TONIGHT@6:30pm: Meeting - Bronx Food & Sustainability Coalition- Bronx Urban Farms/ "Drop Fingerprinting Mandate for Food Stamps" Campaign/ Food Policy Update

[Bronx Food Summit]

November 9: Bronx Urban Agriculture/ "Drop fingerprinting mandate for food stamps" campaign / Food Policy Update   Bronx Food & Sustainability Coalition Meeting (BxFSC) Date: November 9 @ 6:30pm Address: Mary Mitchell Center - 2007 Mapes Avenue, Bronx, NY 10460 (See directions below)   Join us on Tuesday, November 9th as we welcome Karen Washington, lifelong Bronx urban gardener and President of the New York City Community Garden Coalition.  Karen will discuss how community gardens can play a vital role in combating food insecurity, promoting healthy diets and providing an untapped source for green jobs. She will also discuss the new rules for community gardens issued out by the Bloomberg Administration. Afterwards - The BxFSC Food Policy Committee will provide policy outcomes from our last meeting and  action plan inc.  dropping the fingerprinting mandate for food stamps campaign.   See you tonight, Regina Ginyard Founder, Bronx Food & Sustainability Coalition Co-Founder & Urban Farmer, La Finca Del Sur (1st Women-Led Urban Farm-South Bronx) -- ............... Bronx Food Summit Hosted by Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. www.bronxfood.org  Directions to Mary Mitchell Center:   There are many ways to get to the MMC.  The 9 bus stops at Southern Blv. and 180th St., the 19 bus stops at 179th and Southern Blvd., The 41 and 40 buses stop at Tremont and Crotona (from the west) or Tremont and Southern Blvd. (from the east)  The 5 and 2 trains stop at E. Tremont / W. Farms and you can walk or take the bus along tremont to Southern.  The Center is located at 2007 Mapes Ave. at the corner of 178th Street.  We are two blocks west of Southern Blvd. and two blocks east of Crotona Ave. If you are on Temont once you get to Mapes go one block north to 178th St.  If you are at Southern you can go to 178th and turn west and go two blocks.  You can always check out Hopstop.com for public transportation routes from your location!  See you tomorrow

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Bronx Food Summit
Hosted by Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr.
www.bronxfood.org