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USDA's First Ever Facebook Chat
Posted October 5th, 2009 by Lexi Van de WalleLast Thursday, Food advocates, locavores and other interested participants from all over the country bubbled over with enthusiasm at the US Department of Agriculture’s first ever live Facebook chat.
The “Know Your Food, Know Your Farmer” team at the USDA hosted the interactive conversation which featured a streaming video question and answer format with Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, Kathleen Merrigan.
For about a half an hour, Merrigan gave thoughtful answers to questions on topics that ranged from farm to institution to restaurant supported agriculture and beginner farmer programs to the importance of local and regional agriculture to build wealth in rural communities and connect urban dwellers (and children) to where their food comes from.
First FSNYC Policy Committee Meeting
posted by Nadia Johnson, Just Food, and Mo Kinberg, UFCW Local 1500
A major NYC food policy opportunity is coming up! The Manhattan Borough President's (MBP) initiative—The Politics of Food Conference—will be held on Wednesday, November 19th from 8:30am-2pm at Columbia University's Lerner Hall. Maya Wiley, UN General Assembly President Father Miguel D'Escoto, and NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg are among the featured speakers. One of the goals of the Conference is to produce short and long-term policy solutions for NYC in the following areas:
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The Politics of Food—A Conference on New York's Next Policy Challenge
Posted November 3rd, 2008 by Jane ShuputWednesday, November 19 8:30am-2:30pm
The Politics of Food—A Conference on New York's Next Policy Challenge
Lerner Hall, Columbia University
Location
Lerner Hall, Columbia University
2920 Broadway
NY, NY United States
See map: Google Maps
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November 19, 2008 - 8:30am - 2:00pm
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Sierra Club NYC: Factoring Sustainable Ag into Climate Change
Posted by Holly Emma, FSNYC Communications Committee
New York City is off to a great start on dealing with climate change through PlaNYC, but Sierra Club implores us to go further. The Sierra Club report, “Sustainable Energy Independence for New York City,” asks City officials to create a Task Force that will study potential local impacts and mitigations of energy volatility, and to require consideration of energy volatility in all City agency budgeting and planning decisions.
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