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September 08, 2014 Spotlight: L.E.S. Youthmarket’s Phylisha Conyers
At the end of last month, during the busy season at Youthmarket, we visited our Lower East Side Youthmarket which is in partnership with Henry Street Settlement, whose mission is to ”open doors of opportunity for Lower East Side residents and other New Yorkers...
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Greenmarket
August 15, 2014 When cows fly…
You can now find a little piece of the Hudson Valley on your next JetBlue flight. Ronnybrook Dairy’s blackberry drinkable yogurt is available now on select JetBlue flights to California departing from JFK Airport in New York City and Boston’s Logan...
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Community Gardens
August 12, 2014 Foothold Technology’s Volunteer Day: An Interview with Founder and CMO Nick Scharlatt
On June 24th, Foothold Technology spent the day volunteering at PS 25 Eubie Blake School in Brooklyn. The enthusiastic team revived the school’s garden area by clearing weeds, building raised beds, and constructing benches for an outdoor classroom. We spoke to...
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Greenmarket
August 04, 2014 Fresh Foodbox profiled in the Observer
GrowNYC's Fresh Foodbox program was recently profiled in a New York Observer article entitled "Overpriced and Underserved: How One Group is Fighting Food Deserts in NYC." We couldn't have said it better ourselves!In a city that seems to have a grocery store or fruit...
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Environmental Education
July 08, 2014 A Day in the Life: A Grow to Learn School Garden tour
Grow to Learn celebrated the end of the 2013-14 school year with a tour of four school gardens in Harlem and the Bronx. Since launching in February 2011, 438 schools have joined Grow to Learn, making them eligible for garden grant funding, training and materials...
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Greenmarket
July 07, 2014 Health Bucks are Back!
From now until November, while supplies last, for every $5 you spend with your EBT card at one of our Greenmarkets, you will receive a $2 Health Bucks coupon good for purchasing fresh fruits and vegetables in the market.The Health Bucks initiative was developed by...
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