Recent Press

Hunger Rises in Dutchess, Putnam

The Highlands Current // May 24, 2024

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Dutchess County’s Food Security Council Holds Inaugural Meeting

Dutchess County Government // May 17, 2024

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Serino delivers first State of the County Address (VIDEO)

Mid-Hudson News // Mar 15, 2024

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Foodstock Concert to Address Food Insecurity Today (VIDEO)

Mid-Hudson News // Feb 4, 2024

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Commentary: The Hunger Emergency

Times Union // Jan 28, 2024

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Dutchess Outreach Cooking on a New Level

Mid-Hudson News // Jan 18, 2024

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Bardavon and UPAC audiences donated $14,000 for Dutchess Outreach, People’s Place

Daily Freeman // Dec 21, 2023

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Hidden Hunger: Unveiling the Crisis of Food Insecurity in the Hudson Valley

Chrongram Magazine (The River Newsroom)// Dec 21, 2023

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State allocates millions for food for families program

Mid-Hudson News // Nov 27, 2023

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How tackling food insecurity in Hudson Valley hinges on solving the ‘last mile problem’

Poughkeepsie Journal // Nov 21, 2023

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Dutchess Outreach partners with Nuvance to treat chronic illnesses

Mid-Hudson News // Feb 21, 2023

Dutchess Outreach receives United Way Holiday Helping Hands Grant

Poughkeepsie Journal // Nov 28, 2022

Dutchess Outreach and Poughkeepsie City School District team up to keep families warm

Mid-Hudson News // Nov 21, 2022

Farm to Food Bank Program now Permanent. 

Times Union // June 4, 2021

Dutchess Outreach Getting Ready to Say Goodbye to their Executive Director of 31 Years. 

Mid-Hudson News // September 2020

Taking on the Challenges of Poverty Dutchess Outreach Makes an Impact

Livelihood Magazine, Hudson Valley Pollinators // Published Thursday, May 3, 2018

“To ensure the effectiveness of Dutchess Outreach as it moves into the future, the nonprofit is doing its best to communicate with similar, nearby organizations to find solutions to shared problems. “One of the things we have started to do more of is think about why our clients are in the situation they are in and examine the factors that exist in our community which contribute to the need for services,” says Salem. “There is deep-seated poverty that exists in small urban communities such as in the city of Newburgh, parts of the city of Kingston, and even in the city of Beacon. We want to help create solutions that can be replicated and shared by working with all of our community partners. There has been some good work done over the years, so we’re trying to capitalize on that and push it forward.”

Free Food Available in Poughkeepsie

MidHudsonNews.com // Published Saturday, July 22, 2017

“Dutchess Outreach, a Poughkeepsie-based organization that addresses food insecurity among other things, has partnered with the Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York to distribute fresh fruits and vegetables to the community at no charge.
According to Dutchess Outreach Development Associate Sarah Salem, 26.8 percent of Poughkeepsie suffers from food insecurity which translates to one out of every four houses in the area. ”

Food Market Gives City Residents Healthier Choices

Sarah A. Salem, Poughkeepsie Journal Valley Views // Published 11:52 a.m. ET July 12, 2017 

“What makes a community a more desirable place to live, work, and play? Communities are complex structures. Diverse systems of people, organizations, ideas, and behaviors that are always moving, breathing, pulsing, and hopefully, evolving to better suit the needs of those who reside within them. In order to thrive, communities need fuel; a well-functioning economy, good jobs, upstanding community leaders and politicians, strong systems of public transportation, infrastructure, education, human services, space to play, and, most of all, consistent access to quality food. A well-fed quality life…”