Green Guerillas
Since 1973 greenguerillas™ has helped thousands of people realize their dreams of turning vacant rubble-strewn lots into vibrant community gardens. Each year we work with hundreds of grassroots groups throughout New York City to strengthen underserved neighborhoods through community gardening. With our help, people grow food, plant flowers, educate youth, paint colorful murals and preserve their gardens as vital community centers for future generations.
Community Food Security Coalition
The Community Food Security Coalition (CFSC) is a non-profit 501(c)(3), North American organization dedicated to building strong, sustainable, local and regional food systems that ensure access to affordable, nutritious, and culturally appropriate food for all people at all times. We seek to develop self-reliance among all communities in obtaining their food and to create a system of growing, manufacturing, processing, making available, and selling food that is regionally based and grounded in the principles of justice, democracy, and sustainability. CFSC has over 250 member organizations.
Amnesty International
Amnesty International (AI) is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights.
Black Farmers invite organizations contact House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid before March 31, 2010
Dear Friends:
We in the “Network of Black Farm Groups and Advocates” have an urgent request. We are writing to ask for your organization to sign-on to our letter to Congress. The letter, which is below, regards funding for the recent and historic settlement of the Pigford lawsuit. The timing of this is urgent as it must pass Congress by March 31.
If your organization will sign-on to the letter please have them email Heather Gray at heathergray@federation.coop.
Fixing School Food
What will it take to make it safe, healthy and fair for all children?
By Janet Poppendieck, professor of sociology at Hunter College, City University of New York. She is the author of Sweet Charity? Emergency Food and the End of Entitlement and Breadlines Knee-Deep in Wheat: Food Assistance in the Great Depression.
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Every successive decade has left its mark on school food.
How to make good, clean and fair food accessible to everyone
Slow Food Bay Area will host a panel on how to make good, clean and fair food accessible to everyone.
Panelists will include Martin Bourque of the Ecology Center, Annie Shattuck of Food First, Bruce McKinney of Glide, Nikki Henderson of People’s Grocery, Paul Ash of SF Food Bank, and Josh Viertel of Slow Food USA.
For more information, see: http://slowfoodpanel031110.eventbrite.com/
Small Family Farms in Tropics Can Feed the Hungry and Preserve Biodiversity
ScienceDaily (Feb. 24, 2010) — Conventional wisdom among many ecologists is that industrial-scale agriculture is the best way to produce lots of food while preserving biodiversity in the world's remaining tropical forests. But two University of Michigan researchers reject that idea and argue that small, family-owned farms may provide a better way to meet both goals.
Global Food Crisis Conference
The conference will focus on educating students and community members about international food politics and will also feature interactive workshops and discussions.
At the forefront of this event are two major leaders in the field of food justice; Eric Holt-Giménez of FoodFirst/Institute for Food and Development Policy and Molly Anderson of Food Systems Integrity.
A NYC conversation with Food First executive director, Eric Holt-Giménez
Food Rebellions! Crisis and the Hunger for Justice
Join Eric Holt-Giménez, author and Executive Director of Food First, for a stimulating discussion of his latest book (co-authored with Raj Patel) Food Rebellions: Crisis and the Hunger for Justice. Learn about the root causes driving the food crisis and the powerful movements that have risen in response.
Sponsors include the Alberto Lovera Bolivarian Circle of NY, in partnership with WhyHunger, the Brooklyn Food Coalition and the Small Planet Institute
This event is free and open to the public -- bring your friends!