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St. Lawrence County's GardenShare one of 14 state programs to receive funding to bring fresh food to underserved communities

Posted 5/14/13

GardenShare, Inc. is among 14 farmers' markets and related programs to receive support from the state FreshConnect program, which helps bring fresh food from New York farms to underserved communities …

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St. Lawrence County's GardenShare one of 14 state programs to receive funding to bring fresh food to underserved communities

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GardenShare, Inc. is among 14 farmers' markets and related programs to receive support from the state FreshConnect program, which helps bring fresh food from New York farms to underserved communities throughout the state.

GardenShare, the St. Lawrence County fresh food advocates, will be receiving $9,827 for its work, which includes production of an annual Local Food Guide, and promoting community-supported agriculture (CSA) programs in the county.

This year, the FreshConnect program will help increase locally grown food products throughout the state through projects such as youth markets, delivery of products to low-income housing facilities and new initiatives at traditional farmers' markets.

Funding was awarded by way of a competitive process. In total, 23 projects received funding totaling $260,000.

The traditional FreshConnect Farmers' Markets grants went to 14 projects totaling $130,000. New and existing farmers' markets, municipalities and not-for-profits applied for up to $10,000 each.