Cornell Future Food Summit

Farmworkers are not only essential workers in upholding our food supply chain, but they are also particularly vulnerable due to the close working proximity as well as shared housing with other farmworkers. Students, volunteers, and staff at the Cornell Friends of Farmworkers Program have been making sure that farmworkers were provided with resources, including handsewing and delivering masks, as well as COVID-19 and health education materials in Spanish, English, and other indigenous languages. Learn more about their work here: https://news.cornell.edu//program-delivers-masks-covid-19- https://cardi.cals.cornell.edu/programs/farmworker/

Mutual Aid Tompkins has been a key source of support for many members of the local community. Formed by a group of neighbours committed to serving populations most vulnerable and affected by COVID-19, they have helped set up community food pantry pods in accessible areas around town. These cabinets are stocked with non-perishable food, stocked by volunteers, and open to anyoneno questions asked. Check out how you can contribute or see food sharing cabinet locations on their website: https://mutualaidtompkins.com/food-sharing/locations Photo Credit: Mutual Aid Tompkins Facebook Page

The PressBay Food Transfer Hub in downtown Ithaca has been working hard to provide fresh food to the local community, forming direct connections between producers and consumers. They organize pickup on Thursdays from an extensive list of farms and more recently, have collaborated with Friendship Donations Network to set-up the PressBay Food Pantry every Monday. Check out their work here: http://pressbayalley.com/pressbay-food-transfer-hub/ Photo credit: Press Bay website

Before the COVID quarantine period, our fabulous co-founder Shen Ming Lee hosted a couple social events with our team. We had a sushi-making social in the fall and a community potluck in the spring! We hope our spread can give you some home-cooking inspiration. What’s your go-to quarantine recipe? We’d love to hear from you in the comments below.

Running out of flour? The COVID quarantine has introduced a whole new community of home-bakers as demand for flour, yeast, and other baking materials have soared. With grocery stores going through supply shortages, many bakers have turned to local flour businesses. Our community member Alexandra Donovan shared the work of Amy Holloran at Flour Ambassadoran online campaign supporting small, regional mills: In the shortage of flour during quarantine, I found myself digging de...eper for local mills to buy from Ended up ordering from Ground Up Grain in Hadley, MA and am so thrilled and inspired to have flour that was literally milled last week! We invite you to share any local/regional flour options (or bakeries using local flour) in your area below! :) Photo credit: Flour Ambassador / Ground Up Grain