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Feeding a City<\/h3>\n

Access to fresh, healthy food is a right for all. And right now, there are neighbors, volunteers, community groups, and local organizations mobilizing to run farmers’ markets, Community Supported Agriculture (CSAs), Food Pantries, and Food Box programs to make farm fresh, healthy food accessible to communities across New York City.<\/p>\n

These local food projects are improving the health and wellbeing of New Yorkers while supporting our urban and regional farmers. Some partner with local food pantries to increase food access to those most in need. Many are fighting for equitable access to healthy food by seeking to bring fresh, local food to low-income areas and communities of color.<\/p>\n

Using this tool, you can find farmers’ markets, CSAs, food box programs, and fresh pantries near you!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Local Fresh Food Projects<\/h3>\n
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Farmers’ Markets \"Farmer\"<\/h5>\n

Farmers’ markets are diverse and may be run by a large, centrally-managed network or by a single community organization, garden group, or impassioned neighbors running their own community-run market. Most markets operate seasonally, though some are open year round.<\/p>\n

CSAs\"Field\"<\/h5>\n

CSAs are partnerships between a farm and a community that allow neighbors to invest in the farm at the beginning of the growing season when farms need support the most, in exchange for weekly distribution of the farms’ produce from June to November. Some CSAs even offer winter shares. CSAs are created by neighbors coming together to form a \u2018core group\u2019 that organizes neighbor sign-ups and coordinate with the farm. Some CSAs have SNAP access, and most CSAs have subsidized shares, where higher income households pay more and lower income households pay less.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Food Boxes\"Grocery<\/h5>\n

Food Box programs aggregate produce from participating farms and enable under-served communities to purchase a box of fresh, healthy, primarily regionally-grown produce. Through the power of collaborative purchasing, Food Box customers sign-up for a fresh food box a week in advance and for a set price that is well below traditional retail prices. Many Food Box sites accept SNAP and Health Bucks.<\/p>\n

Fresh Pantries\"Carrot\"<\/h5>\n

The food pantries shown here are part of GrowNYC’s Fresh Pantry Project<\/a>. These pantries accept donations of fresh local produce from New York area growers. They make healthy food available to anyone in need.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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