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The Cayuga Recycles partners are holding a Residential Tire Round-Up on Saturday, June 12. The event begins at 8:30 a.m. and runs through noon, with preregistration required by going to
Jennifer Rossi
Special to The Citizen
Since its inception, Community Action Programs Cayuga/Senecaâs Food Recovery Program has been a force in tackling food insecurity and addressing emerging challenges through innovation and thoughtful collaboration. Over the past year, we have been flooded with images of long lines at food pantries, often only seen in history books, that have brought the largely hidden issue of hunger to the forefront. For some, it s no longer just the homeless man visiting the soup kitchen, it is hard-working families and individuals simply struggling to make ends meet.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture defines food insecurity as a lack of access to enough nutritionally adequate food for an active, healthy lifestyle for all household members. Itâs a complex problem that does not exist in isolation and though closely related to poverty, not all people living below the poverty line experience food insecurity, and people living above the pov
Judy Wright
Special to The Citizen
In spite of the up and down temperatures this spring, we will soon be enjoying the outdoors with each other â and, unfortunately, the pesky mosquito.
As I have mentioned previously, everything in nature has a purpose. It just so happens that mosquitoes, while annoying to humans and other mammals, are an excellent food source for many birds. Hummingbirds happen to be one of the biggest consumers of mosquitoes.
The word mosquito is Spanish for little fly. The female mosquito has a tube-like mouthpart, called a proboscis, that pierces the skin to consume blood. The small amount of blood they withdraw goes unnoticed. The saliva of the mosquito often causes an irritation to the skin. Some people are more allergic than others to the mosquitoâs bite.
Judy Wright
Special to The Citizen
The recent discovery of a population of spotted lanternflies in the Ithaca area is cause for concern because their potential to create havoc with both our agricultural crops and landscape. Yet for the past decade or so, the hemlock woolly adelgid a tiny invasive insect originating in East Asia capable of destroying eastern hemlock trees in forests as well as ornamental hemlock trees found in residential landscaping has been slowly creeping into the Finger Lakes. A map showing their presence by town is located at dec.ny.gov/docs/lands forests pdf/hwadistribution1.10.20.pdf.