Citizens' BION Forum

Seedcorn is a community-based, not-for-profit educational 501�3 organization located in Potsdam NY, committed to social justice, community building, local self-reliance and sustainable development, with an emphasis on the St. Lawrence River Valley region. Seedcorn provides an organization umbrella for new initiatives and emerging community-based organizations. Our networking capabilities and resource library are available to the public. As issues arise in a community, concerned citizens endeavoring to launch an organization often find themselves reinventing the wheel. Seedcorn helps them mobilize around their concerns, maximize their participating networks, and provide resources for research, office facilities, and experience in working with community projects.

North Country Grown Cooperative, Inc. is a true, New York State cooperative corporation owned by its producers and growers. The North Country Grown Cooperative, Inc. implements the Farm-to-School Program in St. Lawrence County. The cooperative delivers fresh produce, fruits, bison, honey, maple syrup, vegetable oils, and specialty meats to schools and colleges in the county.

Community Energy Services, Inc. is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) corporation founded in January 2001 to promote energy efficiency and renewable energy systems in the North Country. CES’s main goal is to reduce energy usage in new and existing North Country buildings by educating people about energy efficiency and improving building efficiency. The staff at CES combines years of experience in the fields of energy efficiency services, networking, community mobilization, communications, media outreach, education, planning and service to the low-income sector, building design and construction, and PV system design and installation.

GardenShare is a non-profit organization working to end hunger in northern New York State, a region called the North Country. GardenShare works to build a North Country where all of us have enough to eat and enough to share—where our food choices are healthy for us, for our communities, and for the environment.