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Greenmarket
March 07, 2011 Bronx Youthmarket cartoon from The Riverdale Press
Cartoonist Michael X. Martin recently featured GrowNYC's Kingsbridge Heights Youthmarket in a cartoon for The Riverdale Press. Check it out above!The Kingsbridge Heights Youthmarket will be open on Fridays from July 8th to October 28th. Stay tuned for more info...
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Recycling
March 04, 2011 Speaker Quinn announces compost expansion
This morning, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn unveiled a a 4-month pilot program to expand current food scrap collections from NYC households at six additional Greenmarkets.A pilot program will allow New York City residents to compost food scraps at six new...
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Recycling
February 21, 2011 NYTimes loves Stop ‘N’ Swap!
The New York Times visited our Stop 'N' Swap at St. George Library on Staten Island and gave it a rave review! The rules of the Stop N Swap are punishingly strict: Bring whatever you want, or don’t bring anything at all; leave with as much as you care to, or nothing;...
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Environmental Education
February 09, 2011 GrowNYC Annual Report released
GrowNYC is proud to annouce the release of our 2010 Annual Report, a comprehensive guide to all of GrowNYC's programs and activities from the past year.The front cover features a gorgeous photograph of New York City's 5 boroughs rendered with Greenmarket fruits and...
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Greenmarket
February 04, 2011 NFDP presents at NOFA-NY
Eleven New Farmer Development Project farmers participated in this year’s NOFA-NY annual winter conference, which brought together nearly 1400 organic farmers, gardeners, activists and eaters from around New York state.NFDP participants included Nestor Tello, the...
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Recycling
January 25, 2011 Reuse: the new retail therapy
Photo by Dave SandersOn January 22, GrowNYC celebrated National Swap Day with the second of five Stop ‘N’ Swap events taking place across the five boroughs this winter. More than 300 New Yorkers stopped by I.S. 52 in Manhattan to donate perfectly usable items and partake of the bounty...
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