A statewide initiative connecting needy families with surplus agricultural products grown by New York farmers has reached a milestone. Governor Kathy Hochul announced this week that Nourish New York has distributed 100 million meals to families across the state since its inception in May 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nourish NY was launched as an emergency relief program that provides funding directly to the state’s emergency food providers to help them buy surplus products from the state’s farmers and producers and distribute them to New York consumers at drive-through food distributions, and through food box and school meal programs. The program was codified in state law in November 2021 under legislation co-sponsored by State Senator George Borrello and Assemblywoman Catalina…..