Specialties
Food Bank/Food Hub
Mobile Pantry (Emergency Services)
Food Access (Curbside Market, Urban Gardens, etc)
Nutrition Education
Prepared Food Services
SNAP Outreach
Workforce Development
Green Initiatives
Great for Volunteer Groups
Great for Individual Volunteers
History
Established in 1978.
Foodlink is a regional food hub and the Feeding America food bank serving Allegany, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Wayne, Wyoming, and Yates Counties. Our operations target the root causes of hunger. We do this by distributing food to a network of human service agencies, serving meals through our commercial kitchen, and offering more than 30 food-related programs. In 2014, Foodlink distributed over 18 million pounds of food--including 3.6 million pounds of produce, offered more than 200 nutrition education courses, and created new access points for healthy foods in underserved communities. Our innovative approach directly addresses health disparities related to food insecurity.
Meet the Manager: Julia T.
Executive Director Julia Tedesco is a Rochester native, and has previously served Foodlink as its Chief Development and Communications Officer. As CDO, Tedesco built and led a Development and Community Relations Department that now raises more than $3.8 million annually for the organization. She oversaw the growth of nutrition education and food literacy programming, as well as the implementation of innovative food access programs that have gained national recognition. In addition, Tedesco has been responsible for leading strategic organizational development initiatives and directing Foodlink's anti-hunger advocacy and public policy efforts both locally and nationally. Tedesco is a graduate of Syracuse University's Maxwell School, where she received her MPA degree.