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Join FDN at the Ithaca Purim Celebration, March 12

Community Wide Celebration of Purim on Sunday, March 12th Many of the Jewish organizations in Ithaca are coming together this year to celebrate Purim and to share the holiday with the entire community. The carnival will take place at The Space at GreenStar on Sunday, March 12th from 2:30 to 5:30 PM. Purim is one […]

Food Donor Spotlight: 7-Eleven

Interview conducted in 2017 by Yolanda Lin. Michael Von Dengler saw 30 or more gallons of milk that were likely going to go to waste while local colleges were on winter break in 2010. With the encouragement of his assistant manager at the then Wilson Farms in Collegetown. Von Dengler searched for local organizations that […]

Carol Ann Brust – Volunteer Spotlight

Interview conducted in 2016 by Bruce Estes. Carol Ann Brust recalls having her interest sparked in FDN about six years ago when Judy Dietz described what the organization did to provide needy people with nutritious food that might otherwise be discarded. Judy was then president of the FDN and a whirlwind of energy who invested […]

Join FDN for a food rescue webinar 11/16/16

Free Webinar – Food Recovery = Food Rescue – Innovative Strategies Join NERC for this exciting webinar on Food Recovery = Food Rescue – Innovative Strategies on November 16, 2016 from 1:00-2:30 pm (EST). The United States spends an estimated $218 billion a year growing, processing, transporting, and disposing of food not eaten—52 million tons […]