tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22893534231540634352024-03-08T09:05:35.759-08:00Flatbush Farm Share CSA, blogThis is a temporary space for sharing food and blog news. Check out our website for more info: flatbushfarmshare.comUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289353423154063435.post-605343796169655052009-05-29T08:00:00.001-07:002009-05-29T08:00:20.186-07:00message and opportunities from BFC.<span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> <span style="font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia; line-height: 150%;">Dear Friends,</span></span><br /> <p>Thank you so much for contributing to the success of the Brooklyn Food Conference. We had over 3300 people going to workshops, food demos, expos, films, lunches, dinners, speeches, and a kids’ food fair. There was so much learning and networking going on that the air was electric! We saw a broad movement for Food Democracy in Brooklyn in bloom.<br /><br />Everyone is asking, "What's next?"<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-family: Georgia;">Neighborhood meetings </span><br />We are planning neighborhood-based meetings in June that we hope you’ll attend. In those meetings we will discuss how to advance any food projects that people in your neighborhood are interested in pursuing and what role a Brooklyn Food Coalition could play. Please let us know if you’d like to help organize a meeting in your neighborhood. We will also organize neighborhood meetings with legislators to discuss ways that our elected officials can help us change the food system. Please see our new <a href="http://brooklynfoodconference.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f88d38b666b4f37437659fd45&id=36518f3ee6&e=b9cbd0e116" style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline; font-weight: normal;" target="_blank">neighborhood meetings page</a> for updates.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-family: Georgia;">Opportunities to Get Involved</span><br />We will send periodic e-blasts announcing volunteer opportunities to maximize the effectiveness of ongoing organizations and projects working on food issues in Brooklyn. For example, join up with <a href="http://brooklynfoodconference.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f88d38b666b4f37437659fd45&id=cb2e38ea4b&e=b9cbd0e116" style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline; font-weight: normal;" target="_blank">Food Summer</a> and help Brooklynites in low-access communities learn how to get on to food stamps and gain access to healthy food. Help win a strong Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act this year with <a href="http://brooklynfoodconference.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f88d38b666b4f37437659fd45&id=f7dba33226&e=b9cbd0e116" style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline; font-weight: normal;" target="_blank">New York Alliance for CNR</a>. We will also post these opportunities on our <a href="http://brooklynfoodconference.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f88d38b666b4f37437659fd45&id=de7124a52a&e=b9cbd0e116" style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline; font-weight: normal;" target="_blank">Get Involved page</a>.<br /><br />We would like to thank everyone who made this conference possible!<br /><br /><a href="http://brooklynfoodconference.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f88d38b666b4f37437659fd45&id=0abcd38dd6&e=b9cbd0e116" style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline; font-weight: normal;" target="_blank">Kim Pistone</a>, our great executive chef for the lunch and dinner, who made some great food for us all.<br /><br /><a href="http://brooklynfoodconference.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f88d38b666b4f37437659fd45&id=09d6a86631&e=b9cbd0e116" style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline; font-weight: normal;" target="_blank">Donors</a>, big and small, including Jesse Smith Noyes Foundation, Independence Community Foundation, Small Planet Institute, Ben & Jerry’s Foundation, Park Slope Chamber of Commerce, New York Methodist Hospital, Lutheran Medical Center, Park Slope Civic Council.<br /><br /><a href="http://brooklynfoodconference.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f88d38b666b4f37437659fd45&id=dd25144bfe&e=b9cbd0e116" style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline; font-weight: normal;" target="_blank">Co-Sponsors</a>, Brooklyn Rescue Mission, Brooklyn's bounty, Caribbean Women's Health Association, Park Slope Food Coop, World Hunger Year.<br /><br /><a href="http://brooklynfoodconference.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f88d38b666b4f37437659fd45&id=ffefe4b840&e=b9cbd0e116" style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline; font-weight: normal;" target="_blank">Over 200 Partners</a>.<br /><br /><b>And you, over 3300 Conference Participants! </b><br /><br />Yours Toward Food Democracy,<br /><br /><b>The Brooklyn Food Conference Coordinating Committee </b><br />Kathie Borowitz<br />Nancy Romer<br />Mandu Sen<br />Adriana Velez (website coordinator)</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit our website: flatbushfarmshare.com</div>Stephanie Pereirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17863471875244650605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289353423154063435.post-42355058876972427672009-05-28T08:07:00.000-07:002009-05-28T08:08:31.833-07:00Food, Inc. - Special Action Packed Premiere in Brooklyn!<table class="bgcolor-gray" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="1" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="bgcolor-white" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="8" cellspacing="1" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="bgcolor-white"><p class="attraction" align="center"> Drinks On The Doc with Food, Inc. <br /><br /> Wednesday, Jun 10, 2009 7:00 PM EDT (7:00 PM Doors) <br /> at The Bell House </p> <p align="left"> As part of the Drinks on the Doc film series http://brooklynbased.net/drinks-on-the-doc/, Brooklyn Based is bringing the Brooklyn premiere of Food, Inc. to the Bell House. Doors will open at 7pm for pre-movie munchies from Roebling Tea Room www.roeblingtearoom.com and Sweet Deliverance www.sweetdelierancenyc.com, as well as several drink specials from local wine and beer producers. Following the film, food writer and Brooklyn Based editor Annaliese Griffin will moderate a q&a with director Robert Kenner and author Eric Schlosser, who also appears in the film. Food, Inc. http://www.foodincmovie.com/ What does the industrial food system actually look like? What are you voting against when you buy the organic greens at the farmer's market and the milk from upstate cows? Corporate and government nepotism, union busting, high powered lawyers and very, very unappetizing chickens. That's how director Robert Kenner tells the tale of American food production in his new documentary, Food, Inc. Featuring interviews with Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation), Michael Pollan (The Omnivore's Dilemma) the movie explains how what we eat has become more than than a thrice daily exercise in sustanance, but a crucial opportunity to change, or support, an ailing and corrupt system of food production. Fear not, Food, Inc. isn't the film adaptation of The Jungle -- it offers hope for eaters everywhere. Interviews with entrepreneurs like Stonyfield Farms' Gary Hirschberg and with the inimnitable Joe Salatin of Polyface Farms illustrate that there are fearless farmers, advocates and eaters changing the system, one pig, cow, chicken and bite at a time. </p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="bgcolor-lightgray" align="right" nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="20%"> <span class="typehead"> Type of Ticket: </span> </td> <td class="bgcolor-white" align="left" valign="top"> General Admission - $25.00<br /><br />GET YOURS HERE: <a href="http://bit.ly/Jq8CX">http://bit.ly/Jq8CX</a><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit our website: flatbushfarmshare.com</div>Stephanie Pereirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17863471875244650605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289353423154063435.post-56411571061957299132009-05-16T19:39:00.001-07:002009-05-16T19:39:43.892-07:00The Minimalist - Out of the Wok, Tofu Stars in Dessert
