FSNYC  
Food Systems Network NYC Newsletter
   June 2011
In This Issue
June Open Networking Meeting
Strawberry Social Fundraiser
Q&A with Oran Hesterman
Farm Bill 1.04
Food Detective: Green Cart Vendors
Brooklyn Smorgasburg
New York Farm City
Announcements
Join Our Mailing List
Smorgasburg Bounty

Produce at the Brooklyn Smorgasburg

Photo by Jonathan Butler

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Service Learning Week Volunteers

Volunteers at the FSNYC Service Learning Week

Contributors

Special thanks to the following FSNYC members and friends for their contributions to this month's website and newsletter: Sheilah Davidson, School Food FOCUS; Fern Gale Estrow, FGE Food & Nutrition Team; Thomas Forster, New School; Oran Hesterman, Fair Food Network; Travis Hobart, MD; Tomas Hunt, Raise the Roof Farms; Stephanie Miller; Kristin Pederson, FSNYC; Viktoriya Syrov, FSNYC;  Adriana Velez, Brooklyn Food Coalition; Ed Yowell, FSNYC.

 

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June Open Networking Meeting

  

The Challenges and Possibilities of Urban Rooftop Farming

 

Join us as we venture out to Long Island City, Queens to take a tour of The Brooklyn Grange, a commercial organic rooftop farm that produces vegetables for restaurants and markets all over the city. After the tour, a panel of expert speakers, including City Council Member Gale Brewer, structural engineer Daniel Sesil, Brooklyn Grange farmers, and others, will discuss the opportunities for and constraints to urban rooftop farming in New York City.

 

Date: June 14, 2011

Tours: 12:00 PM and 2:00 PM
Panel: 12:45 PM - 2:00 PM


Location: The Brooklyn Grange
37-18 Northern Blvd
Long Island City, NY 11101

 

If you would like to join us for a tour of The Brooklyn Grange, please RSVP to vsyrov@foodsystemsnyc.org 


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Visit: http://foodsystemsnyc.org/joinnow

Early Summer Strawberry Social for FSNYC


StrawberriesEnjoy an evening of delicious berry fun at our Strawberry Social fundraiser on Wednesday, June 29, at 6:00pm at the 9th and C community garden in Manhattan. Local drinks, farm-fresh desserts, sunshine, and good cheer are guaranteed to make this celebration with a cause fun for everyone. Purchase tickets in advance, members receive a $10 discount.

Fair FoodQ&A with Oran Hesterman

To celebrate the release of the new book,
Fair Food: Growing a Healthy, Sustainable Food System for All, we asked good food advocate and author Dr. Oran B. Hesterman for some suggestions on how New Yorkers can make the change from "conscious consumers to engaged citizens." Read about what he had to say on the subjects of the Farm Bill, preserving farmland, and foodie elitism in this interview.

Farm Bill 1.04


In this month's installment of the Farm Bill Series, our group of experts discusses the National School Lunch Program, the newly proposed USDA dietary guidelines for school meals, and the intersection of school lunches and Farm Bill regulations. Learn about the many ways commodity and subsidy policies influence what our children are being served in schools.
Green Cart Food Detective: Getting Behind the Green Cart

Ever wonder what the story is behind the Green Carts? Stephanie Miller interviews Miguel Cepeda, a Green Cart operator in the Bronx, to find out what the community thinks of his business and where he sees it going in the future. The program was established to bring fresh fruit and vegetables to low-income communities that have limited access to healthy food, how successful has it been?
Smorgasburg Brings Food Consciousness to Brooklyn
Smorgasburg
Announcing Smorgasburg, A Brooklyn Flea Food Market. Populated by Greenmarket farmers alongside local food-makers and purveyors, the market on the Williamsburg waterfront is bound to be the summer weekend destination for New York foodies and their families. 
New York Farm City

This video provides a colorful taste of the New York City Urban Agriculture scene. Hear how these young farmers are changing the urban landscape and growing their communities, and why they think the concrete city is prime with food production potential.
EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

Taste of the Latin Caribbean:
Puerto Rican history in the Bronx Tour   

 

Food Justice Workshop 


June 11, 2011

10:00am - 3:00pm

June 12, 2011

2:00pm

Taste of Greenmarket 

 

June 22, 2011
6:00 - 10:00pm    

Eat Drink Local Week 


June 24 - 30, 2011 

  
Regional Day of Action
Against Hydrofracking


FSNYC Strawberry Social 
June 25, 2011

 


June 29, 2011

6:00 - 8:00pm    


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