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Established in 1981 and headquartered in Elmira, NY, the Food Bank of the Southern Tier distributes food and other grocery products to people in need through a network of more than 160 partner agencies including food pantries, meal programs, shelters and other hunger relief organizations in Broome, Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben, Tioga and Tompkins Counties. The Food Bank also administers several direct service food distribution programs including the BackPack Program™ and Mobile Food Pantry Program. The Food Bank is a member of Feeding America and a regional agency of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Rochester. The Food Bank helps fulfill Catholic Charities commitment to create a just and compassionate society rooted in the dignity of all people by working together to build and sustain hunger free communities throughout the Southern Tier.

The Interfaith Food Pantry of the Oranges (IFPO) is an all-volunteer, supplemental food pantry helping to meet essential human needs of food-insecure residents of Orange, West Orange and East Orange, NJ, with dignity and respect.

Little Brothers-Friends of the elderly is a national network of non-profit volunteer-based organizations committed to relieving isolation and loneliness among the elderly. We offer to people of goodwill the opportunity to join the elderly in friendship and celebration of life.

Working together to feed the hungry in our community, The Food Pantries for the Capital District is a coalition of more than 64 food pantries located in Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, and Schenectady Counties. Annually, The Food Pantries helps fund, collect, and deliver 1,464 tons of food for our member food pantries, which helps provide food for approximately 3.2 million meals. We also support our member pantries by providing service coordination, education, training, opportunities for networking, and infant needs and holiday meals programs. Established in 1979, The Food Pantries for the Capital District is a 501 (c) (3). For more information on our programs, or how you can help, please visit www.thefoodpantries.org.

The Center for an Agricultural Economy envisions a future with thriving landscapes, healthy local food, and vital, equitable communities. We believe a place-based agricultural economy and intentional community development is the path to this future.

Founded in 1979, The Society of St. Andrew (SOSA) feeds the hungry and reduces food waste. We gather food from farms, food that would otherwise end up in a landfill, and deliver it to food pantries, homeless shelters, and soup kitchens.

Founded in 1987, the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (NRAEF) is the nonprofit foundation of the National Restaurant Association, the largest foodservice trade association in the world, representing and supporting over 500,000 businesses. NRAEF’s mission is to attract, empower, and advance the nation's workforce. Ultimately, NRAEF transforms lives by creating opportunities for people from all backgrounds to pursue: • First jobs - of the 157M Americans in the workforce, one in three had their first job in a restaurant; • Second chances - restaurant and foodservice operations do not require a high school diploma, GED, licensure, or certification to engage in employment; and • Meaningful careers - few industries offer more accessible paths to family-sustaining wages, upw

To coordinate the acquisition and distribution of food and basic essentials to the hungry and the needy through our network of non-profit, service agencies that provide directly for the needs of the hungry and the poor of our community. We also serve as the regional distribution site for USDA commodities. We also operate a Kids Cafe program.  We are a part of Feeding America, and have operated in Gainesville since 1987.

Project Bread brings a fresh approach to ending hunger. These are our goals: to promote sustainable and reliable access to healthy food for all, to invest in the strength and resiliency of local communities, and to collaborate with others in building a robust regional food system. With the support of our partners, donors, corporate sponsors, individuals—and tens of thousands of Walkers—we work to break the cycle of hunger and poverty by devising, funding, advocating for, and facilitating solutions that change lives across the Commonwealth. As the only statewide anti-hunger organization, we listen and learn, identify needs and opportunities, and connect people, resources, and programs—in ways both tried and new.

The 200 women of Voices from the Heart, directed by Joanne Connolly in collaboration with pianist/video producer Matt Jenson, celebrate all people and places with a vision of singing, connecting, and giving.

Our mission is to promote local resilience and adaptation holistically in an uncertain world, through education, distribution, and cultivation, with particular attention to food security.

The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) is a consumer advocacy organization whose twin missions are to conduct innovative research and advocacy programs in health and nutrition, and to provide consumers with current, useful information about their health and well-being. In general, CSPI's three main goals are: To provide useful, objective information to the public and policymakers and to conduct research on food, alcohol, health, the environment, and other issues related to science and technology; To represent the citizen's interests before regulatory, judicial and legislative bodies on food, alcohol, health, the environment, and other issues; and To ensure that science and technology are used for the public good and to encourage scientists to engage in public-interest activities.