<div> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/20/dining/20mini.html?ref=dining"><img src='http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2009/05/15/dining/20mini.600.jpg' width='500' height=''/ border='0'></a> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/20/dining/20mini.html?ref=dining">nytimes.com</a></div> <p>from MARK BITTMAN </p><p>FOR many people tofu has become a staple in their diets, and rightly so. Though it is made from soy milk in roughly the same way cheese is made from mammal milk (a curdling agent is added, and it’s drained of excess water), tofu doesn’t take nearly as many forms as cheese. But neither is it solely the stuff of stir-fries. </p><p>For example, I can almost guarantee you will be impressed by this dessert, a pudding that takes about as much time to make as hot chocolate. But there are a few qualifiers. Without chocolate, the flavor is unimpressive; it tastes like sweetened tofu. Add chocolate and a few Mexican spices, however, and you have a real winner. And certainly no one I’ve fed it to had any inkling that it was dairy free. </p><p>The texture of the pudding, which must be made with silken tofu, is almost unbelievably good. The silken tofu packed in aseptic boxes yields a slightly better texture than that packed in tubs. I have no doubt that if you make your own tofu, or buy it from an artisan, you could improve the texture even further. </p><p>More important than which brand of tofu you buy is the brand of chocolate. Without mentioning names, let me just suggest that you use the highest quality chocolate — semisweet or bittersweet, please — you can lay your hands on. After all, it’s the flavor of the chocolate, not of the tofu, that will dominate. </p><p>[follow the link for a how to video that will make your mouth water. Yum.]</p></div><p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://make_it_happen.posterous.com/the-minimalist-out-of-the-wok-tofu-stars-in-d">Stephanie Posterizes The Cloud</a> </p> <div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit our website: flatbushfarmshare.com</div>Stephanie Pereirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17863471875244650605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289353423154063435.post-64461043659401080362009-05-10T16:18:00.001-07:002009-05-28T08:09:51.866-07:00NYTimes.com: Heifer Runs for Her Life, and It's Working So Far<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: arial;">I am so glad I don't eat cows - They obviously notice something is amiss on the way to slaughter! </span></span><br /><br /> <span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,Serif;font-size:-1;color:#666666;"> <strong> NEW YORK REGION </strong> </span> <span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,Serif;font-size:-1;color:#000000;"> | May 07, 2009</span> <br /> <span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,Serif;font-size:+1;color:#000066;"> <strong> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/07/nyregion/07cow.html?emc=eta1"> Heifer Runs for Her Life, and It's Working So Far </a> </strong> </span> <br /> <span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,Serif;font-size:-1;color:#000000;"> By AL BAKER and ANN FARMER</span> <br /> <span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,Serif;color:#000000;"> An animal shelter in Brooklyn gives the 350-pounder who escaped in Queens a name, Molly, and a chance at a longer life.<br /><br /></span><p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com/">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://make_it_happen.posterous.com/nytimescom-heifer-runs-for-her-life-and-its-w">Stephanie Posterizes The Cloud</a> </p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit our website: flatbushfarmshare.com</div>Stephanie Pereirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17863471875244650605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289353423154063435.post-11364283497892706682009-05-07T04:36:00.001-07:002009-05-07T04:36:30.195-07:00from a list my dad sent me...most likely NY Times
<p style="line-height: 16.5pt;"><span><b><font face="Georgia" size="3" color="black"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Georgia; color: black; font-weight: bold;">OUT</span></font></b></span><span><font face="Georgia" size="3" color="black"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Georgia; color: black;"> </span></font></span><span><font face="Georgia" size="3" color="black"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Georgia; color: black;">Premade</span></font></span><font face="Georgia" size="3" color="black"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Georgia; color: black;"> pie crusts. O.K., these are a real convenience, but almost all use inferior fats. I’d rather make a “pie” or quiche with no crust than use these.</span></font></p> <p style="line-height: 16.5pt;"><span><b><font face="Georgia" size="3" color="black"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Georgia; color: black; font-weight: bold;">IN</span></font></b></span><span><font face="Georgia" size="3" color="black"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Georgia; color: black;"> </span></font></span><font face="Georgia" size="3" color="black"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Georgia; color: black;">Crumble graham crackers with melted butter and press into a pan. But really — if you put a pinch of salt, a cup of flour, a stick of very cold, cut-up butter in a food processor, then blend with a touch of water until it almost comes together — you have a dough you can refrigerate or freeze and roll out whenever you want, in five minutes.</span></font></p><p style="line-height: 16.5pt;"><span><b><font face="Georgia" size="3" color="black"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Georgia; color: black; font-weight: bold;">CANNED COCONUT MILK</span></font></b></span><span><b><font face="Georgia" size="3" color="black"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Georgia; color: black; font-weight: bold;"> </span></font></b></span><font face="Georgia" size="3" color="black"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Georgia; color: black;">Try this: cook some onions in oil with curry powder; stir in coconut milk; poach chicken, fish,<span> </span></span></font><font face="Georgia" size="3" color="black"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Georgia; color: black;"><a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/t/tofu/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier" title="More articles about tofu." target="_blank"><font color="#004276"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 66, 118);">tofu</span></font></a></span></font><font face="Georgia" size="3" color="black"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Georgia; color: black;">, or even meat in that. </span></font><font face="Georgia" size="3" color="black"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Georgia; color: black;">Serve over <span>rice</span>.