Sustainable Finger Lakes

"Let’s start with something uncomfortable: sustainability doesn’t begin with government laws. Consent of the governed doesn’t begin at the ballot box. It begins with self-governance. One person. Then that person-in-community."

https://sustainablefingerlakes.org/2026/05/13/suspending-our-malaise/

Image: Article author Patrice Lockert Anthony. Photo provided by Tompkins weekly in 2024.

Suspending Our Malaise - Sustainable Finger Lakes Tompkins Weekly, 5-13-26, by Patrice Lockert Anthony Let’s start with something uncomfortable: sustainability doesn’t begin with government laws. Consent of the governed doesn’t begin at the ballot box. It begins with self-governance. One person. Then that person-in-community. Therein lies the...

"Healthy Food For All (HFFA) was founded in 2006 to help low-income households gain reliable access to locally grown produce while supporting nearby farms via Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). What started with just a few farms feeding 18 households has grown into a nationwide best-practice model helping to nourish approximately 2,000 community members annually with food from over a dozen family-owned farms in Tompkins County.

"Responding to the upsurge in food-insecurity during COVID-19 in 2020, HFFA expanded beyond the 'traditional' CSA model that grows produce for member households and launched a pilot 'Pantry CSA' to help nourish people relying on emergency food assistance during the health and economic crisis."
https://sustainablefingerlakes.org/2026/01/30/healthy-food-for-all-pioneers-the-regions-first-csa-food-pantry/

Image: Here We Are Farm staff distributing their produce at the Enfield Food Pantry. Photo provided.

Healthy Food For All Pioneers the Region's First CSA Food Pantry - Sustainable Finger Lakes (Tompkins Weekly, 1-14-26, by Elizabeth Karabinakis) Healthy Food For All (HFFA) was founded in 2006 to help low-income households gain reliable access to locally grown produce while supporting nearby farms via Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). What started with just a few farms feeding 18 hous...