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July 03, 2012 Mayor Bloomberg, Speaker Quinn Announce Health Bucks Expansion at Union Square Greenmarket
Mayor Bloomber (center) and (left to right) Health Commissioner Thomas A. Farley, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Council Member Gale Brewer, Greenmarket Assistant Director Cheryl Huber, Assembly Member Richard Gottfried, and NYC...
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Greenmarket
June 18, 2012 15 Reasons To Eat Locally Grown Grain
Since 2010, Greenmarket has required its bakers to use at least 15% local flour in their breads and baked goods. Why? To make sure Greenmarket bakers are as much a part of local agriculture as Greenmarket farmers. The great news is that, since then, bakers have...
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Greenmarket
June 13, 2012 Bread is Agriculture: Greenmarket Bakers and Local Grains
In 2010, after years of conversations with its bakers and farmers, Greenmarket implemented a rule requiring its bakers to source at least 15% of the flour they used from local farms and mills. As an organization which seeks to strengthen regional agriculture,...
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Greenmarket
June 07, 2012 Senator Gillibrand visits Union Square to Challenge Food Stamp Cuts
Marcel Van Ooyen, Executive Director of GrowNYC, welcomes Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and fellow anti-hunger advocates to Union Square.On Monday, the Union Square Greenmarket hosted New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Marcel Van Ooyen, executive director of...
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Environmental Education
May 29, 2012 Attention NYC public schools: Apply for GrowNYC’s Recycling Champions Program for the 2012-2013 school year
Is Your School a Recycling Champion?Update! We've extended the deadline to June 22nd at 5pm. GrowNYC is now accepting applications for the 2012-2013 Recycling Champions Program from NYC public schools! Recycling Champions is a free program available to K-12 schools...
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Community Gardens
May 10, 2012 Help GrowNYC Win a New Grow Truck!
Grow Truck is GrowNYC's mobile tool-lending program, delivering tools, donated plants, soil, compost, and lumber, and dispensing on-site technical assistance all across New York City, for free since 1977. We've had our current Grow Truck for 23 years, and it's time...
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