Nov 9: Bronx Food & Sustainability Coalition Meeting-Bronx Urban Agriculture/"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
 
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.  the fingerprinting mandate for food stamps.

 
See you soon,
Regina Ginyard

Founder, Bronx Food & Sustainability Coalition
Co-Founder & Urban Farmer, La Finca Del Sur (1st women-led urban farm-South Bronx)

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