Anabel's Grocery is a student-run nonprofit grocery store that provides fresh, nutritious, and affordable food to Cornell students. Through our store and educational programs, we provide information about the connection between quality food, health, justice, and sustainability. By collaborating with diverse student organizations and local food producers, our student-run, nonprofit food store is a learning lab dedicated to creating an equitable and ecologically-sound food system.

OUR IMPACT

What We Do

Partner with farmers, bakers, and other producers primarily rooted in Ithaca to invest in a growing local food economy.

Collaborate with local vendors to connect students to the source of their food.

Our Suppliers

Create space for students to raise awareness of topics regarding food insecurity.

Host farm tours, cooking demos, and community dinners to engage with the Cornell community.

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Provide students with resources to achieve food security for themselves.

Serve as the only on-campus venue that accepts SNAP EBT, and make information on SNAP registration more accessible.

SNAP Support

Grow environmental initiatives that reduce our carbon footprint and strive for circularity.

Encourage customers to compost, reduce, and reuse as part of our collective waste reduction efforts.

Our Impact

Education Monday! Fuel your brain to end your semester off great!! Come in to the store and pick up your favorite brain foods 🍓🫐

Join us tomorrow at Anabel Taylor Hall for a community dinner and talk about how we can do business more sustainably in collaboration with SEGC and GCC! We will be serving curry and miso soup! We hope to see you there :)

Join us tonight for pasta and a talk on Arts and Social Justice with the Marginalia club from 6-7pm!

Help save $ and the environment by reducing food waste!! Anabel’s Grocery offers bulk purchasing so you can buy exactly the quantities you need to limit food waste🍎🥬

Fill out our social impact survey for a 10% discount on your next order! This survey is open to everyone and helps us measure our social impact and understand what we need to do to improve Anabels! Scan the QR code or go to the link in out bio to fill access the form :)

[TIME & ROOM CHANGE: Will now be held at 5PM in the Edwards Room in Anabel Taylor Hall] Join us for a community dinner! Show up for some pesto pasta made with basil grown from the Hydroponics club! We encourage you to bring your own utensils and dishes :) RSVP with the link in our bio today!

Education Monday: What’s your favorite fermented food available at Anabel’s?

Join us tomorrow for a community dinner in collaboration with Epsilon Eta in Anabel Taylor Hall 314! Please make sure to bring your own plates and utensils. We hope to see you there! RSVP link with the QR code or the link in our bio :)

Join us for our FOURTH annual Toast-A-Thon this Sunday, March 23rd from 1-3pm at the Durland Alternatives Library in Anabel Taylor Hall! There will be a talk on Prison Reform from Cornell Prison Reform & Education, a chance to write letters and make art to send to prisoners across the country enrolled in Prisoner's express, and toast from Wide-Awake with various spreads! We hope to see you there :) 🍞

Education Monday!
What’s your favorite New York State grown fruit?

Giving Day is finally here! Please consider checking out our giving day 🔗 in our bio to help us reach our goal so that we can continue to subsidize fresh local and sustainably produced food to all students 🫐🥬

Giving Day is Tomorrow starting at midnight!! Please consider donating to help us to continue to provide students healthy and affordable groceries!🍎

(fyi: if you’re reading this when giving day is over you can also donate year round on our website)

Just 2 days until Giving Day! Support our mission of offering fresh and affordable food. Use the link in our bio to donate on Giving Day March 13th, 2025 and help keep our store alive for many semesters to come!! #cornellgivingday

Giving day is in 3️⃣ days! Please consider giving to Anabel's Grocery this giving day to ensure we can continue providing fresh, local, and healthy food to everybody on campus! Also check out our agreements in our highlights to find out more about what Anabel's values. Link in bio if you are interested in being reminded on Giving day! 🥬

Join us on March 14th from 4-6pm to make oyster mushroom grow bags, in collaboration with the Fantastic Fungi Fanatics!
Only the first 30 people to show up can take home a bag, but feel free to come to hang out or see how the bags turn out! We can't wait to see you all there ! 🍄‍🟫

Giving Day is one week away! Check out our linktree in our bio if you would like to be reminded on giving day to donate. Every dollar will help us to continue to provide affordable healthy and convenient groceries to students!!
#cornellgivingday

Hope your break has been off to a good start! Anabel's will be open from 12-3pm, feel free to stop by :)

This grant will fund projects dedicated to combatting systemic inequality on campus and in the wider community. Applications will be due April 1st and accepted on a rolling basis after the deadline

@dilmunhill @cornellhydroponicsclub @cornellbasicneeds

Bool Street Noodles will be selling fresh bowls at Anabel’s Grocery today from 12-2pm! Come by and get some lunch

📢 | Save Anabel’s Grocery

Since 2016, Anabel’s Grocery has provided fresh, affordable, and nutritious food to the Cornell community while fostering a hands-on learning experience in social entrepreneurship and strengthening farm-to-table partnerships. But now, we are at risk of closing in May 2025.

Cornell's decision to withdraw funding from the Center for Transformative Action (CTA) threatens the future of Anabel’s and 34 other social change programs that impact students and the Ithaca community.

