FSNYC
Food Systems Network NYC Newsletter
   December 2010
In This Issue
Holiday Open Networking Meeting
Citywide School Gardens Coordinator Interview
Black Farmers and Urban Gardeners Conference
Seniors Bring Healthy Food to Their Communities
Raising New Businesses at La Marqueta
Food Policy Blog Updates
Announcements
Join Our Mailing List
Children and Giant Pumpkin
Children climb the Giant Pumpkin in Central Park
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FSNYC holds Open Networking Meetings the second Tuesday of each month. For more information, email info@foodsystemsnyc.org

Tracks in the Snow
Tracks in the Snow
Photo by Per Ola Wiberg

Contributors

Special thanks to the following FSNYC members and friends for their contributions to this month's website and newsletter: Rachel Dobkin; Erica Keberle, GrowNYC, Kristin Pederson, FSNYC; Viktoriya Syrov, FSNYC.

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HOLIDAY OPEN NETWORKING MEETING


Please join us for our December 14th Open Networking holiday meeting and view Living Concrete/Carrot City, a multi-media urban agriculture exhibit at The New School. The exhibit features creative research projects and design interventions that examine connections between people and food production that affect neighborhoods, health and the environment. Faculty and students engaged in mapping urban food and water systems in New York are collaborating in this experimental installation. Speakers will be co-curators Nevin Cohen and Radhika Subramaniam. 

*Please bring printed information about your organization for networking.

Where: Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery, Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, Parsons, The New School
66 Fifth Avenue at 13th Street

When: Open Networking meeting from 12:30 to 2:00 p.m. Program from 12:30 -1:00.  Exhibit opens at noon.
This exhibit will close December 15th.

For more information, contact vsyrov@foodsystemsnyc.org

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

Interview with the New Citywide School Gardens Coordinator, Erica Keberle

IGrow to Learn NYC Logon May, Mayor Bloomberg announced the launch of a new school gardens initiative, now known as the Grow to Learn NYC: Citywide School Gardens Initiative. We asked Erica Keberle, the new Citywide School Gardens Coordinator for GrowNYC to tell us about the structure of the new program and describe some of the things it aims to accomplish for school gardens.
Remembering the Past, Looking to the Future at the Black Farmers Conference 
 
The first annual Black Farmers and Urban Gardeners Conference took place on the campus of Brooklyn College from November 19-21. Learn about some of the important issues discussed at the conference in this insightful article by Rachel Dobkin.
Seniors Bring Healthy Food to Communities

This video showcases the work of three groups where seniors are taking the lead to bring healthy food to their communities. Through educational programs and community involvement, these seniors are creating opportunities to teach their neighbors about healthy eating and the importance of fresh foods.
Hot Bread Kitchen breads
Photo by Hot Bread Kitchen
Raising New Businesses at La Marqueta

Hot Bread Kitchen is about to launch its new kitchen incubator in the historic La Marqueta of East Harlem.  Find out more about this new pathway to sustainable food business development here.
Food Policy Blog Updates

Speaker Christine Quinn Unveils FoodWorks Our Food Policy Blog has been revived with a lot of informative and pertinent content. Take a look at some of our latest entries:

FoodWorks Unveiled: A New Vision for NYC's Food System

Senate Passes Food Safety Bill

"It Takes a Region" Conference Recap

Cal Ag Gives $180K Grant to Industrial Farming Lobby Front Group to Clean Up Image of "Dirty Dozen"

EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Eat/Art: A Visual Feast
November 30 -
December 23, 2010

Small Planet Fund Annual Auction & GalaDecember 10, 2010
7:00pm - 10:00pm
American Wasteland Book Release
December 12, 2010
4:00pm - 6:00pm

Holiday Open Networking Meeting


Winter Solstice Feast for the
Bushwick Farmers' Market
December 14, 2010
12:30pm - 2:00pm

December 18, 2010
6:00pm - 9:00pm

View our full events calendar.


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

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