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Farm School NYC September Newsletter

09/17/2023

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๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น ๐—ก๐—ฌ๐—– ๐—จ๐—ฝ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€
๐˜Š๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ
Citywide students recently completed Crop Management. They explored the best crops for NYCโ€™s climate, reviewed plant families and their specific needs, and imagined personalized creative crop plans. We share a special thanks to first-time FSNYC facilitators Grace and Ciara from Randallโ€™s Island Park Alliance Urban Farm. Stay tuned for updates next month as students begin preparing for winter!

๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜›๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜‰๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ด
Are you interested in high tunnels? Join our 5-WEEK course to explore high tunnels, their versatile uses, values, and styles. Learn all about site selection, construction, and maintenance, tailored to fit growing spaces in NYC. Learn [โ€ฆ]

September 17th, 2023|Categories: Events, External posts, Job postings, Newsletters|

Join the Labor Religion Coalition of New York State on Monday for a #HealthcareJustice Film Screening

09/08/2023

Youโ€™re invited to a screening of the new film, ๐™ƒ๐™š๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™๐™Ž, about the struggle for universal healthcare in the United States. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion, including the creators of the film, experts in the field, and organizers in the movement for universal healthcare.

During the panel, weโ€™ll be discussing how weโ€™re organizing to make healthcare a human right. This year, more than 68,000 Americans will die from a lack of access to adequate healthcare.

500,000 families will file for bankruptcy because of medical expenses. These numbers only represent a fraction of the trauma that millions of people experience every day in the American for-profit healthcare [โ€ฆ]

September 8th, 2023|Categories: Events, External posts|

Food as Medicine Watch (September 5, 2023)

09/06/2023

Original Center articles, news, research studies and events for the week of September 5, 2023
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๐—™๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—”๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€
โ€ข ยกMรกs Fresco! Plus: Produce Prescription Program Spotlight (foodmedcenter.org)
โ€ข UPMC Italy Nutrition Services: Food as Medicine in Healthcare Spotlight (foodmedcenter.org)

๐—™๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—”๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐——๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜
๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ด ๐˜”๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ
โ€ข Culinary Medicine and Healthy Ageing: A Comprehensive Review (Nutrition Research)
โ€ข Modern Home Cooking Practices, the Role of New Media, and Implications for Culinary Medicine: A Qualitative Study Among Mothers With Low Income (American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine)
โ€ข Local Food Systems and Health Interventions: An Exploratory Study of Farmers Perspectives on Food Prescription Programs [โ€ฆ]

September 6th, 2023|Categories: Events, External posts, Newsletters|

Your September Monthly Harvest from NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets is here!

09/06/2023

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๐“˜๐“ท ๐“ฃ๐“ฑ๐“ฒ๐“ผ ๐“˜๐“ผ๐“ผ๐“พ๐“ฎ
โ€ข Statewide News
โ€ข Taste NY Updates
โ€ข NYS Grown & Certified Updates
โ€ข Funding Opportunities
โ€ข Spotlight: #FindMeAtTheFair Winner Announced

๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—”๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—บ
As we turn the calendar to September, weโ€™re realizing autumn is just around the corner and itโ€™ll be time soon to explore all of New York Stateโ€™s great agritourism opportunities! From apples to pumpkins, to corn mazes and sunflower fields, and so much more, New York farms offer fun for all ages this fall.

Check out New Yorkโ€™s many u-pick farms and have some family fun while supporting your local farmer!

๐—›๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต
September is recognized nationally as Hunger Action Month, [โ€ฆ]

September 6th, 2023|Categories: Events, External posts, Grants, Newsletters|

September eNews from GardenShare

09/04/2023

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September is Hunger Action Month, when people across the United States come together to fight hunger. As Feeding America puts it; โ€œItโ€™s a month to spread the word and take action on the hunger crisis โ€” and dedicate ourselves to a solution.โ€ Around 15,430 St. Lawrence County residents, or 14.2% of the population, are food insecure โ€“ which can range from a reduction in food quality and variety to reduced food intake and disrupted eating patterns.

GardenShare has a collection of resources around the issues of hunger. Do you like books? Videos? Podcast? We got it all! Educate yourself with this [โ€ฆ]

September 4th, 2023|Categories: Events, External posts, Newsletters|

Capital Area Council of Churches 2023 Award Recipients, Ecumenical Dementia Friendly Service, Baptism Witnessing and Volunteering

08/29/2023
โ€ข ๐˜พ๐˜ผ๐˜พ๐˜พ ๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š๐™จ 2023 ๐˜ผ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ง๐™™ ๐™๐™š๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™จ
Recognizing outstanding members of the community at our Annual Fall Dinner and Awards Celebration is a highlight each year for the Capital Area Council of Churches. The recipients listed below are outstanding people and CACC is proud to honor them on October 11, at the Italian American Community Center.

Recipients:
โ—˜ William B. Hedberg, PhD โ€“ CACC Board Member & Treasurer
โ—˜ Angela Warner โ€“ St. Vincentโ€™s Food Pantry
โ—˜ Rev. Robert Long โ€“ Retired United Methodist Pastor
โ—˜ Rabbi Rena Kieval โ€“ Kieval Institute for Jewish-Christian Studies at Siena
โ—˜ Uzma Popal โ€“ Director of Muslim Soup Kitchen Project

๐˜‘๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ
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August 29th, 2023|Categories: Events, External posts, News from HANNYS, Newsletters|

Join GardenShare in Fighting Hunger in St. Lawrence County!

