Brooklyn
HFA's guide to food and resources to eliminate food insecurity in New York City's boroughs.
An advocacy organization whose mission is to increase awareness of hunger elimination programs and options.
In its own words, The Hunter College New York City Food Policy Center "develops intersectoral, innovative and evidence-based solutions to preventing diet-related diseases and promoting food security in New York and other cities."
Neighbors Together works to end hunger and poverty in three areas of New York City with the highest levels of both: Ocean Hill, Brownsville, and Bedford-Stuyvesant. Resources include a community café.
This organization works to address the immediate need created by food insecurity and help people move towards longterm self-sufficiency, with special attention paid to maintaining dignity. Registered clients can place their orders ahead of time.
A city web site with resources related to food security, including city programs and links to food-attainment resources.
A mobile application that allows people who need food from pantries to find and reserve food without physically waiting in line.
Single Stop USA is a national organization that connects people in need to the resources that will improve their lives, with the goal of increasing economic mobility.
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which may be more familiar under "food stamps" (their former name), provides food assistance to New Yorkers in need.
A resource to find authorized retailers where SNAP participants can use their benefits to purchase seeds or food-producing plants.