working to end hunger in northern New York State, a region called the North Country.

GardenShare works to build a North Country where all of us have enough to eat and enough to share—where our food choices are healthy for us, for our communities, and for the environment.

About GardenShare

Toward that end, GardenShare focuses on the following areas:

• Local Food. GardenShare promotes the benefits of eating locally grown food and of creating a community-based, sustainable food system.
  
• Harvest Sharing. Each spring GardenShare recruits North Country gardeners to share their garden harvests with local food pantries.
  
• Farm-to-School. GardenShare helped establish a farm-to-school project that enables North Country schools and colleges to serve locally grown food in their cafeterias.
  
• Food Security. Each year GardenShare presents its Growing Community Award to recognize local efforts to build community food security in the North Country.
  
• Kitchen Gardening. GardenShare empowers people to grow their own food in home gardens and community gardens.
  
• Public Policy. GardenShare supports legislation and public policies that address the root causes of hunger.

North Country residents can keep in touch with these activities through a free subscription to the quarterly GardenShare newsletter.

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Cornell Cooperative Extension / Adirondack Harvest

3 Sisco St # 1, Westport, NY 12993 (518) 962-4810‎
http://www.cornell.edu/ http://www.adirondackharvest.com/ Directions/Map
Our map will guide you to locally grown, farm-fresh produce
and agricultural products that are available direct from the farmer
at farmers’ markets and farm stands"

"Adirondack Harvest is a community organization formed out of concern for the loss and abandonment of farmland in the Adirondacks. Members realized that to keep local food available and to preserve the scenic vistas that farmland provides, farming needs to be profitable. Founding members also had a strong commitment to sustainable farms and wanted to insure that farm-fresh food is available."

Since its inception in 2001, Adirondack Harvest has grown to encompass Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, and Warren counties in northeastern New York. These counties contain major sections of the Adirondack Park and the Champlain Valley. Our focus has been on expanding markets for local farm products so that consumers have more choice of fresh farm products and on assisting farmers to increase sustainable production to meet the expanding markets.

The Mission Statement of Adirondack Harvest is:
We envision a picturesque and productive working landscape connecting local farmers to their communities and regional markets.
Our goals are to increase opportunities for profitable, sustainable production and sale of high quality food and agricultural products, and to expand consumer choices for locally produced healthy food.

This mission ensures the future preservation and growth of our open farmland while providing a diversity of healthy food products for consumers.

We have applied for 501c3 nonprofit status"

Champlain Valley Foodshed Coalition

1749 Main Street, Keeseville, NY 12944 (518) 834-52
http://www.avgrange.org/ Directions/Map
"The Champlain Valley Foodshed Coalition Winter Series is a monthly gathering of folks who want to eat well, live well, and have a positive impact on the environment. We are trying to foster connections that will strengthen our local food system, providing great food for people and livelihoods for farmers."

The purpose of the coalition is to bring food consumers and food producers together to promote awareness about sustainable farming and food issues and learn more about the issues related to sustainable food production and healthy eating. The coalition seeks to accomplish this by holding open meetings where people can gather to talk in an atmosphere that is open to both questions and contributions. These meetings occur during the late fall, winter, and early spring. There is no limit as to the type of sustainable farm, gardening, or food-related issue that can be brought to the table.

Sometimes the meetings are led by experts or professionals in their field, and sometimes they are led by neighborhood farmers or gardeners. The public is always invited and encouraged to attend. Membership in the Foodshed is through the Grange."