To the Editor:

To honor Daniel and Mendy Martin and family for their work towards an equitable local food system in Northern New York and to welcome their new Executive Director, Gloria McAdam, Garden Share held its Growing Community Award Social at TAUNY on Jan. 17.

The GardenShare board and staff want to thank the local farms and retail organizations who made this event possible: Dan and Meghan Kent of Kent Family Growers, Dave and Kathy Rice from Sweet Core Farm, and Mike Corse of Deep Root Farm donated the vegetables and dried beans for the chili; Nature’s Storehouse contributed the cornbread ingredients; and the Potsdam food Co-op provided the tomatoes, spices and dairy products. Cindy Murdie from Cindy’s Cake Shop donated the beautiful cake.

We are so fortunate to live in a community that supports and honors our work.

Thank you to the Methodist Church for allowing us to use their certified kitchen to produce the chili and corn bread.

Thank you to Jill Breit and the TAUNY Center staff for the use of their warm and welcoming space. It was the ideal venue for this celebration of community spirit and connections.

GardenShare works to build a North Country where all of us have enough to eat and enough to share-where our food choices are healthy for us, for our communities and for the environment. Info: www.GardenShare.org.

The GardenShare Board of Directors, Executive Director Gloria McAdam, and Associate Director Carlene Doane