NYC FOOD SYSTEM ALLIANCE MEETING
Kathy Lawrence (klawrence@igc.apc.org)
Mon, 8 May 1995 05:32:03 -0700
NYC SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEM ALLIANCE
Our Next Meeting Will Be Held
Thursday, May 11th
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Hosted by Mothers & Others for a Livable Planet
40 West 20th Street, 9th Floor
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NEXT MEETING
Our next meeting time and place is listed above. Please give
me a call (718 622 0746) to let me know if you will be able to
make it. If needed, you can contact Betsy Lydon at M&O (212
242 0010 ext 304).
DRAFT AGENDA FOR MAY 11th
- Alliance priorities and strategies:
Coalition Building
Policy Analysis and Action
Public Education
- Planning for 2nd NYC Food Alliance Conference
- Planning for American Institute of Wine & Food
Marketplace Tasting, Sept. 23, 1995
- Alliance insert for next NYSAWG NEWS
- Announcements
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NYC FOOD SYSTEM ALLIANCE UPDATE
To date, 17 organizations and a number of individuals have
signed on to the Alliance - see organization list below. More
will join soon! If you haven't sent in your form or want to
receive one, contact Kathy.
Aggrand Organic Fertilizer
Peconic Land Trust / Quail Hill Farm
Community Supported Ag. of North America
Cornell Cooperative Extension - NYC
EarthFriends - Nutrition Education Resources Project
Gaia Institute
Learning Alliance
Mothers & Others for a Livable Planet
New York Sustainable Agriculture Working Group
NYC Coalition Against Hunger
NYC Labor & Environment Network
NYU Department of Nutrition and Food Studies
Peconic Land Trust / Quail Hill Farm
The Bread Aid Program
The Islamic Wellness Institute
Urban Organic, Ltd.
World Hunger Year (WHY)
Announcement
The New York State Dietetic Association presents Sustainable
Agriculture Tastes Good - a day of farm touring and learning
at Hawthorne Valley Farm, Saturday, May 20th. Attendance is
limited - call Diane Lombardi (914 682 4439) evenings, for
further information.
ALLIANCE & WFUV TEAM UP FOR RADIO SERIES
Amy Eddings, News & Public Affairs Director of WFUV, is taking
the initiative to work with the NYC Food System Alliance to
get food and agriculture issues aired on WFUV's weekly
CityScape series. The first program featured news and updates
on the use of rBGH on dairy cows. Coming soon will be a
program on CSAs and urban-rural linkages that we hope will
lead to the establishment of a Fordham University CSA. Also
underway is a program on concentration of the food system, the
Farm Bill and the role of citizen action, as well as a show on
farmers markets, focusing on the New Farmers New Markets
program. If you are interested in developing a collaborative
program to be aired on WFUV, please let Kathy know!
LEGISLATIVE ALERTS
Now is an important time for NYS food and ag. legislation as
well as the 1995 federal Farm Bill. NYSAWG is concentrating on
the Rural Revitalization Act and the establishment of an NYS
Sustainable Ag council (see newsletter p.6). NYS legislators
need to receive letters of support for these important
initiatives this week.
NYS Public Hearing on Food Safety - May 11, 12:30 pm
Assembly Hearing Room, 11th Floor, 270 B'way, NY NY
Call Kathy for further info or contact Wallace John,
Legislative Associate, Assembly Committee on Agriculture, Room
513 - Capitol, Albany, NY 12248 (518) 455 4355
NYSAWG NEWS
Enclosed is the latest copy of NYSAWG NEWS. The NYC Food
System Alliance could have an insert in the next issue -
scheduled for publication in July. Please come to the May 11th
meeting with ideas, events and news!
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Looking forward to seeing you all May 11th!
Kathy Lawrence
NY Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (NYSAWG)
Public Information & Education Committee
10 Prospect Place
Brooklyn, NY 11217-2803
Tel/Fax: 718 622 0746 - Email: klawrence@igc.apc.org