Save the dates: Oct 26-PlanNYCBronx / Nov 9-Bronx Food & Sustainability Coalition Meeting

[Bronx Food Summit]

Save the dates: October 26 & November 9!

We need everyone to come out tomorrow night @ Lincoln Hospital!  Let your voices be heard!

 

Tomorow- October 26, 6pm-8pm

PlanNYC Bronx

Where

Lincoln Hospital, Bronx First Floor Conference Area, Main Entrance, 234 East 149th Street (Between Morris and Park)

 

The City is required by law (Local Law 17 of 2008) to update PlaNYC every four years. The first update is due on Earth Day 2011. The Mayor’s Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability, which is charged with implementing PlaNYC, will lead the effort to update the plan.

 

November 9th @ 6:30pm - Bronx Food & Sustainability Coalition Meeting (BxFSC)

*Bronx Community Garden Talk w/ Karen Washington, President of NYC Community Garden Coalition *

*Bronx Food & Sustainability Coalition's food policy update and action plan*

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 Adminstration. 

Afterwards - The BxFSC Food Policy Committee will provide policy outcomes from our last meeting and action plan.

 

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