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Food Systems Network NYC
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brings together organizations,
professionals, and community advocates dedicated to nourishing New Yorkers and enriching the regional farm community through collaboration, education, and advocacy.
FSNYC holds Open Networking Meetings the second Tuesday of each month. For more information, email info@foodsystemsnyc.org
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Special thanks to the following FSNYC members for their contributions to this month's website and newsletter: Lynn Fredericks, FamilyCook Productions; Sara Grady, Glynwood; Kerry Trueman, Eating Liberally; Ed Yowell, Slow Food NYC. |
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JUNE OPEN NETWORKING MEETING
Please join us on June 15th in Queens for a meeting on SchoolFood's
Summer Meals operation. Through it, anyone under the age of 18 can get free breakfast and lunch at open sites on weekdays during the summer. Billy Doherty of SchoolFood, a new member of the FSNYC
Leadership Committee, will share information on the program. RSVP if possible to kristin@foodsystemsnyc.org.
Time: 12:30-2:00p.m. on June 15th
Location: SchoolFood Offices
44-36 Vernon Boulevard
4th Floor - Resource Center
Long Island City, NY 11101
Afterwards, please join us for a Program Committee meeting beginning at
2:15 to talk about the content of future meetings!
Suggested donation: $5 for non-members, though no one will
be turned away for lack of funds. Avoid the fee by joining now! Visit: http://foodsystemsnyc.org/joinnow.
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Is there a School Garden Movement in NYC?
As Food and Farming Initiative Coordinator at Brooklyn's PS29, Emily Freund had a front row seat to the announcement by Mayor Bloomberg and Rachael Ray of a new citywide school garden and nutrition education program. She shares her thoughts on what having a garden has meant for her students here. |
Put 'em Up with Author Sherri Brooks Vinton on June 21st
Join FSNYC for a live cooking demonstration with Author Sherri Brooks Vinton, whose new book, Put 'em Up, shows home cooks how to can,
ferment, freeze, and dry their local, seasonal produce with confidence. Learn more and purchase tickets for this event at Jimmy's No. 43 here.
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Farm Views, Part 3: Labor Practices
Ed Yowell follows up his previous pieces on food safety and rural perspectives with this article on farm labor practices, with input from his panel of farmers and a recent conversation among stakeholders on the issue sponsored by Faith Leaders for Environmental Justice.
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| Youth Find Their Way to Food Justice
Andrew Wolf, who has spent the past year working for the Children's Aid Society's Go! Healthy Program, writes about what he's learned about food justice from his students.
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| Harvest Time In Schools Enriches Student Experience
Learn more about the food and garden programs Slow Food is helping to grow at nine schools with above average free lunch participation here. |
| National Salt Reduction Initiative Launched
Americans, on average, consume twice the recommended upper daily limit of salt. But a new public-private partnership described here aims to reduce that 20 percent by 2014.
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Modular Harvest System Helps Meet Community Needs
For more information on the first mobile slaughterhouse in the East, recently featured in the New York Times Magazine, read this post by Judith LaBelle, president of Cold Spring, NY non-profit Glynwood. Cross-posted from their new blog, The Glynwood View.
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| Check Out the Truck Farm
You may have seen the Truck Farm by the  creators of King Corn and Big River on the streets of Brooklyn last year. But now it is nearly on its way to screens and festivals across America. The guys are making one last push to finish the movie and get back on the road, and Kerry Trueman catches you up their efforts here, where you can also view a trailer from the film. |
EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Check out the FULL Announcement and Event Listings at FSNYC's website. Thanks to our new intern, Daquan, we are able to list more events than ever before, so send us yours!
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