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Greenmarket
March 11, 2011 Interview with Stephan Cantor of Deep Mountain Maple
How long have you been tapping maple trees? It corresponds pretty well with how long we’ve been at Greenmarket-- since 1986. We’re going into our 27th season of selling new syrup at the market. The first market we ever did was Union Square Friday. That first year, we...
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Greenmarket
March 11, 2011 Greenmarket Annual Meeting
On Monday, March 7th, Greenmarket staff, farmers, and community members came together for the 2011 Greenmarket Annual Meeting. Every March, the Greenmarket community gets together to present the previous year’s accomplishments and discuss what the next season has in...
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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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