Resources

Food Systems Network NYC has compiled a list of online resources for finding quality local cooking ingredients, eating out at local, farmer-friendly restaurants, getting involved in community gardening, and finding tools, resources, and support for becoming involved in food systems work. (NOTE: THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED FALL 2012)

We hope you enjoy this compilation. If you have additions or comments to make, we'd love to hear from you!

A SELECTION OF NYC FOOD POLICY DOCUMENTS:

Executive Order 122: (NYC Mayor Bloomberg) (2008)

Food in the Public Interest: How NYC's Food Policy Holds the Key to Hunger, Health, Jobs, and the Environment (MBP Scott Stringer) (2009)

FoodStat: Measuring the Retail Food Environment in NYC Neighborhoods (MBP Scott Stringer) (2009)

FoodNYC: A Blueprint for a Sustainable Food System (MBP Scott Stringer) (2010)

Food for the Future (Food Systems Network NYC) (2010)

FoodWorks: A Vision to Improve NYC's Food System (NY City Council Speaker Christine Quinn) (2010)

FoodWorks: One Year Later (NY City Council Speaker Christine Quinn) (2011)

PlaNYC Report on Food (NYC Mayor Bloomberg) (2011)

New York State Food Purchasing Guidelines (from NYC Local Law 50) (2011)

Recipe for the Future of Food in New York City (Food Systems Network) (2013)

FINDING LOCALLY GROWN FOOD IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD

NYC Farmers' Markets and Urban Farmstands

Farmers’ Market Federation of New York Market Listings

Community Supported Agriculture Programs (CSA)
Just Food—NYC CSA Listing

Urban Farms & Community Gardens
Just Food, City Farms Program
Cornell Cooperative Extension, Food Security: Urban Agriculture & Markets
GreenThumb
More Gardens!
The 6th Street and Avenue B Community Garden
Prospect Farm

Restaurants
Pride of New York Restaurant Guide
Local Harvest Green Eating Guide
NY Farms! Farm to Restaurant Guide
Chefs Who Buy--Restaurants that shop Greenmarket
Snail of Approval--Slow Food NYC's Restaurant Guide
Eat Well Guide

Maps
Land Trust Community Garden Map
CENYC Community Garden Search Engine
New York City Coalition Against Hunger (soup kitchens, pantries, farmers’ markets)
Greenmarket
Real Time Farms

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
Lesson plans from the NY Times: Organic, Slow or Local: Exploring Food-Based Communities.

Bank On It: A Food Bank Blog

Community Food Security Coalition Learning Center
Center for Science in the Public Interest
WhyHunger
CDC Fruit and Vegetable Guide
Grow to Learn NYC: The Citywide School Gardens Initiative

Webinars at The National Good Food Network
Fair Food Network Fair Food List
Resources for Advocacy: School Food and Ag Policy

COALITIONS AND NETWORKS
Green Guerillas
Citizens for NYC
Hunger Action Network of New York State
New York City Coalition Against Hunger
New York City Community Garden Coalition
New York City Nutrition Education Network
Green Edge Collaborative NYC
The Father's Heart Ministries
Healthy School Food

New York City Jobs in Agriculture