Announcements

--Hunter College 

--Slow Food USA

--Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture

--Phipps Community Development Corp

--The Queens Galley

--NYC Food and Fitness Partnership

--City Harvest (2)

--The Sylvia Center

--Children's Aid Society (2)

--CENYC/Greenmarket

--Montefiore School Health

--Trees New York

--The Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance
--New York Industrial Retention Network, Food From New York
--Food Bank for NYC (2)

Please see attached listings.

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS for Glynwood Center’s 6th Annual National Harvest Awards

The Harvest Awards honor individuals, organizations, and businesses across the United States that do an exceptional job of supporting sustainable agriculture and regional food systems. Winners are brought to New York for a two day award celebration in October. The awards recognize their inspirational work and have been used to attract media attention, grants/ donations, and customers.

Please help us recognize outstanding work from around the country by nominating someone whose work you admire. This year’s categories include:

    * Farmer Award
    * Connecting Communities, Farmers, and Food Award
    * Wave of the Future Award
    * Good Food for Health Award

New Farmers' Guide to Disaster Assistance Available
ST. PAUL, MINN. - A familiar resource has been thoroughly revised and updated for farmers who are struggling in the face of natural disaster, and for farmers who want to learn more about the disaster assistance programs included in the 2008 Farm Bill. Farmers' Legal Action Group, Inc. (FLAG) announces that the sixth edition of its book, Farmers' Guide to Disaster Assistance, is now available.

Partnership for Prevention® recently released a new publication, Investing in Health: Evidence-Based Health Promotion Practices for Workplaces to provide employers with guidance that can improve employee health by controlling tobacco use, promoting cancer screening and early detection, and encouraging physical activity and healthy eating.

Investing in Health translates evidence-based recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and the Task Force on Community Preventive Services into easy-to-follow action steps that will enhance employee productivity, help employers manage healthcare spending, and improve employee morale.

Web links to additional resources and tools are provided to assist with planning and implementing healthier workplace practices. Visit www.prevent.org/actionguides to place an order or to download a copy for free.

The Center for Ecoliteracy and Teachers College Columbia University present their joint program: Rethinking Food, Health, and the Environment. Find out more.

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