Comfort Food Community (CFC), incorporated in 2014, began as a small emergency food relief program in Greenwich, New York. What started as a grassroots effort to meet immediate hunger needs has grown into a region-wide nonprofit dedicated to expanding food access and improving community health. Today, CFC operates innovative programs that distribute healthy food to those who need it most while building partnerships that strengthen the local food system.

 

Our first major initiative launched in 2015 with a mobile fresh produce pantry. This program evolved into our Food Recovery initiative, which rescues surplus food from farms and retail outlets and redistributes it to families in need.

 

In 2021, CFC purchased and opened the Food and Farm Hub, an 18,000-square-foot facility in Greenwich that serves as the center of our operations. The Hub functions as a storage, aggregation, processing, and distribution site for all programs, enabling us to deliver over one million pounds of food annually to more than 70,000 individuals across Warren, Washington, Saratoga, and Rensselaer counties. It also provides critical infrastructure for local farmers, offering vegetable washing stations, cross-docking services, and cold storage rental space—resources that are especially scarce in rural areas.

 

CFC is more than a food pantry – it is an innovative nonprofit that is a dedicated to creating a healthier community, and it is a model for other organizations seeking to address food insecurity.