American Dairy Association North East: $91,466.75

One-year funding (Sept 2020-Sept 2021). These funds supported the research position that created the Food Bank Network Study on Dairy Consumption. The project identified barriers of access to dairy for…

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Walton Family Foundation: Ford Foundation: $100,000

Six-month grant. This grant provided funding to obtain New York-grown fresh produce and transport it to our ten member food banks. The goal was to obtain and transport 670,000 pounds…

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Ford Foundation: $100,000

One-year grant. This grant provided funding to obtain fresh produce and transport it to our ten-member food banks. The goal was to obtain and transport 670,000 pounds of food by…

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Nourish New York Private Donations: $300,000

Six-month grant. As part of former Governor Cuomo’s pandemic response, he asked New Yorkers to make private donations to a Nourish New York fund. This fund was administered by Feeding…

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Feeding America: $526,000

Three-year grant. Feeding America provided this grant to launch and operate a statewide produce sourcing program, with a goal of providing 53 million pounds of fresh produce to member food…

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Department of Environmental Conservation: $800,000

Two-and-a-half-year grant. This grant provided support to staff handling additional donated food. The DEC sought to reduce the landfilling of food scraps through increased food donation and food scrap recycling.…

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Department of Environmental Conservation: $1,500,000

Three-year grant. This grant provided operational funding that facilitated the distribution of 6,700,000 pounds of New York-grown produce that would otherwise have been left unharvested, as well as significant quantities…

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Empire State Development: $2,000,000

Feeding New York State exceeded the goal of this grant. This grant was given in order to divert unmarketable food out of municipal landfills and put it to its highest…

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Nourish New York: $50,000,000

Nourish New York is now an annual program providing funding to the ten member food banks of Feeding New York to purchase New York State-produced farm products. This accomplishes two…

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Feeding New York State Launches Statewide Produce Sourcing Program

Feeding New York State Launches Statewide Produce Sourcing Program: Introduces New State Produce Manager, Jim Germain

Read Press Release Albany, NY – Feeding New York State (FeedingNYS) today announced the launch of its Statewide Produce Sourcing program. The goal of the program is to link farmers and food banks at the statewide level to ensure that the food grown in New York can be provided to New Yorkers in need, no matter where in the state they live. FeedingNYS will also link these farms to the wider food bank network outside New York State.

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