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February 02, 2015 February is Local Spirits Month!
February is Local Spirits Month at SingL Lounge GrowNYC’s Regional Grains Project is co-hosting a month long tasting series on Tuesday evenings in February at SingL Lounge. SingL Lounge’s popular two year-old Tuesday tasting series run by Master Sommelier Roger...
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Recycling
January 08, 2015 Clothing Recycling Gets Legs in Chinatown Co-op
The weekend before Thanksgiving, residents in one Chinatown complex took time to “unstuff”—closets and drawers, that is—bringing 2,500 pounds of unwanted clothing to a special collection in their building. In 2012 GrowNYC hosted an Earth Day textile collection as...
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Community Gardens
January 05, 2015 GrowNYC’s garden program profiled on BBC Radio
GrowNYC's Marcel Van Ooyen, Lenny Librizzi, and Shawn Brody were interviewed by BBC Radio's Food Programme. As part of a larger audio piece, GrowNYC contributed comments on the role that a urban agriculture and community gardens play in promoting healthy eating in...
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GrowNYC
December 09, 2014 GrowNYC thanks Governor Cuomo for his continued support of farmers and healthy food for all New Yorkers
Governor Cuomo announced a slate of initiatives at the "Upstate-Downstate Farm to Table Agriculture Summit" in Manhattan last Thursday, all focused on linking upstate producers with New York City in order to increase city dwellers’ access to fresh, New York State...
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Community Gardens
December 08, 2014 Governors Island Teaching Garden: A Year in Review
During our inaugural season, GrowNYC's Governors Island Teaching Garden, a dedicated multi-use learning and demonstration garden space within Governors Island Urban Farm, hosted 16 weeks of garden-based educational programming and skill-building workshops for 4500...
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GrowNYC
November 26, 2014 #GivingTuesday is almost here!
#GivingTuesday is back and we're proud to be a part of it for the second year in a row.Coming after Black Friday and Cyber Monday, #GivingTuesday acknowledges that we don't just take, take, take. We give back too! This year, on Tuesday, December 2nd, be a part of this growing global...
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