Farm City Forum - Session 3 - Just Food
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Building a just and sustainable food system in the New York City region Just Food
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On 09/25/2010, Jacquie Berger, Director of Just Food, presented the various programs of her organization that support urban agriculture. Farm City Forum concluded Farm City, a three-week series of events exploring the possibilities for urban agriculture in the current reality of NYC as part of Crossing the Line: FIAF Fall Festival from 9/12 to 9/25/2010. Farm City Forum took the format of an “unconference,” a lively participant-driven series of discussions exploring how to shape the future of urban agriculture. Three Sessions, each with its own distinct approach, brought together artists, farmers, urban planners, architects, food activists, and authors. The Primary Goal of the Forum was to engage participants in a visioning process about transformative possibilities of urban agriculture as a means to generate new thinking and experimental action positively impacting a more sustainable future. The Forum's Secondary Goal was to explore how artistic interventions transform and illuminate urban agricultural endeavors and vice versa.
Transcript of Farm City Forum - Session 3 - Just Food
Building a just and sustainable food system in the New York City region
Just Food
I believe that he who controls your
bread basket controls your
destiny.
-Abu Talib, Taqwa Community Farm
Just Food’s Programs
• Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)
• Fresh Food for All• Community Food Education• Food Justice
• The City Farms
The City Farms
Increasing the amount of food grown and distributed in New
York City
The City Farms• Training of Trainers• Community Workshops• Donation Relationships• Chickens & Bees• Market Development
The City Farms MarketsA network of community-led farmers markets and gardens
La Familia Verde Farmers Market, Bronx
Donation RelationshipsBissel Gardens, Bronx
Magriachantie Garden, Harlem
Training of Trainers
Community Workshops
Medicinal Herbs, Yonnette Flemming
Canning, Classie Parker
Chickens & Bees in NYC!
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