</span></font></p> <p style="line-height: 16.5pt;"><span><b><font face="Georgia" size="3" color="black"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Georgia; color: black; font-weight: bold;">MISO PASTE</span></font></b></span><span><b><font face="Georgia" size="3" color="black"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Georgia; color: black; font-weight: bold;"> </span></font></b></span><font face="Georgia" size="3" color="black"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Georgia; color: black;">Never goes bad, as far as I can tell, and its flavor is incomparable. Whisk into boiling water for real soup in three minutes; thin a bit (with sake if you have it), and smear on meat or fish that’s almost done broiling; add a spoonful to vinaigrette. </span></font><font face="Georgia" size="3" color="black"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Georgia; color: black;">Etc.</span></font></p><p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://make_it_happen.posterous.com/from-a-list-my-dad-sent-memost-likely-ny-time">Stephanie Posterizes The Cloud</a> </p> <div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit our website: flatbushfarmshare.com</div>Stephanie Pereirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17863471875244650605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289353423154063435.post-22173612476620475502009-05-06T16:15:00.001-07:002009-05-06T16:16:24.510-07:00Taste Buddies!<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" ><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Verdana;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Verdana;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Verdana;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Verdana;" ><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,geneva;"><u><b><br />Join the TastebudsNYC team!</b></u><br />TastebudsNYC is expanding to do even more great events and fun food adventures! If you'd like to join our team and help us achieve our mission of creating a community for foodies, please respond by May 20th with the following: 1) a little about yourself 2) your interest in food 3) projects that interest you 4) anything else you'd like me to know.<br /><br /><u><b>"The Connection between Food and Lifestyle" workshop with holistic health counselor Erica Mather</b></u><br />You've heard it before-"you are what you eat," and, "junk in, junk out." These are examples of adages that express knowledge so many Americans have lost touch with: that there is a direct connection between what and how you eat, and how you feel, think, and behave. Here in this 90-minute workshop we will explore these relationships. If you're interested in learning more about the food-mood connection, how we burden food with the responsibilities of other area of our lives, and getting some new tips on how to elevate your eating habits (or gain ammunition to educate those around you!) this workshop will prove satisfying. Also, attendees will receive a special offer for a steeply discounted holistic health initial session with Erica.<br /><br />Date: Wednesday, June 17th, 6:30 PM<br />Location: Jena Wellness Center, 1133 Broadway, Suite 1107 (26th Street)<br />Cost: $15<br />RSVP required. Please email <a href="mailto:heidi@tastebudsnyc.com" target="_blank">heidi@tastebudsnyc.com</a> </span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit our website: flatbushfarmshare.com</div>Stephanie Pereirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17863471875244650605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289353423154063435.post-69562297180961892662009-05-05T08:23:00.001-07:002009-05-05T08:23:39.861-07:00Sharecropper<br /><div> <a href="http://www.sharecropperart.org/"><img src='http://www.sharecropperart.org/images/sharecropper_logo.jpg' width='500' height='222'/ border='0'></a> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.sharecropperart.org/">sharecropperart.org</a></div> <p></p></div><p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://make_it_happen.posterous.com/sharecropper">Stephanie Posterizes The Cloud</a> </p> <div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit our website: flatbushfarmshare.com</div>Stephanie Pereirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17863471875244650605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289353423154063435.post-90849548808839325312009-05-03T09:11:00.001-07:002009-05-03T09:11:40.428-07:00a long letter from Food Democracy Now.<br /><blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Food Democracy Now!<span style="font-weight: normal;"> <a href="http://www.fooddemocracynow.org/" target="_blank">http://www.fooddemocracynow.org</a> </span><p style="font-weight: bold;"> The First 100 Days - Thank YOU! Together WE Made History! </p><p> Here at <a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?FoodDemocracyNow/dfa3fd3ce4/4d1a6e100e/f8f2c35faa" target="_blank">Food Democracy Now!</a>, we’d like to thank everyone who signed <a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?FoodDemocracyNow/dfa3fd3ce4/4d1a6e100e/a3c2f89fbc" target="_blank">the original petition</a> and helped make Sustainable Change at the USDA possible. So far more than 94,000 Americans have signed up at Food Democracy Now! to send <span style="font-weight: bold;">a unified voice</span> that America must create a truly sustainable food system for the 21st century. </p><p> Because of your remarkable involvement, for the first time in our nation’s history we have a Secretary of Agriculture, former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack, speaking about the importance of <a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?FoodDemocracyNow/dfa3fd3ce4/4d1a6e100e/87032f2fa7" target="_blank">organics</a>, <a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?FoodDemocracyNow/dfa3fd3ce4/4d1a6e100e/cbd83aa559" target="_blank">local foods</a> and nutritious school lunches. </p><p> Not only does Secretary Vilsack speak about these important issues, he understands the role that sustainable practices will have in helping family farmers meet the challenges of 21st century agriculture. With looming water and energy shortages and the possibility of feeding a world population estimated to reach 9 billion by 2050, <span style="font-weight: bold;">the only logical solution that our nation can embrace is sustainability</span>. </p><p> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Fortunately, this Administration has allowed the voice of reason back into the USDA</span>. </p><p> With the naming of <a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?FoodDemocracyNow/dfa3fd3ce4/4d1a6e100e/153bcc41d3" target="_blank">Kathleen Merrigan as Deputy Secretary</a>, President Obama has heard the voice of the people. Not only was Deputy Secretary Merrigan one of <a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?FoodDemocracyNow/dfa3fd3ce4/4d1a6e100e/8d3767ff48" target="_blank">our Sustainable Dozen</a>, but she has also had a long and distinguished career in guiding positive change in agriculture, crafting the national organic standards and serving as the director of the Agriculture, Food and Environment Program at Tufts University. We are encouraged by her depth of knowledge and experience and committment to increasing opportunities for farmers. </p><p> During the cold winter months of December, January and February, when many thought that the future of agriculture was going to continue down the same old trodden path, members of the sustainable ag, farm and food community rallied at Food Democracy Now! to call for significant changes in U.S. agricultural policies that would benefit independent family farmers, protect the environment and return the right of safe and healthy food to America’s citizens </p><p>Because of your united efforts we have gained some significant changes at the USDA and beyond. Not only was Merrigan named as the USDA Deputy Secretary, but <a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?FoodDemocracyNow/dfa3fd3ce4/4d1a6e100e/d4f22b68f3/contentidonly=true&contentid=2009/04/0102.xml" target="_blank">Iowa native Doug O’Brien</a>, also a member of the Sustainable Dozen, was chosen to serve as Merrigan’s Chief of Staff. </p><p> In addition, another member of the Sustainable Dozen, Drake University professor Neil Hamilton, a fellow Iowan, was named as <a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?FoodDemocracyNow/dfa3fd3ce4/4d1a6e100e/0e2a908838/FromPage=SpeakerList.aspx&ContactID=1012814&IndexInList=6" target="_blank">an informal advisor</a> to Secretary Vilsack. </p><p> While we’d love to take credit for their selection, really it's a testament to your commitment in helping create an atmosphere where more sustainable choices were encouraged at the USDA. By coming together and presenting a united voice to the Administration, <span style="font-weight: bold;">our community has shown what we can do</span> when we work together towards a common goal. </p><p> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Changing the Future of Agriculure </span> </p><p> These selections will have a positive influence on the future of agriculture in the U.S., helping end the revolving door between government and corporations and returning the USDA to “The People’s Department” as originally envisioned by President Lincoln. </p><p> Now more than ever, it’s important that we continue to work together to help this Administration create positive change. And while we may sometimes disagree, it’s vital that we stay involved to educate leaders and citizens on how important sustainable solutions will be for our collective future. </p><p> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Now is the time to plant the seeds</span> for a truly sustainable food system for the 21st century. There will be trials ahead, but like all the great challenges in the history of our nation, these challenges will be met with enthusiasm and a spirit of cooperation to achieve a common goal. </p><p>At Food Democracy Now!, we firmly believe that a nation that can put a man on the moon will be able to meet the challenges of implementing sustainable practices in agriculture and other endeavors. </p><p> Sustainability is the future… It is ours to make together. </p><p> Let's put our shoulder to the wheel. </p><p> Many Thanks,<br /> Food Democracy Now! </p><p> If you’d like to see Food Democracy Now!’s grassroots work continue, please <a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?FoodDemocracyNow/dfa3fd3ce4/4d1a6e100e/440dac7d82" target="_blank">consider donating as little as $10 or $25</a>.<br /> <a href="http://www.fooddemocracynow.org/donate/" target="_blank">http://www.fooddemocracynow.org/donate/</a> </p></blockquote><p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://make_it_happen.posterous.com/a-long-letter-from-food-democracy-now">Stephanie Posterizes The Cloud</a> </p> <div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit our website: flatbushfarmshare.com</div>Stephanie Pereirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17863471875244650605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289353423154063435.post-26620748268720399352009-04-29T09:41:00.000-07:002009-04-29T09:42:52.563-07:00Green Renter Lecture Series: Dispatches from the White House Organic Farm Project<div class="event-summary-expanded" id="pkv8idm9kbjgc41p0nc2901d24_20090504T230000Z-20090504" onmousedown="gcal$func$[14](this);return false;">Monday, May 4<span class="event-time" alt="Mon, May 4, 7pm – 9pm" title="Mon, May 4, 7pm – 9pm">, 7:00pm<br /></span><div class="detail-item"><span class="event-details-label">Where</span><span class="event-where">Solar One, East 23rd Street at FDR Drive, Manhattan (<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=Solar%20One%2C%20East%2023rd%20Street%20at%20FDR%20Drive%2C%20Manhattan" class="menu-link" target="_blank">map</a>)</span></div> </div><div class="detail-item"><br /></div> <div class="detail-item"><span class="event-details-label"></span><span class="event-description">Green Renter Lecture Series: Dispatches from the White House Organic Farm Project with Daniel Bowman Simon Last year, Daniel Bowman Simon began The White House Organic Farm Project (TheWhoFarm), a quixotic quest to petition the winner of the 2008 presidential election to grow food on the White House lawn. After Waiting For Apples, a solar-powered publicity stunt held outside of Apple’s flagship store on 5th Avenue in Manhattan, Daniel and his friend Casey traveled across twenty-five states and ultimately to the nation’s capital on an upside-down school bus with a rooftop vegetable garden. Everywhere they went they talked to folks of all walks to raise awareness about the White House’s edible landscape potential, and gathered heaps of signatures in support of the project. As improbable as their vision may have seemed at the outset, it is in fact, in both spirit and objective, not unlike what has actually come to pass since the White House’s current occupant has taken up residence. On March 20th, with the help of a class of DC elementary school students, First Lady Michelle Obama broke ground on an 1,100 square foot vegetable garden at The White House. Since her announcement, the First Lady of California and the Mayor of Baltimore have announced plans for their own vegetable gardens. In this presentation Daniel will share a colorful account of his experiences on the road in 2008, discuss what motivated him to pursue the project in the first place, and talk about his most recent (and more local) agrarian ambitions: a small vegetable garden at New York’s City Hall. For more information on Daniel's project, visit www.thewhofarm.