Reprinted from The Ithaca Voice COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS DECEMBER 15, 2015 BY MICHAEL SMITH ITHACA, NY – Mark Rust, well known Ithaca songwriter (“Ithaca Sunset”) will present a program of Holiday Music at the First Unitarian Society of Ithaca, 306 N Aurora St on Sunday, December 20th at 7pm. Mark will be joined by John Simon with special guests […]
Zero Food Waste: Ithaca’s Food Donations Network Works Written by Josh Brokaw Ithaca Times November 25, 2015
The newest edition of the FDN newsletter is hot off the press! Take a look: Good Food Exchange Fall/Winter 2015–2016 Contents include: FDN’s Partnership with Unity House Exemplifies Spirit of the Season Ithaca Alternative Gift Fair, December 5, 2015 Volunteer Spotlight featuring Gary and Helen Hurlbutt 2015 Neighborhood Food Hub Report FDN Applauds New Federal Goals for Reducing Food Waste
Interview conducted in 2015 by Ivy Miller. Local Couple Follows Their Passion of Fighting Hunger Within Community How many years has it been since you started volunteering with FDN? Gary: Five. We started off just picking up food for the pantry for Reach Out for Christ Church (in Freeville, NY). Picking up food from the […]
ITHACA, NY – Backyard gardeners and other area growers donated more than 8,268 pounds of produce to neighbors in need via Friendship Donations Network’s Neighborhood Food Hubs. “The Neighborhood Food Hubs were designed to make it easy for people to donate extra garden produce, by dropping it off at any of the 15 hubs located […]
