21st Century Plowshare: Pecha Kucha Tonight!

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.

Deborah Fisher from 21st Century Plowshare posted a list of presenters and links to their projects.

Check it out, get real. 21stcenturyplowshare.com

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25th Annual GreenThumb GrowTogether

Saturday, March 21, 2009

9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.

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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!

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 Mad Hot Ballroom.

Pre-register by March 10:

$3: Breakfast, workshop, lunch, t-shirt

Register at the door on March 21:

$5: breakfast and workshop

If you do not register, you are not guaranteed lunch or t-shirt, however, t-shirts can be purchased seperately.

Location

Hostos Community College
Bronx

Contact Number

(212) 788-8073

via nycgovparks.org

[BEST deal in the city. Get your garden on!]

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Pretty Girl.

via CivilEats.com

March 5th, 2009  By Rose Hayden-Smith

Practical and prophetic, particular and poetic, and entirely personal, this is how I would describe Our Life in Gardens.  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. Read More

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Sign-Up Now for a new CSA in Brooklyn

SIGN-UP NOW: Flatbush Farm Share, a new CSA in Brooklyn 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. FRESH ORGANIC PRODUCE AT A PRICE YOU CAN AFFORD! CSA: Community Supported Agriculture. 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. FLATBUSH FARM SHARE Distribution site: Flatbush Reformed Church (at Flatbush Ave and Church St) Share Pick-up: Wednesdays, June 3 - October 28, from 5-8pm Parking lot on site, blocks from Church Ave Q & B train, and the 41 and 35 bus routes. The mission of Flatbush Farm Share is to make fresh, organic, produce available to any Brooklyn resident, regardless of economic status. 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. To become a member of the Flatbush Farm Share CSA, start by completing the form here! Find more information at www.flatbushfarmshare.com Looking forward! Stephanie Pereira Member of the Flatbush Farm Share CSA Core Group Our partners: Hunger Action Network of New York State, Just Food, NYC Coalition Against Hunger. Our farm partner is the Farm at Miller's Crossing, a family owned and operated farm outside of Hudson, NY. ©2009 Making it Happen | New York City

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And one more from Organic Bytes

Study-- Conventionally Grown Vegetables Have Significantly Lower Nutrient Value Than Organics:
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...

More Organic Bytes: Share your Nat'l Organic Action Plan

Share Your Organic Vision for a U.S. National Organic Action Plan

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. Read more and share your vision for the National Organic Action Plan

Via: Organic Consumer's Association newsletter

Web Videos of the Week: "Meet the Farmer" TV

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. Watch