<wbr>org</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit our website: flatbushfarmshare.com</div>Stephanie Pereirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17863471875244650605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289353423154063435.post-43853552714486880642009-04-22T04:31:00.001-07:002009-04-22T04:31:25.715-07:00food truths<br /><object height="417" width="500"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QqQVll-MP3I&rel=1&ap=%2526fmt%3D18" /></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QqQVll-MP3I&rel=1&ap=%2526fmt%3D18" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="417" wmode="transparent" width="500"></embed></object><br /><div><br />more on the movie: <a href="http://www.takepart.com/foodinc/" target="_blank">http://www.takepart.com/foodinc/</a><font color="#888888"><br /> </font></div><p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://make_it_happen.posterous.com/food-truths">Stephanie Posterizes The Cloud</a> </p> <div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit our website: flatbushfarmshare.com</div>Stephanie Pereirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17863471875244650605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289353423154063435.post-89464351781628588512009-04-18T21:23:00.001-07:002009-04-18T21:23:58.913-07:00___ food movement leaders have their say, in under 5 min.<br /><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.takepart.com/" target="_blank">TakePart</a> and <a href="http://www.grist.org/" target="_blank">Grist.org</a> got together at the Slow Food Nation Convention in San Francisco recently to talk to leaders in the Food Movement. Listen to what they have to say and <a href="http://blogs.takepart.com/2008/08/20/hungry-for-change-our-10-tips-give-us-yours/" target="_blank">let them know your thoughts</a>.</p><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Watch videos with </b></div> <h2 style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); text-align: center;"> <b>Eric Schlosser, </b><b>Jennifer Fearing, </b><b>Andrew Kimbrell, </b><b>Deborah Koons Garcia, </b><b>Wes Jackson, </b><b>Raj Patel, </b><b>Dan Barber, and </b><b>Anna Lappé</b></h2> <div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://www.takepart.com/foodinc/hungry_for_change.php" target="_blank">http://www.takepart.com/foodinc/hungry_for_change.php</a></b><br /></div><p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://make_it_happen.posterous.com/-food-movement-leaders-have-their-say-in-unde">Stephanie Posterizes The Cloud</a> </p> <div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit our website: flatbushfarmshare.com</div>Stephanie Pereirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17863471875244650605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289353423154063435.post-72812656706841969572009-04-04T06:48:00.001-07:002009-04-04T06:48:18.044-07:00<b>May 27 - <a href="http://app.bronto.com/public/?q=ulink&fn=Link&ssid=42&id=bywwh19v0f8j9mjdahg6mtzghy1qf&id2=ehvq7mt86avmbctzrwv00pjlm0v67" target="_blank">Shortening the Food Chain: Agriculture in Urban Centers</a></b><br /> One way to deal with climate change and the resources demands that traditional agriculture make could be to grow food in the urban centers where the majority of people now live. This event will look at potential strategies, including "vertical farms."<div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit our website: flatbushfarmshare.com</div>Stephanie Pereirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17863471875244650605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289353423154063435.post-60594071990301367542009-03-24T08:03:00.001-07:002009-03-24T08:03:13.656-07:00
21st Century Plowshare: Pecha Kucha Tonight! <br /><div> Well - I went to the event I posted yesterday Pecha Kucha - It was a great time. The presentations were so diverse, the sustaining thread being PROJECTS! SO - Energy, vision, making it happen, etc were all messages of the day. People power, human inquiry, graphic messages, were the materials.<br /><br /> Deborah Fisher from 21st Century Plowshare posted a list of presenters and links to their projects.<br /><br /> <div class="posterous_quote_citation"> Check it out, get real. <a href="http://www.21stcenturyplowshare.com/2009/03/pecha-kucha-tonight.html">21stcenturyplowshare.com</a></div> <p></p></div><p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://make_it_happen.posterous.com/21st-century-plowshare-pecha-kucha-tonight">Stephanie Posterizes The Cloud</a> </p> <div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit our website: flatbushfarmshare.com</div>Stephanie Pereirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17863471875244650605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289353423154063435.post-53330025295298472432009-03-13T09:24:00.001-07:002009-03-16T14:15:01.139-07:0025th Annual GreenThumb GrowTogether<div> <blockquote class="posterous_long_quote"><div><strong>Saturday, March 21, 2009</strong><p><abbr title="2009-03-21T09:00:00-04:00"> <strong>9:00 a.m.</strong></abbr>–<abbr title="2009-03-21T16:00:00-04:00"><strong>4:00 p.m.</strong></abbr></p></div><div><div><a href="http://www.blogger.com/web/events/controller/send_mail.php?c=2009-03-12&k=growtogether&search=1&height=470&width=500&modal=true&sendmailid=165574">Email this Event</a></div><div><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2289353423154063435&postID=5333002529529847243#">Add to Calendar</a></div><ul style="display: none;"><li><a href="http://www.blogger.com/web/events/controller/outlook.php?id=165574"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/common_images/events_icons/add_event.gif" alt="Add to" height="17" width="20" /> Outlook</a></li><li><a href="http://calendar.yahoo.com/?v=60&title=25th+Annual+GreenThumb+GrowTogether&desc=You+are+invited+on+March+21+to+join+a+thousand+community+gardeners+and+greening+professionals+from+all+over+New%26nbsp%3BYork...%0AMore%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nycgovparks.org%2Fsub_things_to_do%2Fupcoming_events%2Fevents.php%3Fid%3D165574&st=20090321T130000Z&dur=0700&in_loc=&url=www.nycgovparks.org"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/common_images/events_icons/add_event.gif" alt="Add to" height="17" width="20" /> Yahoo! Calendar</a></li><li><a href="http://www.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&text=25th+Annual+GreenThumb+GrowTogether&details=You+are+invited+on+March+21+to+join+a+thousand+community+gardeners+and+greening+professionals+from+all+over+New%26nbsp%3BYork%26hellip%3B%0AMore%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nycgovparks.org%2Fsub_things_to_do%2Fupcoming_events%2Fevents.php%3Fid%3D165574&dates=20090321T130000Z/20090321T200000Z&sprop=name:New+York+City+Department+of+Parks+%26+Recreation&sprop=website:www.nycgovparks.org&location="><img src="http://www.blogger.com/common_images/events_icons/add_event.gif" alt="Add to" height="17" width="20" /> Google Calendar</a></li><li><a href="http://www.blogger.com/web/events/controller/iCal.php?id=165574"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/common_images/events_icons/add_event.gif" alt="Add to" height="17" width="20" /> iCal</a></li></ul></div><div><p>You are invited on March 21 to join a thousand community gardeners and greening professionals from all over New York City for a day of learning, sharing, networking, and greening inspiration at the 25th Annual GreenThumb GrowTogether!</p> <p>Not only is it the 25th Annual GrowTogether, but this year also makes 30 years since GreenThumb began. This year's workshop schedule is full of fun, interesting, and educational workshops for all ages. Highlights include special anniversary events and return dance performances by the American Ballroom Theatre Youth Dance Company, the youth dancers that inspired the hit documentary <span style="font-style: italic;">Mad Hot Ballroom</span>.<br /></p><p>Pre-register by March 10:</p><p>$3: Breakfast, workshop, lunch, t-shirt<br /></p><p>Register at the door on March 21:</p><p>$5: breakfast and workshop<br /></p><p>If you do not register, you are not guaranteed lunch or t-shirt, however, t-shirts can be purchased seperately.</p></div><h3>Location</h3><div><p><span>Hostos Community College</span><br />Bronx</p></div><h3>Contact Number</h3><p>(212) 788-8073</p></blockquote><div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://nycgovparks.org/sub_things_to_do/upcoming_events/events_search.php?c=2009-03-12&k=growtogether&search=1&id=165574">nycgovparks.org</a></div> <p>[BEST deal in the city. Get your garden on!]</p></div><p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com/">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://make_it_happen.posterous.com/25th-annual-greenthumb-growtogether">Stephanie Posterizes The Cloud</a> </p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit our website: flatbushfarmshare.com</div>Stephanie Pereirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17863471875244650605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289353423154063435.post-19167820613394945802009-03-09T20:42:00.001-07:002009-03-09T20:42:46.874-07:00
