363-365 CLIFTON PLACE AT THE CORNER OF MARCY AVE IN BEDFORD-STUYVESANT BROOKLYN NY 11221
Growing food & people in Brooklyn since 2009
HATTIE CARTHAN
DONATIONS GO TOWARDS
- Care for livestock
- Weekly food shares for our volunteers
- Cob apothecary walls and finish oven
OUR HISTORY - DEMYSTIFYING FOOD JUSTICE - WOMEN'S RESPONSES - TRAININGS -
FOOD JUSTICE LEADERSHIP COLLECTIVE - FOOD JUSTICE PROJECTS - ACT NOW
Taking Action: Individual and Collective
FIND YOUR REPRESENTATIVES
New York City Council
Not on the internet? Please check in the government section of your local phone book or visit your local public library and have a representative assist you with using the computers.
LOCAL FOOD POLICY
New York City Environmental Justice Alliance vs Giuliani, 1999
"Currently before the Court is the New York City Environmental Justice Alliance's motion for a preliminary injunction restraining the City from selling or destroying prior to the determination of this action approximately 1,100 City-owned parcels comprising approximately 600 community gardens."
OneNYC (Formerly known as PlaNYC)
PlaNYC: A Greener, Greater New York, 2011
NYC Mayor Bill DeBlasio
Food Works: A Vision to Improve NYC's Food System
NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Document on Food Policy
FoodNYC: A Blueprint for a Sustainable Food System
NYC Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer's Office 2010
From NYC Food and Climate Summit 2009; Scott Stringer's Office, Just food and NYU
Red Tape, Green Vegetables: A Plan to Improve New York City's Regulations for Community-Based Farmers Markets
NYC Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer's Office, April 2011
ORGANIZATIONS
Detroit Black Community Food Security Network
Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Group
American Community Gardening Association
Food Research and Action Center
Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund
California Newsreel: Unnatural Causes
POLICY INNOVATORS
WHITE HOUSE EFFORTS - FOOD POLITICS
A People's Garden, White House Garden History
The Jefferson Monticello
Recent White House Garden History
"Voices of Slavery Caught Out of Time" with Fountain Hughes descendant of Monticello's head gardener
NY Times (Dec 2011)
Michael Pollan Proposes A "Sun-Food" Agenda in Open Letter to Next U.S. President
Jeff Nield, Treehugger (Oct 2008)
The Who Farm: The White House Organic Farm Project
Know your Farmer, Know your Food
Behind the Scenes: Chicago Food-Desert Summit
USDA National Agriculture Library
"A Short History of the USDA"
Free Agriculture/Restore Markets
Legislative Timeline: From Food Stamps to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
USDA
LAND USE
A Brief History of Grassroots Greening in NYC
Sarah Ferguson, New Village
Short NYC History of NYC Community Gardens
Jane Weissman
NYC Parks
Regulations for Community Gardens
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