Blog
Continued Learning Empowers Advocate
Catherine Rogers has a mission. And it’s one that the Food Bank of the Southern Tier Community Advocate Training program is helping her achieve. Catherine, who lives in Smithboro, was part of the charter group of trainees back in 2016 when the program was called the...
Spiced Apple Bean Muffins
Getting fruit and beans in with dessert? Now that’s a win-win!
The Spirit of Appreciation Trickles Down to Others
Every car that approaches the pick-up line at the Mobile Food Pantry in Watkins Glen gets the same warm greeting – a wave, a smile, and a thank you. The greeter is Watkins Glen Community Center site coordinator Beverly Mello. And that greeting fits Bev to a T. From...
Rock N’ Roasted Vegetables
These roasted vegetables are sure to delight your whole family – they are easy to prepare and taste great!
Chicken & Rice
This flavorful and filling dish is sure to have a spot on your dinner table!
Tofu with Broccoli
Tofu cooked until golden brown, and broccoli sautéed in a soy and scallion sauce make up this one-skillet meal.
YOUR PARTNERSHIP FEEDS FAMILIES
When you walk into B.C. Cate Elementary School, it is immediately apparent how loved and valued the Kids’ Farmers Market is in this community. “In the winter, we set up the tables with produce in here,” Principal James Nolan explains. “And in the springtime, we do it...
YOUR SUPPORT STRENGTHENS COMMUNITIES
For Nordia Hoff, nourishment starts, but does not end, with sharing food. As the pantry coordinator at the Friendship SDA Church in Elmira, Nordia goes above and beyond to meet her community’s physical and emotional needs. The pantry started during the pandemic to...
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
In our 40th year of service, my team and I have been reflecting on what our mission of building and sustaining hunger-free communities truly means. Over the decades, our collective understanding of the problem of food insecurity, and how to best solve it, has evolved....
EMPOWERING ADVOCATES
By Anne Lee For generations, my husband’s family ran a dairy farm in Broome County. But a few years ago, we just couldn’t make ends meet with that anymore. When the dairy prices were very low and had been for a while, we had to choose between paying bills or having...