Pretty Girl. <br /><div>via CivilEats.com<br /></div>March 5th, 2009 By Rose Hayden-Smith <div> <div style="margin: 0pt 0pt 12px; float: left;"><a href="http://civileats.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/ourlifegarden.jpg" target="_blank"><img title="ourlifegarden" src="http://civileats.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/ourlifegarden-199x300.jpg" height="300" alt="ourlifegarden" width="199" /></a></div> <p>Practical and prophetic, particular and poetic, and entirely personal, this is how I would describe <i>Our Life in Gardens</i>. Composed of nearly 50 essays arranged in alphabetical order, the book is termed by its authors a “gypsy trunk of this and that.” I’d think of it more as an old-time curiosity cabinet, a curio full of treasures to be pulled out and carefully savored, one by one. Part memoir, and part garden how-to, it is a completely engaging book to enjoy, perhaps while sitting in a favorite chair in the garden on a sunny afternoon, or by the fire on a cool, wet day, when gardening might be more of an intellectual pursuit. <a href="http://civileats.com/2009/03/05/our-life-in-gardens-living-for-plants/#more-2479" target="_blank">Read More</a></p> </div><p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://make_it_happen.posterous.com/pretty-girl-1">Stephanie Posterizes The Cloud</a> </p> <div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit our website: flatbushfarmshare.com</div>Stephanie Pereirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17863471875244650605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289353423154063435.post-58260893746488626122009-03-08T13:07:00.001-07:002009-03-22T10:52:39.351-07:00Sign-Up Now for a new CSA in Brooklyn<div><div style="background-color: rgb(240, 240, 240);"><br /><div style="margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt;"> <table style="border: 1px solid rgb(239, 239, 239); margin: 0pt auto; background: rgb(255, 255, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0pt;" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="590"> <tbody><tr> <td style="margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt;"> <table style="margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0pt; font-family: Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; width: 405px; height: 80px;" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt;"> <a href="http://madmimi.com/redirects/bb2f5909e7c26e2b390a77c8426d5fca?pa=60401979" style="color: rgb(0, 127, 255);" target="_blank"> <img src="http://madmimi.com/system/promotion_images/0003/7177/FarmshareHeader.gif" alt="Farmshareheader" style="border: 0pt none ; width: 500px; height: 150px;" /></a> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table style="margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0pt; font-family: Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; width: 500px; height: 902px;" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr valign="top"> <td style="margin: 0pt; padding: 8px 18px;" width="566"> <div style="margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; clear: both;"><div style="margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt;"><h2 style="margin: 10px 0pt; padding: 0pt; color: rgb(255, 20, 147); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2em;"> SIGN-UP NOW:<br />Flatbush Farm Share, a new CSA in Brooklyn</h2></div></div><div style="margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; clear: both;"><div style="margin: 0pt 0pt 15px 20px; padding: 10px 0pt 0pt; float: right; width: 186px;"><a href="http://madmimi.com/redirects/af550749020df661adfa459c0bb24850?pa=60401979" style="color: rgb(0, 127, 255);" target="_blank"><img src="http://madmimi.com/system/promotion_images/0003/8169/FotoFarmer.jpg" style="border: 0pt none ;" align="right" height="279" width="186" /></a><p style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1.5em; padding: 0pt; clear: both; color: rgb(58, 53, 42); font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: left; width: 186px;"> Some our our CSA Core Group members with Chris, owner of the Farm at Miller's Crossing, and his son; Paula from Just Food; and Carette and Josh (VISTA volunteer) from NYC Coalition against Hunger.</p></div><div style="margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt;"> <h1 style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px; padding: 0pt; color: rgb(13, 223, 113); font-family: Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.3em;">FRESH ORGANIC PRODUCE AT A PRICE YOU CAN AFFORD!</h1> <h2 style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px; padding: 0pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2em;">CSA: Community Supported Agriculture.</h2> <p style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1.3em; padding: 3px 0pt 0pt; color: rgb(58, 53, 42); font-family: Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: left;">A CSA is an opportunity for a group of people to form a direct relationship with a local farmer. Members of a CSA directly benefit by paying less for their produce - 20% savings in an average year - and by getting a weekly delivery of organic produce fresh from the earth. In exchange, CSA members make a financial commitment to a local farm by purchasing a share of its crops before the start of a season. This investment supports farm operating costs, and guarantees a buyer for their harvest. A CSA is great for you, for your community, for the local economy, and for the environment.</p> <p style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1.3em; padding: 3px 0pt 0pt; color: rgb(58, 53, 42); font-family: Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: left;"><b style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;">FLATBUSH FARM SHARE</b><br /> <b style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;">Distribution site:</b> <a href="http://madmimi.com/redirects/30e309b6e83d750041ba1339799cad46?pa=60401979" style="color: rgb(0, 127, 255); text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Flatbush Reformed Church</a><br />(at Flatbush Ave and Church St)<br /><b style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;">Share Pick-up:</b> Wednesdays, June 3 - October 28, from 5-8pm<br /><i style="font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;">Parking lot on site, blocks from Church Ave Q & B train, and the 41 and 35 bus routes.