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Foodlink’s community farm receives state funding for education center
The Lexington Avenue Community Farm was founded in 2011 and provides space for 65 families to grow approximately 6,000 pounds of food for their households each year, Foodlink says.
Council of Agency Executives names award recipients
The Council of Agency Executives has named three award recipients for its annual Community Partner Awards and Member of Distinction Award. Monroe County Commissioner of Public Health Michael Mendoza and […]
Funding for Foodlink expansion passes U.S. House
The recently passed House appropriations bill has set aside $750,000 for Rochester’s Foodlink Inc. to help the nonprofit cover the costs of a much-needed refrigerator expansion, Rep. Joe Morelle said […]
Pay-what-you-can cafe opens in Bausch & Lomb building
Foodlink Inc. has opened a new community café inside the Central Library’s Bausch & Lomb building downtown. The café is a pay-what-you-can eatery at which guests can pay the suggested […]
Foodlink to invest $1 million in food pantries, shelters
Foodlink on Wednesday said it will phase out its drive-thru food distribution events in Monroe County next month while expanding its food-banking partnerships and capacity during the summer months. To […]
Foodlink receives grant from Sands Family Foundation
Foodlink Inc. has been awarded a multi-year grant from the Sands Family Foundation Generation 3 Philanthropy Project (G3PP) to support its Curbside Market, a mobile farmers market that visits and […]
Wegmans and Foodlink: A partnership to fight hunger
In the beginning, there was Tom Ferraro and there was Wegmans. In the 40-year history of Foodlink, it’s hard to distinguish whether there was a time that it existed […]
Food relief experts challenge charity model
Food banks are a stop-gap measure, not the answer to hunger, agreed a panel brought together Wednesday, March 21, by Foodlink. And the question is not really how to solve […]
