FSNYC
Food Systems Network NYC Newsletter
   September 2010
In This Issue
September Open Networking Meeting
Upcoming Good Food Festivals
Farm City Fair on Sunday
Farm Views on Immigration, Part 1
FSNYC Public Policy Update
Announcements
Join Our Mailing List
photo by Jessica Walker Beaumont.
People's Movement Assembley at the USSF



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FSNYC holds Open Networking Meetings the second Tuesday of each month. For more information, email [email protected]

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Contributors

Special thanks to the following FSNYC members for their contributions to this month's website and newsletter: Heidi Dolnick; Lynn Fredericks, FamilyCook Productions; Jess Tonn; Sarah Shaikh, Kerry Trueman, Eating Liberally; Ed Yowell, Slow Food NYC.
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 SEPTEMBER OPEN NETWORKING MEETING


The New York City Climate for Food Enterprise

Join us September 21st for a talk and tour of The Entrepreneur Space, a kitchen incubator in Long Island City (www.mikitchenessukitchen.com).

Topics will include markets, regulations and finance. Featured speakers will include Katherine Gregory, founder of the Entrepreneur Space.  Tour will begin at 12:00 p.m.

Directions:

The Entrepreneur Space, 36-46 37th St., Queens  11101

Take the M or R train to 36th st  in LIC, traveling in the first or second car.  Cross Northern Blvd. and take 37th for 1 � blocks.  The facility will be on the left.  For more information call 718-392-0025.
For more information, contact [email protected].

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.

Upcoming Food Festivals in Brooklyn and Harlem 
 
Jess Tonn reports on a Good Food Fest this Sunday in Brooklyn and the opportunity to volunteer for the Harlem Harvest Festival on October 9th.
A Country Fair With Flair Grows in Brooklyn 
 
In this interview with organizer Derek Denkla, Kerry Trueman of Eating Liberally finds out about Sunday's Farm City Fair at the Invisible Dog Art Center in Boerum Hill. 
Farm Views on Immigration, Part 1 
 
Ed Yowell continues the "Farm Views" series with this article on the complicated relationships between immigration policy and farming at both the state and national levels.
FSNYC Public Policy Committee Update 
 
Heidi Dolnick, chair of the FSNYC Public Policy Committee, shares how the committee is developing and where it is headed here.    
EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

Farm to School Fundraiser PartySept. 11, 2010 - 3:00pm - 11:59pm

New Amsterdam MarketSept. 12, 2010 - 11:00am - 4:00pm

Educated Eater Panel: Regional Processing From Strawberry Fields to Strawberry Jam

Sept. 14, 2010 - 6:30pm - 9:00pm

Let Us Eat LocalSept. 16, 2010 - 6:00pm - 10:00pm

Back to Basis Good Food FestSept. 19, 2010 - 11:00am - 4:00pm
 
Check out the FULL Announcement and Event Listings at FSNYC's website.  And we are always looking for more events and announcements, so send us yours!

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