</i></p> <p style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1.3em; padding: 3px 0pt 0pt; color: rgb(58, 53, 42); font-family: Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: left;"><b style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;">The mission of Flatbush Farm Share is to make fresh, organic, produce available to any Brooklyn resident, regardless of economic status.</b> We have 100 shares available for all income levels, and a generous subsidy program for low-income members. By joining our CSA, you are not only subscribing to a weekly basket of the most affordable, fresh, organic produce available, and supporting a family-owned farm, you are also making our mission a reality.</p> <p style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1.3em; padding: 3px 0pt 0pt; color: rgb(58, 53, 42); font-family: Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: left;"><b style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;">To become a member of the Flatbush Farm Share CSA, start by completing the form <a href="http://madmimi.com/redirects/08944b6a30b8ddef579ff0da3a2956f2?pa=60401979" style="color: rgb(0, 127, 255); text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">here</a>!</b><br />Find more information at <a href="http://madmimi.com/redirects/af550749020df661adfa459c0bb24850?pa=60401979" style="color: rgb(0, 127, 255); text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">www.flatbushfarmshare.com</a></p> <p style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1.3em; padding: 3px 0pt 0pt; color: rgb(58, 53, 42); font-family: Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: left;">Looking forward!<br />Stephanie Pereira<br />Member of the Flatbush Farm Share CSA Core Group</p> <p style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1.3em; padding: 3px 0pt 0pt; color: rgb(58, 53, 42); font-family: Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: left;">Our partners: <a href="http://madmimi.com/redirects/1ef0185148fb9ba54c38bfb42926b23f?pa=60401979" style="color: rgb(0, 127, 255); text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Hunger Action Network of New York State</a>, <a href="http://madmimi.com/redirects/883c1b1b528c36f1490351bcbb28116f?pa=60401979" style="color: rgb(0, 127, 255); text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Just Food</a>, <a href="http://madmimi.com/redirects/dbbcf7cdda0b2e8d4e3ec18b50d07dcd?pa=60401979" style="color: rgb(0, 127, 255); text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">NYC Coalition Against Hunger</a>. Our farm partner is the <a href="http://madmimi.com/redirects/e2a5e62298d4f0e492ebed4b17551892?pa=60401979" style="color: rgb(0, 127, 255); text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Farm at Miller's Crossing</a>, a family owned and operated farm outside of Hudson, NY.</p> </div></div> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table style="margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0pt; font-family: Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; width: 500px; height: 32px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="margin: 0pt; padding: 10px; background-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;" width="590"> <div style="margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Helvetica;">©2009 Making it Happen | New York City</div> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div></div> </div><p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com/">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://make_it_happen.posterous.com/sign-up-now-for-a-new-csa-in-b">Stephanie Posterizes The Cloud</a> </p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit our website: flatbushfarmshare.com</div>Stephanie Pereirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17863471875244650605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289353423154063435.post-31351555307394279942009-03-02T10:42:00.000-08:002009-03-16T13:33:08.876-07:00And one more from Organic Bytes<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=S9Y85AMb2XdS2iPWd%2FWxcJXTTtPtmlyX" target="_blank">Study-- Conventionally Grown Vegetables Have Significantly Lower Nutrient Value Than Organics:</a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">The February issue of the Journal of HortScience reports the average vegetable found in today's supermarket is anywhere from 5% to 40% lower in minerals than those harvested just 50 years ago. As Davis points out, more than three billion people around the world suffer from malnourishment and yet, ironically, efforts to increase food production have actually produced food that is less nourishing. If you're still not buying the whole "organic-is-better" argument, this study might convince you otherwise... </span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit our website: flatbushfarmshare.com</div>Stephanie Pereirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17863471875244650605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289353423154063435.post-39609310371183074372009-03-02T10:40:00.000-08:002009-03-16T13:33:52.690-07:00More Organic Bytes: Share your Nat'l Organic Action Plan<table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="background-color: rgb(140, 153, 81); color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-decoration: none; font-size: 10pt;" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" background="http://www.organicconsumers.org/images/bytes/hitechbar7.gif" bgcolor="#8c9951" height="20" width="100%"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><b>Share Your Organic Vision for a U.S. National Organic Action Plan</b><br /> </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top" width="100%"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" > <img alt="" src="http://www.organicconsumers.org/images/bytes/noap.jpg" align="left" border="0" hspace="5" vspace="5" /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">This week, OCA's Alexis Baden-Mayer is in LaCrosse, WI at the U.S. National Organic Action Plan summit where a grassroots group of organic producers and consumers discussed the creation of a coordinated plan articulating a shared vision, set objectives and benchmarks for measuring organic agriculture's social and environmental benefits, and proposals for the future growth of U.S. organic food and agriculture for the next decade and beyond. Countries all over the world have developed and implemented national organic action plans with clear targets, benchmarks, and protocols to facilitate public accountability of agricultural policies. The U.S. National Organic Action Plan builds on this experience, but it is driven by a non-governmental group of grassroots participants. </span><br /> <br /> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Bl8OnE0JD%2FsjWefKTbaaDZXTTtPtmlyX" target="_blank">Read more and share your vision for the National Organic Action Plan</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit our website: flatbushfarmshare.com</div>Stephanie Pereirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17863471875244650605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289353423154063435.post-60145901684386976502009-03-02T10:36:00.000-08:002009-03-16T13:34:41.481-07:00Via: Organic Consumer's Association newsletter<table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="background-color: rgb(140, 153, 