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November 14, 2013 #GivingTuesday 2013 is coming…
How do you give back?We’ve all heard of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but what about #GivingTuesday?This year on Tuesday, December 3, GrowNYC is joining a national movement to celebrate and encourage giving: a day when charities, families, students, businesses,...
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Recycling
November 07, 2013 Greenmarket Food Scrap Collection Surpasses 2 Million Pound Mark
Since 2011, GrowNYC has worked to expand food scrap collections at Greenmarket. In partnership with the NYC Department of Sanitation, the program has grown to 30 markets, averaging 100,000 pounds a month diverted from disposal and used locally for renewable energy or...
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Greenmarket
November 05, 2013 INFOGRAPHIC: A History of Food Stamps at GrowNYC’s Farmers Markets
This marks the 8th year that GrowNYC has been accepting EBT at Greenmarkets across the city. The program has come a long way since our initial partnership with the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets in 2005. Read all about it below!
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Greenmarket
October 24, 2013 A Pop-Up Greenmarket at JetBlue’s T5 at JFK Airport
GrowNYC is proud to announce that we'll be partnering with JetBlue on a pop-up Greenmarket in T5 at JFK Airport on October 29th, 30th, & 31st.From the press release:From October 29 - 31, 2013, travelers will be able to experience the Greenmarket at T5 and take a...
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Recycling
October 16, 2013 NYC Residential Organics Collection is Growing!
(Residents at the Morningside Gardens cooperative celebrate their new compost program)Organics make up almost 30% of NYC's residential and institutional waste stream. This includes yard waste, food scraps, compostable paper (tissues, napkins, soiled paper, paper...
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Recycling
October 11, 2013 A Day in the Life: Recycling Champions Coordinator Julia Goldstein
GrowNYC's School Recycling Champions program works with schools in all five boroughs to help them achieve and exceed the NYC recycling standards. They work to inform and empower the key participants in a school by providing hands-on education through materials,...
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