NYC Foodscape is moderating two urban ag workshops this Saturday, September 20 at LUNGS (Loisaida United Neighborhood Gardens), where Climate Convergence events are “converging” with the LUNGS Harvest Arts Festival in a day of food justice and gardening workshops and teach-ins leading up to the People’s Climate March on Sunday.
NYC CLIMATE CONVERGE FOOD JUSTICE TEACH-IN NYC
Urban Ag: Growing a Just Food System
Date: Saturday, September 20, 2014
Time: 10:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Location: La Plaza Cultural garden, E. 9th St. & Avenue C, East Village, New York City
The urban agriculture movement is thriving in many cities all over the country–indeed, all over the world–because citizens see enormous benefit to their local economies, environment, and health. And New York City is at the forefront of this movement with urban farmers and food producers of all stripes, from community gardeners supplementing their food budgets, social enterprise farms that provide jobs and training to build economic opportunity, CSAs that connect urban and rural farmers to communities that lack access to affordable and healthy produce, and for-profit rooftop and other scalable urban food enterprises that help supply consumers’ and restaurants’ booming demand for local organic produce. Fostering a strong New York City agriculture and food production is an effective way to address multiple climate and food justice issues, including food safety, food security, and food sovereignty. Hear from people working to make it possible for NYC residents to have sources of local healthy food that we can trust and how to get access to land to grow it ourselves.
Moderator: Carolyn Zezima, NYC Foodscape
Panelists:
Barbara Sibley, La Palapa Cocina Mexicana
Mark Dunlea, Hunger Action Network
Onika Abraham, Farm School NYC
Plus two added panelists:
Maggie Cheney, EcoStation /Bushwick Campus Farm
Paula Z. Segal, 596 Acres
La Plaza Cultural de Armando Perez is located at the southwest corner of E. 9th Street & Avenue C.
LUNGS HARVEST ARTS FESTIVAL
Small Small and Straw Bale Gardening Workshop
Date: Saturday, September 20, 2014
Time: 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Location: Campos Community Garden garden, 9th St. & Avenue C, NYC
NYC Foodscape will give tips on growing food in small spaces, highlighting some of its small space garden projects, including last years’ straw bale garden at the Children’s Garden at Campos, The Talking Farm and others, and giving a hands-on demo in prepping and growing in straw:
For more details on Climate Convergence, LUNGS Harvest Arts Festival and the Climate March, see, March, Eat and Learn During Weekend of Love for Mother Earth, September 20 and 21– with LUNGS Harvest Arts Festival, NYC Climate Convergence and People’s Climate March.