08/23/2023

September is Hunger Action Month, and in St. Lawrence County hunger action is still needed. Get your sneakers ready for our annual ๐™๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ ๐™ƒ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š๐™ง ๐™๐™–๐™ž๐™ง ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ 5๐™† ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐˜พ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ฃโ€™๐™จ ๐™‘๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก๐™–๐™œ๐™š ๐™‹๐™–๐™ง๐™  ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™Ž๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ, ๐™Ž๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ข๐™—๐™š๐™ง 17๐™ฉ๐™, 2023 ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข 12:30-3:30๐™ฅ๐™ข!

This fantastic family-fun event focuses on raising awareness for Hunger Action Month. Experience a day filled with a variety of food-centered activities, community partnerships, and the option to participate in a 5K race or a 1-mile Veggie Adventure Run.

Registration for the 5K is now open! The race will begin at Cantonโ€™s Village Park around 1:00pm; runners and walkers of all ages and levels are encouraged to participate. You may sign up [โ€ฆ]

August 23rd, 2023|Categories: Events, External posts, Newsletters|

Food as Medicine Watch (August 22, 2023)

08/23/2023

๐—™๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต (๐—”๐˜‚๐—ด๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ)
Original Center articles, news, research studies and events for the week of August 22, 2023
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๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—”๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜
โ€ข Ultra Processed Foods: A discussion with Dr. Marion Nestle (Food Politics / NYU Professor Emerita) and Dr. Kevin Hall (National Institutes of Health)
โ€“ September 18, 2023 @ 9:30AM โ€“ 10:30AM
โ€“ This is a FREE EVENT. Please RSVP HERE.

๐—™๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—”๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€
โ€ข Food Fighting and Curing Disease Series: Scurvy (foodmedcenter.org)
โ€ข Brighter Bites and UT Physicians Produce Prescription Program Spotlight (foodmedcenter.org)

๐—™๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—”๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐——๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜
๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด
โ€ข Gluten and Brain Health: [โ€ฆ]

August 23rd, 2023|Categories: Events, External posts, Newsletters|

Farm School NYC August Newsletter

08/16/2023

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๐˜พ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™™๐™š ๐™‹๐™ง๐™ค๐™œ๐™ง๐™–๐™ข
Citywide students recently completed Irrigation and moved into Crop Management. During Irrigation, they enjoyed touring Morning Glory Garden in The Bronx and Brooklynโ€™s Red Hook Farms, better understanding the watering methods of the unique growing spaces and why. Students also worked together, familiarizing themselves with the parts of a drip irrigation system. See the photo below, captured by a current student, of a hands-on practice build at Red Hook Farms. We thank our co-facilitators, Jane and Maya, as well as our sites and guides, Cayla, Aazam, and Brendan.

Making their way through Crop Management, students are exploring the best crops for [โ€ฆ]

August 16th, 2023|Categories: Events, External posts, Job postings, Newsletters|

August eNews from GardenShare

08/06/2023

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๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐˜. ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ!
Weโ€™re excited to announce that August 6 โ€“ 12 will be National Farmers Market Week! This yearโ€™s theme set by the Farmers Market Federation of NY, โ€œFarmers Markets Bring People Together,โ€ emphasizes how these markets promote building a community and connect patrons from diverse backgrounds.

Shopping at farmers markets is a direct way of supporting local farmers, allowing them to continue to provide outstanding produce and artisanal goods while keeping money within the local economy. To celebrate, weโ€™ll feature unique vendors daily on our Facebook page throughout the week. Join us [โ€ฆ]

August 6th, 2023|Categories: Events, External posts, Newsletters|

Help the United Way of the Greater Capital Region Summer Meals Collaborative advocate for free, healthy meals for kids and teens

08/04/2023
๐—›๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ United Way of the Greater Capital Region ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ, ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€

The Summer Meals Collaborative works to ensure that kids are able to get the food they need. One of the most important ways we do that is through advocacy and public policy efforts. The Collaborative works with elected officials and government agencies to strengthen and improve access to the summer nutrition programs that help feed kids throughout the Capital Region and beyond. The 2023 Farm Bill, which will be taken up by Congress in the fall, includes nutrition programs that support Summer [โ€ฆ]

August 4th, 2023|Categories: Events, External posts, Newsletters|

Check out what Culinary Nutrition Collaborative will be cooking at the 6th Annual Culinary Nutrition Conference!

08/03/2023

There are ๐Ÿด ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ for the 6th Annual Culinary Nutrition Conference!

Featuring sessions on a diverse range of hot topics given by expert RDs, MDs, and chefs, this is not to be missed! All sessions will be recorded for those that are not able to join live.

All registrants have the option to attend virtually or in-person in New York City at The Institute of Culinary Education.

In-person attendees receive all the benefits of the virtual conference, plus an exclusive hands-on experience at one of the leading culinary schools in the country. Join us in NYC where you will cook directly alongside the presenters, enjoy networking opportunities, and [โ€ฆ]

August 3rd, 2023|Categories: Events, External posts|