FSNYC
Food Systems Network NYC Newsletter
   October 2010
In This Issue
October Open Networking Meeting
First Lady Starts a Global Conversation About Children, Food & Nutrition
Looking for Apples in the Big City
Farm Views on Immigration, Part 2
Living Concrete/Carrot City Exhibit Opens
Announcements
Join Our Mailing List
Fall Apples
Apples at the Greenmarket by Viktoriya Syrov

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

Farm to Table Diagram at New School
A project from Living Concrete/Carrot City Exhibit at The New School

Contributors

Special thanks to the following FSNYC members for their contributions to this month's website and newsletter: Hilary Baum, Baum Forum; Lynn Fredericks, FamilyCook Productions; Viktoriya Syrov;  Ed Yowell, Slow Food NYC.
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 OCTOBER OPEN NETWORKING MEETING


Alternative Food Channels for NYC Neighborhoods, Part 1: Food Cooperatives

The evolution and outlook for food cooperatives as a strategy to bring healthy, affordable food to under resourced neighborhoods.  What are the challenges and needs of these efforts?  What are the potential resources? Is there a role for policy? 

Panelists include: Joe Holtz on the Park Slope Co-op, Natalie Soleil on 4th Street Co-op, and others to be announced.

Date: October 19, 2010
Location: Fund for the City of New York, Main Conference Room
121 Avenue of the Americas, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10013-1590

Directions:
The Fund is easily accesible from any of the following subway stops:

A/C/E to Canal Street
1 to Canal Street

6 to Spring Street

N/R/W/Q to Canal Street
R/W to Prince Street

It is located on the west side of Avenue of the Americas (6th Avenue) between Broome Street and Watts Street.
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.

First Lady Starts a Global Conversation About Children, Food & Nutrition

Michelle Obama visited the Stone Barns Center in New York to discuss the issue of children's nutrition with United Nations delegates, learn more details about her visit here.
Looking for Apples in the Big City 
 
Discover some interesting facts about the apples of New York State, along with some useful tips on what to do with them, and where to find them at the height of this year's early harvest.
Farm Views on Immigration, Part 2 
 
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.
Living Concrete/Carrot City Exhibit Opens

Learn more about the innovative urban agriculture exhibit Living Conrete-Carrot City, taking place at the New School through December, and why it certainly deserves a visit.
EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

Free Screening of the Movie Lunch LineOctober 6, 2010
6:30pm - 8:30pm

Panel on Food, Design, and Social ChangeOctober 6, 2010
6:30pm - 8:30pm
Slow U: Slaughterhouse 101
October 12, 2010
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Added Value Harvest Festival
October 16, 2010
10:00am - 5:00pm
The NYC Emergency Food Program
Advocacy Conference

October 19
, 2010
10:00am - 3:00pm

Check out the FULL Announcement and Event Listings on FSNYC's website.  We are always looking for more events and announcements, so send us yours!

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