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Food Systems Network NYC is a volunteer-run, member-driven organization. We can't do our work without your help!
Become a FSNYC member today!
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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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Hilary Baum and Lynn Fredricks at Food Day 2011
Photo courtesy of Alexa Van de Walle
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Special thanks to the following FSNYC members and friends for their contributions to this month's website and newsletter: Ed Yowell, FSNYC; Gabrielle Blavatsky, FSNYC; Jessie Appleman; June Russell, Greenmarket; Rosalin Luetum, NY Public Radio; Adriana Velez; Viktoriya Syrov; Abby Youngblood; and Kerry Trueman. |
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Teen Battle Chef Showdown @ Fairway Harlem
Photo courtesy of Family Cook Productions
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Interested in food current events and policy issues? Enjoy writing?
The FSNYC Communications Committee is always seeking contributors. Join the team and add your ideas to our newsletter!
Contact us:
Gabrielle Blavatsky- Newsletter Editor
Lynn Fredricks - Communications Committee Chair
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Seasons Change at Prospect Park
Photo courtesy of Gabrielle Blavatsky
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November Open Networking Meeting
Panel: Sustaining Regional Meat Production-From Pasture to Home and Restaurant Kitchens
Rolling New York pastures have been the grazing land for beef, dairy cows and other livestock for centuries; but New York City is only recently developing an appetite for "pastured" meat and poultry. What is the outlook for getting this product from New York farms to professional and home kitchens? Can happy cows keep our farmers and chefs smiling...and vice versa?? Our panelists will talk about animals, taste, infrastructure, regulation, and of course, economics. How do we get this industry to grow? Join us!
The discussion will be moderated by Bob Lewis, New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets. Panelists will include:
Ken Jaffe, Slope Farms; East Meredith, NY
Jim Hayes, Sap Bush Hollow Farm, NE Livestock Processing Service Co.
Mary Cleaver, The Green Table and Cleaver Co. Tom Mylan, The Meat Hook Joe Angello, Angello's Distributing Company Date: November 8th, 2011
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Location: The French Culinary Institute, 462 Broadway New York, NY 10013
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Just the Tip of the Iceberg: Food Day 2011
Food Day 2011 turned out to be an initiative that engaged hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers at over 300 events in our state alone. In Just the Tip of the Iceberg: Food Day 2011 , Rosalin Luetum recounts the fun and creative ways food enthusiasts of all ages celebrated this grassroots holiday. She also reveals the newest resources in NYC to keep the spirit of the initiative alive, along with 6 crucial principals. To see all of FSNYC's great photos from the event, click here.
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Meat Week NYC is here!!
November 7th-12th
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Meat Week kicks off this year with Meat with a Twist on November 7th at 6pm at City Winery, a farm-to-cocktail table event. Come enjoy artisanal beers and spirits paired with delicious bites in homage to local meat! Proceeds from the event benefit FSNYC. Learn more about Meat Week and purchase your tickets to the event here.
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Farm Bill 1.07
The Risky Business of FarmingA local farmer once said, "a farmer who can't stand losing a crop once in a while is no kind of farmer... farming is a risky business." Echoing this belief, President Obama, in his design for the 2012 Farm Bill, has taken on commodity subsidies and crop insurance. In in this continuation of FSNYC's Farm Bill Series, Ed Yowell and Abby Youngblood discuss federal crop insurance and disaster assistance- fundamental parts of our nation's "farm safety net,"- in the wake of disasters, like tropical storms Irene and Lee.
Finger Imaging and SNAP Benefits
Why does NYC insist upon finger printing food stamp applicants? In her article Stigmatizing Hunger Gabrielle Blavatsky analyses this flawed policy that is costing New Yorkers millions in forgone federal dollars.
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Goats by Malingerer via Flickr
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Video: Goat- The Other Red Meat?
Want to help support local dairy farmers? Then buy goat meat! In this video, Anne Saxelby of Saxelby Cheese Mongers describes Heritage Foods USA's new initiative to help dairy farmers sell their delicious yet unwanted male goats. Gabrielle Blavatsky's article No Goat Left Behind, details a creative new initiative to address the problem and engage top restaurants to embrace goal on their menus. Check out how you can participate....
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Food and Occupy Wall Street
Heard rumors that the Food Movement is infiltrating and becoming an important topic within Occupy Wall Street? Learn more about it Siena Chrisman's excellent analysis of the underlying issues and how the Occupy movement can help push our shared values around food forward! And just two miles north of Occupy Wall Street's encampment at Zuccotti Partk there's another would-be hotspot of cultural change occupying a more genteel locale: the James Beard Foundation (JBF). Seriously? Read all about it in Kerry Trueman's Haute Cuisine Gone Green.
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Flour Goes Local: Heritage Grains Come to Greenmarket
When was the last time you bought local flour? Probably never! Jessie Appleman interviews June Russell of Greenmarket about their exciting new USDA funded initiative Flour Goes Local, bringing local heritage grain to a NYC farmers' markets near you!
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EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Check out the FULL Announcements and Events Calendar on FSNYC's website. We are always looking for more events and announcements, so send us yours!
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