On Sunday, June 2, 2019, our Annual Distinguished Achievement Ceremony honored Stiles Najac, Food Security Coordinator, Orange County Cornell Cooperative Extension.
Please follow this link to view video coverage of this event.
Stiles Najac is a 2003 graduate of the SUNY New Paltz Sociology Department and has appeared on numerous regional panels, including “Teaching Food Equality in Your Community.” She became Food Security Liaison for Cornell Cooperative Extension, Orange County, in 2006. Join us in the Parlor to hear how Stiles grew the Orange County Gleaning Program from 70,000 pounds of rescued food to 300,000 pounds—and from a single-county effort to a robust regional program.
Photo courtesy Cornell Cooperative Extension, Orange County
Thank you to our special guests:
NYS Senator Jen Metzger, Chair, NYS Agricultural Committee
Patricia Claiborne, Orange County Cooperative Extension
Kevin Smith, Farmer, Sycamore Farms, Middletown, NY
Brian Obach, SUNY New Paltz Sociology Professor
And special thanks to the event sponsors: