GardenShare

GardenShare is a locally led, nonprofit organization seeking to strengthen food security in northern New York State, a remote rural region known as the North Country. 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.

Our mission:

GardenShare's mission is to promote a local food system that ensures food security for all County residents. We do this by connecting consumers and producers, supporting equitable distribution of food resources, removing barriers to access, providing food justice education and advocacy and engaging with community partners.

Our vision:·        

Healthy Food - Our annual Local Food Guide and farmers market promotion programs help ensure that the County has a vibrant, local food system where our food choices are healthy for us, for our communities, and for the environment.

Healthy Farms - Our work promoting Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)and Farmers Markets helps ensure that local farmers are able to make a living that supports their families, contributing to a robust local economy.  

Everybody Eats - We make it possible for people to use SNAP benefits at area Farmers Markets and help low-income families buy CSA shares so that everyone in the County has access to enough nutritious and affordable food to sustain a healthy lifestyle. It is our vision that, when food assistance is needed, whether from government or private sector programs, it is provided in dignified ways that respect both the receiver and the giver of assistance.