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Foodlink opens Community Cafe inside the Central Library

There’s a new café at Rochester’s Central Library and it’s different from a traditional restaurant model. It’s called the Foodlink Community Café, run...
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Wed, 05/19/2021 - 4:49am
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Foodlink phasing out emergency drive-through food distributions

Foodlink is phasing out its drive-through food distribution events in Monroe County that started over a year ago at the beginning of the coronavirus...
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Wed, 04/21/2021 - 9:06am
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Food insecurity up 38% in Monroe County

Tom Silva splits his work days lobbying politicians for Foodlink and working with people who are food insecure. He said the federal government’s nearly ...
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Thu, 03/11/2021 - 12:50pm
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Local foodbank efforts continue, but concerns about long-term needs

The economic disruption caused by the pandemic has meant more work for local food banks, and the umbrella organization for the Rochester region,...
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Sat, 12/26/2020 - 8:08pm
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YMCA opens Center for Equity in downtown Rochester

The YMCA of Greater Rochester announced the opening of a Center for Equity in the Scio Street and Marketview Heights neighborhood on Tuesday. The center...
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Wed, 09/30/2020 - 10:40am
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Rochester seeks ideas for new citizen-led food policy council

The concept of a citizen-led council to inform the community's approach to health and food equity has been discussed in Rochester for decades, according...
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Wed, 08/05/2020 - 9:49am
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New York state disburses additional food aid for fourth straight month

Hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers will be getting more money than usual to help with groceries this month, the state Office of Temporary and...
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Mon, 06/15/2020 - 5:45pm
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Emergency food distributions draw crowds

Cars were backed up a block at times as people came to the Boys and Girls Club Thursday to pick up food. Most people came by car, while others walked...
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Thu, 05/21/2020 - 12:51pm
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Emergency food distributions planned this week

Foodlink’s emergency food box distributions are going on throughout the Finger Lakes region. There are three distributions in Monroe County this week,...
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Sun, 05/17/2020 - 3:53pm
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Connections: Discussing emergency food aid during the pandemic

A recent op-ed for the New York Times criticized the federal government’s approach to emergency food aid during the pandemic. The Coronavirus Food...
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Mon, 05/11/2020 - 10:23am
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