FSNYC  
Food Systems Network NYC Newsletter
   January 2012
In This Issue
January Open Networking Meeting
Chilifest 2012!
FSNYC January Membership Drive
Food Almanac 2012
NYC Food Detective: Plovgh
Uncommon Goods: A Man and His Ox
Announcements
Join Our Mailing List
tarts at green table
Tequila Custards at
The Green Table

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!

Food Systems Network NYC 

 
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 [email protected] 

Dekalb Market ONM

FSNYC's  December Open Networking Meeting at Dekalb Market
Contributors

Special thanks to the following FSNYC members and friends for their contributions to this month's website and newsletter: Ed Yowell, FSNYC; Lynn Fredricks, Family Cook Productions; Eric Brenner and Jessica Scheer, Family Cook Productions; Kate Ferranti, Cleaver Co.
cupcakes at Green Table
Chipotle Chocolate and Dulce de Leche Cupcakes at The Green Table

 

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  

Red Jacket Orchard Apples

Red Jacket Orchard's Apples at the
Farmer's Market

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January Open Networking Meeting

TedxManhattan Viewing Party with Brooklyn Food Coalition

 

Date: Saturday, January 21st
Time:
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
 

Location:Brooklyn Food Coalition Office, 33 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217

 

For our January Open Networking Meeting, FSNYC will partner with the Brooklyn Food Coalition to host a viewing party for a live telecast of TEDxManhattan "Changing the Way We Eat" conference on January 21st, 2012, in New York City.  To learn more about TED, please visit their official website

 

The one-day event will highlight several aspects of the sustainable food movement and the work being done to shift our food system from industrially-based agriculture to one in which healthy, nutritious food is accessible to all.  If you would like to view the program from the 2011 event, please click here

 

Speakers with various backgrounds in food and farming will share their insights and expertise.  Relevant clips from the TED conference will be shown.  And, hopefully, we'll have a few surprises during the day.  A highlight of the event is the ample time given for attendees to meet each other and look for new synergies and new ideas to help bolster the sustainable food movement.

  

Please Note: This event will be held free of charge. For those feeling inspired, please feel free to bring a dish to share with the group. To become a FSNYC member visit: http://foodsystemsnyc.org/joinnow

ChiliFest 2012!Chilifest 2012 logo
NY Chilifest is back on January 29th at Chelsea Market! Chilifest is the ultimate celebration of chili, beer, and all things spicy. Each ticket gives the bearer unlimited access to a 500-foot concourse of chili and Samuel Adams beer served by dozens of NYC's best chefs and restaurants. Tickets are $45 for chili, $55 for beer+chili, and $60 for beer+chili+and a FSNYC membership. All proceeds for the event once again benefit FSNYC! Buy your ticket here! Want to volunteer for the event? Email Gabrielle Blavatsky at [email protected].

FSNYC January Membership Drive 

FSNYC is looking for new members just like you! To learn about who should become a FSNYC member, visit our website. Membership benefits include: 

  • Free attendance at our Open Network meetings each month
  • Discounted tickets to our exciting food events
  • Subscription to our monthly newsletter
  • Best practices sharing with others engaged in food systems work
  • Collaboration opportunities with members engaged in all aspects of the food system
  • Shared knowledge base
  • Election of leadership

 

Membership is $15 for students/AmeriCorps volunteers, $20 for individuals, and $100 for organizational/ supporting members. All donations are tax-deductible and made through NYC Charities. Join FSNYC today!

Food Almanac 2011 Video
FSNYC Presents: Food Almanac 2012    
Back by popular demand, FSNYC will once again host Food Almanac: Forecasting the Year Ahead in Food, Farm Policy, and Politics on Tuesday January 24th from 6:30-9:00pm at 632 Hudson St. in Manhattan. 
Delicious local fare will be provided by Cleaver Co with all ticket proceeds going to FSNYC. Our members will receive a special discount code for tickets via email tomorrow. Buy your tickets here!
Rainbow Chard NYC Food Detective: Plovgh      
In this continuation of our NYC Food Detective series, Eric Brenner and Jessica Scheer, both  of Family Cook Productions, investigate Dekalb Market's innovative CSA alternative PlovghFunctioning as a multi-farm, multi-community CSA, Plovgh's unique system gives farms immediate access to a large and diverse market of customers and provides neighborhoods with key access to farm-fresh foods.

Uncommon Goods: A Man and His Ox  holstein ox
Ed Yowell continues our Uncommon Goods series with this interview of Mike Betit of Tamarack Hollow Farm. Learn about Lucky the Ox and why Mike and his partner Amanda Andrews  choose to use good old fashioned animal power to conquer the tough task of ploughing and weeding their 88 acre Vermont farm. 
EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

Chow Down Film Screening 

 

 

Food Truck Rally at Grand Army Plaza

  

 

FSNYC & BFC TedxManhattan Viewing Party

  

January 10th, 

7:00-9:00pm

 

January 15th, 

11:00-5:00pm 

  

January 21st, 
10:00-6:00pm 

Food Almanac 2012


January 24th, 

6:30-9:00pm 

  


January 29th ,
7:00-9:30pm
  
  
 
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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