“One in eight Americans reported they didn’t have enough food to eat in the past week, hitting nearly 26 million Americans, a threefold increase from the most comparable pre-pandemic figure,” according to Census Bureau survey data collected in late October and early November.

Close to home, a recent report published in the New York Times found that 1.5 million New Yorkers cannot afford food.

The pandemic continues to escalate an already devastating food crisis in this country.

As usual, our farmers, plants and operations demand most of our attention once the growing season kicks into gear — but we figured it’s about time we sent some updates, amidst the mid-season hustle. Hi!

Picking up where we left off in our last post, this week we’re highlighting more of our community partners. These orgs and initiatives are part of what make up the Rock Steady ecosystem, and allow for us to grow veggies for food relief efforts throughout our communities (beyond our sliding scale CSA model).