The Role of Our Partners:

The Well Fed Essex County Collaborative is strong because of the organizations we work with, including local government and healthcare providers.

Our partners play a hands-on role in making sure residents can get and eat healthy food:

  • They connect people to resources. Partners run programs that lower the cost of healthy items, and they offer nutrition education to encourage better choices.
  • They break down barriers. They integrate food resources into existing services, like health clinics and social programs, making healthy food easier to access for neighbors facing transportation or cost challenges.
  • They deliver results. Our partners’ direct involvement ensures we are effectively helping people get the food they need right here in Essex County.

North Country Ministries

Our programs offer a range of assistance including everyday needs such as food, clothing and furniture, to emergency assistance through our outreach services. Serving southern Essex and northern Warren County.

Cornell Cooperative Extension

Making ends meet during difficult times can be easier with help from the right programs and other community resources. Cornell Cooperative Extension works with many local food assistance programs to help families, individuals and seniors find and access food resources that best meet their needs.

ADK Action

Food from small-scale sustainable local farms is out of reach– both economically and physically– for the many food insecure households in the Adirondacks.

We provide free seasonal farm shares or easy to use local food stipends to families in need. In all programs we emphasize dignity for participants and support of our local sustainable farms.

Essex County Health Department

It is the mission of Essex County Health Department to prevent disease, promote health, and protect life by contributing to conditions within our communities such that people can be healthy.

Elizabethtown Community Hospital

Our community programs are designed to make healthier living easier by addressing factors that affect the health and wellness of our community beyond our four walls.

Wellness RX & Community Cupboard

Essex Food Hub

Essex Food Hub, Inc. works with the farmers and small food businesses of the Adirondack-North Country region to transform the region’s bounty of fresh produce into value-added shelf-stable and frozen products.