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2009 Farm-Based Education Conference at Double Tree Hotel, Tarrytown
November 12, 2009 to November 14, 2009
The 2009 Conference will be held in New York's Lower Hudson Valley (35 miles north of New York City) on November 12-14, 2009. The Conference will be hosted by Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture and the Farm-Based Education Association. Ev...
Excerpt from the article that appeared in the Energy & Environment section on July 1, 2009:
Increasingly, subdivisions, usually master-planned developments at which buyers buy home sites or raw land, have been treating farms as an amenity. “There...
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This Sunday's NY Times Magazine article about Will Allen "a farmer of Bunyonesque proportions"
Started by Brooke Jul 3.
"Organic Farms as Subdivision Amenities", article in today's New York Times
Started by Brooke Jul 2.
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Events
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Meals in the Meadow
July 18, 2009 from 6pm to 7pm – Katama Farm
Blog Posts
"Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work" by Matthew B. Crawford
By sheer luck, since we don't have a TV, I caught the Colbert Report (probably a re-run) while visiting friends in CT this past weekend and author Crawford was a guest on the show. I was captivated by his simple premise as a philosopher / mechanic who, in his book, "Shop Class as Soulcrat: An Inquiry into the Value of Work", aims to destroy, "the pretensions of the high-prestige workplace and makes an irresistible case for working with one's hands." Also by sheer luck, I found this book yesterda… Continue
"Urban Farming, a Bit Closer to the Sun "
Dining & Wine
Urban Farming, a Bit Closer to the Sun
By MARIAN BURROS
Published: June 17, 2009
Gardeners are raising fruits and vegetables on rooftops, high above the noise and grime of urban streets.
“For the children, it’s exciting when you grow something edible,” said the school’s [P.S. 6 on New York’s Upper East Side] principal, Lauren Fontana.
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Urban Farming, a Bit Closer to the Sun
By MARIAN BURROS
Published: June 17, 2009
Gardeners are raising fruits and vegetables on rooftops, high above the noise and grime of urban streets.
“For the children, it’s exciting when you grow something edible,” said the school’s [P.S. 6 on New York’s Upper East Side] principal, Lauren Fontana.
LINK TO ARTICLE
Posted by Brooke on June 23, 2009 at 2:37pm
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