Here’s how YOU can help:
- Read more about the decision in the Op-Ed written by Anabel's student and staff (link in bio)
- Sign our petition (link in bio)
- Share your story on how Anabel’s or other CTA programs have impacted you
- Get involved — reach out to us at anabelgrocery@gmail.com

Opening day was a success! Come in today from 12pm to 7pm to grab some fresh produce :)

Come to Anabel's Grocery today from 4-7pm for limited hours today!! We hope to see you there :)

We can't wait to see you this Wednesday! Make sure to pull up for fresh produce and great vibes! 😊🥬

We’re open TODAY from 4:30-6:30pm, with all leftover fruits and veggies 50% off! Stock up before Thanksgiving and help us find homes for our remaining perishables, while supplies last :)

🚨 Anabel’s will be CLOSED the week of 11/25. Come in this week to stock up before the break!!

New on the blog! This past weekend, we explored Dilmun Hill, Cornell’s student-run organic farm! We toured with farm manager Blythe Van Ness, learning about Dilmun’s sustainable practices, including crop rotation, natural weed suppression, and nutrient-dense produce for Anabel’s Grocery. Link in bio!

Check out our recent blog post! We visited The Learning Farm, where Pete Núñez is leading the way in sustainable, regenerative farming. From pesticide-free crops to free-range animals and a mission to empower BIPOC farmers, Pete’s dedication to food justice is inspiring. Link in bio to learn more about his vision for an equitable, eco-friendly future! 🍅 🦙 🌍

Want to help support the mission of Anabel’s? Next time you’re checking out, donate $2 or more and get a FREE Anabel’s sticker!

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What Our Customers Say

“I am vegetarian and have a lot of dietary issues. I'm also first-gen, low-income, and live off-campus without a car, so it is extremely difficult for me to meet my nutritional needs within my budget... As an Asian-American, the cultural spices and food from Ren's Mart mean literally the world to me...Cooking the food that reminds me of home makes me feel more at home at Cornell.”

“Anabel’s has been critical to my well-being. It has allowed me to be well-nourished with fresh farm ingredients that would be cost prohibitive to me otherwise. Thank you so much!”

"It is difficult to find groceries that are healthy, cheap, and convenient, but Anabel's bridges all 3 of those gaps. I also love the community within the store - shopping there makes me happy."

"Anabel’s is the only way I get to eat fresh produce while I am at Cornell."

"[Anabel’s] provides a wonderful sense of community at Cornell that’s essential for student wellbeing."

"Anabel's is the reason I chose Cornell!"

-Anonymous Shopper '26

What Our Vendors Say

“It is always a pleasure to be of service to the student team at Anabel’s Grocery! You are one of the highlights of our workweek and we enjoy engaging in community with such a vibrant organization!”
-Dee Baptist, Co-Owner of Fort Baptist Farm

“Our primary goal is to provide quality, sustainably produced food at a reasonable price. Working with Anabel’s allows us to reach a part of the community that otherwise might not have access to our product.”
-Christina Mead, Co-Owner of Wildflower Farm

“We really like working with Anabel’s because it addresses issues we care about: food security, local economy, regenerative and organic agriculture, and social entrepreneurship.”
-Liz Brown, Co-Owner of Wide Awake Bakery

"Anabel's was one of the first college grocery stores to give my cookies a chance! Everyone who I've worked with there has been extremely kind and they've spotlighted my business on multiple occasions, helping me grow. They exemplify the values I stand for and they're student run- much like how I started my business as a college student. I'm excited to continue providing them with delicious mission driven cookies for many semesters to come."

- Olivia (Via) Carpenter, Founder of Via's Cookies

"We at Gimme! Coffee love working with Anabel's Grocery and strengthening our relationship with Cornell students in our local community. Finding another way to connect with the population on the hill, while engaging with a like-minded strand of the food web has been very rewarding. And, we are always happy to provide Certified Fairtrade coffee to a grocery store who values justice throughout the food chain. The feedback and positivity has been greatly appreciated by all of us at Gimme!"

- Adam Morris, Business Development Manager at Gimme! Coffee

Our Campus Partners
(There are many more!)

Where We Are

Our Anti-Racist Action Grant

In 2020, a coalition of Cornell University students involved with Anabel’s Grocery, Cornell Students 4 Black Lives, Dilmun Hill Organic Farm, and the Hydroponics Club created the Anti-Racist Action Grant. Grounded in the belief that every student, regardless of socioeconomic background, deserves access to fresh, nutritious and affordable food, the grant was created to support student projects and organizations working on anti-racist initiatives to address the many systematic inequalities that persist on campus. On or off-campus organizations engaging in anti-racism work can apply for anywhere from $200-$500.

LEARN MORE & APPLY

A Note on Governance

We are a not-for-profit social enterprise housed within The Center for Transformative Action (CTA), an independent, education-based nonprofit 501(c)3 organization affiliated with Cornell University. As a project of CTA, Anabel’s does not have separate legal standing and is required to uphold CTA’s policies and procedures as determined by the CTA Executive Director and the CTA board of directors. CTA’s board of directors is legally responsible for all our activities.