North Country Connections

Adirondack Harvest focuses on expanding markets for local farm products in Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, and Warren counties in northeastern New York. http://www.adirondackharvest.com/

Cornell Cooperative Extension of St. Lawrence County provides research and education about food and agriculture through numerous outreach programs. www.cce.st-lawrence.ny.us

Seedcorn is a nonprofit educational organization serving emerging grassroots groups in the St. Lawrence River Valley that focus on social justice, peace, local self-reliance, and a sustainable environment. www.seedcorn.org

Traditional Arts in Upstate New York (TAUNY) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to documenting, preserving and promoting the folk arts and folklore of New York’s North Country. TAUNY publishes the award-winning cookbook “Good Food, Served Right: Traditional Recipes and Food Customs from New York’s North Country.” www.tauny.org

The Potsdam Food Co-op, operating in St. Lawrence County since 1973, stocks whole foods and specialty items, often from local sources. www.potsdamcoop.com

Hunger and Food Security

The Community Food Security Coalition unites community gardeners, farmers, anti-hunger advocates, food bankers, nutritionists, public health advocates, environmentalists, and churches into a single movement for a socially just and ecologically sustainable food system. www.foodsecurity.org

Hunger Action Network of NYS is a statewide coalition that addresses the root causes of hunger in New York State. www.hungeractionnys.org

MAZON (”food” in Hebrew) is a national organization that funds food banks, kosher meals-on-wheels programs, as well as groups working for public policies that can bring about long-term solutions to hunger. www.mazon.org

Bread for the World is a Christian citizens’ movement that lobbies Congress on national and international hunger issues. www.bread.org

Food First! is a nonprofit membership organization (also known as the Institute for Food & Development Policy) committed to establishing food as a fundamental human right. www.foodfirst.org

The Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) is a nonpartisan clearinghouse for national and local organizations seeking information about and analyses of hunger issues. www.frac.org

Advocates of Local Food

Local Harvest maintains an online directory of small farms, farmers’ markets, and other local food sources and encourages people to establish direct contact with small farms in their local area. www.localharvest.org

The Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York (NOFA-NY) is an organization of consumers, gardeners, and farmers creating a sustainable regional food system that is ecologically sound and economically viable. www.nofany.org

Slow Food U.S.A. is an educational organization dedicated to the revival of the kitchen and the table as centers of pleasure, culture, and community; to the invigoration and proliferation of regional, seasonal culinary traditions; and to living a slower and more harmonious rhythm of life. www.foodsecurity.org

Chefs Collaborative is a national network of people in the culinary community who promote sustainable cuisine by celebrating the joys of local, seasonal, and artisinal cooking. http://www.chefscollaborative.org/