Catskills Agrarian Alliance

08/25/2026

Community Cupboard of Edmeston, a food pantry located in Otsego County supported by Hunger Coalition of Otsego County, receives weekly produce from The 607 CSA.

Community Cupboard then delivers the produce to food pantries throughout the county.

This program serves approximately 2500 families and all produce comes from their neighboring farms and communities.

08/20/2026

We can’t wait to host you all at our Farm Dinner on 8/29! Check out our music and food lineup for the event:

MUSIC:
BABAS (BABAS)
PEEPERS (Field Guides, Tianna Kennedy)

FOOD:
Lei

You’re gonna want to see/hear/taste/smell/feel this... Grab your tickets before it’s too late at the link in our bio!

08/19/2026

Summer '26 / Week #12

08/18/2026

A decade is a long time to keep a farm running, a CSA going, and a community fed. We’re still here. We are proud of our persistence and grateful for everyone who has helped make it possible.

Here’s a look at what we accomplished together in 2025.

You can take a look at our full 2025 Annual Report on our website (link in bio).

08/17/2026

08/03/2026

Catskills Agrarian Alliance is more than a food hub. More than a nonprofit. We grow food for our community. We connect farms to local markets, schools, and mutual aid networks. We keep land in community hands. This is what farmer-led food sovereignty looks like in practice.

When farmers succeed, communities eat. When communities invest, farmers stay on the land. We are rebuilding regional food infrastructure, and we need your help to continue. Visit the link in our bio to get involved by volunteering, donating, and helping us spread the word about our work!

06/24/2026

Join our team! We’re looking for a new member services representative to assist with our CSA program (The 607 CSA). Please apply by July 1 by emailing [email protected] with a brief cover letter and resume. We look forward to hearing from you!

06/23/2026

Access to fresh, local produce has often been limited for students and families across the Southern tier region of New York.

Catskills Agrarian Alliance (CAA), collaborated with the Schenevus CSD, to provide 6 weeks of School-Sized CSA shares, consisting of 7-10 items of sustainably-grown seasonal produce, and one day of student Taste Tests, to the Schenevus Central School District’s 236 students. Local food purchasing in NY schools has grown steadily over the last several years thanks to state-wide policy that financially incentivizes NY purchases and an increase in the number of farm to school coordinators statewide. This program strengthened community health as well as created connections between students and local farms providing fresh and sustainably-grown foods to their school cafeteria. Staff had the opportunity to prepare food items they might not typically use.

The project connects students and local farms, cultivating a mutually beneficial relationship that provides access to healthy food and supports local family farms.

Is your school interested in a School Sized CSA? Please email [email protected]

04/10/2026

We were thrilled to host the DCMO BOCES School Nutrition Managers () last month for a Farm Tour, as part of an Ag and Markets Farm to School Grant. The managers toured Berry Brook Farm (), Lucky Dog Farm (), and finished the day with lunch from Tiny’s () and coffee from Hamden General ().

Here are some words from Hannah, Farm to School Coordinator from the Rural Health Network (): 
“One of my biggest takeaways from today is just how true of a saying it is when it comes to farm to school that it takes a village to get this work done. I’m extremely grateful for this village we have here and look forward to continuing to work together in the future.”

04/01/2026

Catskills Agrarian Alliance had the pleasure of joining / at their Farm to School Press Conference in Albany this week to spread the word about the New York Grown Food for New York Kids Coalition. We announced that our organization distributed 13,000 pounds of food to 30 schools with a total of 40,000 students in 2025!

CAA joins the call to modernize New York’s Farm to School program in the final 2026 State Budget. Requiring no new state funding, this bipartisan proposal by and helps more schools access existing Farm to School funds to incorporate more nutritious, New York-grown food into school meals, benefiting both students and farmers.

If we want Farm to School programs to grow, schools need a bill that matches how they actually buy and serve food. That means counting ALL school meals, not just lunch, increasing reimbursement so schools can afford to participate, creating stronger incentives for districts that source above 30% from New York farms, and making sure current participants aren’t penalized as the rules change. From where we sit, these updates are practical, necessary steps that would help more schools buy local, help more farmers sell into these markets, and make the Farm to School program work the way it was intended to.