81); color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-decoration: none; font-size: 10pt;" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" background="http://www.organicconsumers.org/images/bytes/hitechbar7.gif" bgcolor="#8c9951" height="20" width="100%"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><b>Web Videos of the Week:<br /> "Meet the Farmer" TV<br /> </b></span></td> </tr> <tr style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> <td rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top" width="100%" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" > <img alt="" src="http://www.organicconsumers.org/images/bytes/farmertv.jpg" align="left" border="0" hspace="5" vspace="5" /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">This new program looks at the links between eating local and the costs of not doing so. Explore the business of small family farms, and the health benefits derived from eating organic, not to mention the economic benefits to the community from supporting local farms. We've posted two of these half-hour programs to our website for your viewing. Watch how one family starts up their own small farming operation from scratch. In the second episode, watch how this group of people fulfills Obama's request to U.S. citizens to begin volunteering one day per week when they start getting involved helping out at a local sustainable farm.</span><br /> <br /> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=t8jS7QyZCI3HQnB9HZAl3ZXTTtPtmlyX" target="_blank">Watch</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit our website: flatbushfarmshare.com</div>Stephanie Pereirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17863471875244650605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289353423154063435.post-336392710357102712009-02-20T07:27:00.001-08:002009-03-16T13:35:11.989-07:00Op-ed about school lunch in the New York TimesFrom the Chez Panisse Foundation:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/20/opinion/20waters.html?emc=eta1">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/20/opinion/20waters.html?emc=eta1</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit our website: flatbushfarmshare.com</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289353423154063435.post-13567115058342310082009-02-18T08:26:00.001-08:002009-02-18T08:26:43.957-08:00
A First-Timer’s Guide to WWOOF-ing <br /><div> <img src="http://matadornetwork.cachefly.net/matadorchange.com/docs//wp-content/images/posts/20080507-garden.jpg" height="270" width="360" /><div class="posterous_quote_citation"> A First-Timer’s Guide to WWOOF-ing.<br /> If you’re seeking a deeper connection to the land and local economy, WWOOF-ing takes you right to the source. <br /><br />via <a href="http://matadorchange.com/a-first-timers-gudie-to-wwoof-ing/">matadorchange.com</a></div> <p></p></div><p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://make_it_happen.posterous.com/a-first-timers-guide-to-wwoof">Stephanie Posterizes The Cloud</a> </p> <div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit our website: flatbushfarmshare.com</div>Stephanie Pereirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17863471875244650605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289353423154063435.post-30776679363052035792009-02-17T08:35:00.000-08:002009-02-17T08:38:16.051-08:00Anti-coal protest in DC on March 2nd.Wendell Berry and Bill McKibben have planned a day of civil disobedience outside a coal-fired power plant near Capitol Hill:<br /><br />http://eatthestate.org/13-11/LetterfromWendell.htm<br />http://www.capitolclimateaction.com/<br /><br />Spread the word!<div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit our website: flatbushfarmshare.com</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289353423154063435.post-10225670185265566092009-01-31T15:30:00.001-08:002009-01-31T15:37:21.956-08:00Act Local<span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:78%;" >[shout-out to Ryan, whose chat message pointed me to this website]</span><br /><i><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="background-color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">VIDEOS: Urban Agriculture: East New York</span><br /> </span></i><span style="font-size:130%;">each link below will take you to one of the five video chapters</span><i><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-size:medium;"></span></span><br />"</i><i>Urban Agriculture: East New York is a documentary video in five chapters that explains how East New York's urban agriculture movement evolved. Each chapter is dedicated to one piece of a </i><i>complicated process: a portrait of a veteran </i><i><a href="http://urbanomnibus.net/2009/01/eastnewyorklocalfarmers/" target="_blank">local farmer</a> </i><i>in her garden; a trip to the <a href="http://urbanomnibus.net/2009/01/eastnewyorkfarmersmarket/" target="_blank">East New York farmer's market</a></i><i>; a look at <a href="http://urbanomnibus.net/2009/01/urban-agriculture-east-new-york-asset-mapping" target="_blank">asset mapping</a></i><i> analysis by the Pratt Center; <a href="http://urbanomnibus.net/site/2008/12/east-new-york-urban-agriculture-land-transfers" target="_blank">land transfers</a></i><i> from HPD to Green Thumb; and the investment in the neighborhood's youth made by agricultural organizers and experts</i>"<br /><br />See the original page: <a href="http://urbanomnibus.net/tag/east-new-york/">http://urbanomnibus.net/tag/east-new-york/</a><br /><p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com/">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://make_it_happen.posterous.com/act-local">Stephanie Posterizes The Cloud</a> </p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit our website: flatbushfarmshare.com</div>Stephanie Pereirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17863471875244650605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289353423154063435.post-64974704109395059182009-01-28T11:10:00.001-08:002009-01-28T11:11:55.242-08:00Meeting tonight at the Flatbush Reformed Church!Reminder from Veda and Amy: tonight's Flatbush CSA meeting will take place at the Flatbush Reformed Church at 890 Flatbush Avenue on the corner of Flatbush and Church Avenues at 7pm tonight (Wednesday 1/28). This will be a chance for the core group to talk about roles and to meet our project partners at the NYC Coalition Against Hunger. <br /><br />See you there!<div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit our website: flatbushfarmshare.com</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289353423154063435.post-23998495790188631672009-01-28T10:56:00.000-08:002009-01-28T10:58:19.969-08:00Lucky Dog Farm Fundraiser on February 8.At the coop general meeting last night, a couple people spoke about a farmland preservation effort in Delaware County, New York. The people organizing the effort are from Lucky Dog Farm, and they are trying to raise money ($40k) to get a matching grant from New York State to purchase the farmland adjacent to theirs in order to protect it from development. It's a compelling story for those of us who are interested in farmland preservation!<br /><br />http://www.applewoodny.com/events.html<br />http://luckydogorganic.com/index.html<br />http://www.nycwatershed.org/lc_crep_archive_lucky.html<div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit our website: flatbushfarmshare.com</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0