*URBAN HARVEST *
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*Perspectives on Urban Agriculture and Food Justice:*
A panel discussion with the people behind three urban agriculture
initiatives in NY State
Friday April 9 4:30 - 6:00 pm
Cornell University Campus 404 Plant Science Building (Tower Rd.)
East New York Farms! - Youth Urban Agriculture Internship United
Community Centers, Brooklyn, NY
David Vigil
Healthy Soils, Healthy Communities - A research and education
partnership with urban gardeners Urban Soils Group, Cornell Waste
Management Institute
Hannah Shayler
Gardens for Humanity Whole Community Project - Cornell Cooperative
Extension – Tompkins County
Jemila Sequeira & Josh Dolan
Contact: Megan Gregory [email protected] (607) 255-3918
Potluck downtown to follow 7:00 to 9:00 pm please call (607) 273-5762
for directions and to RSVP. This is an all ages alcohol free family
friendly dinner.
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*Youth in Urban Agriculture and Community-led Economic Development *
Hands on workshop supporting local urban agriculture initiatives
Saturday, April 10 10:00 am - 3:00 pm (lunch will be served) Southside
Community Center, 305 S. Plain St.
Youth in Urban Agriculture: from NYC to Ithaca - a presentation by East
New York Farms and Gardens for Humanity.
Bountiful Cities - A tour of inspiring community gardening initiatives
in the U.S. and around the world.
World Café: Envisioning Gardens for Humanity - An interactive,
action-oriented brainstorming for strengthening Ithaca’s Gardens for
Humanity and Congo Square Market initiatives, with our friends from East
New York Farms.
Lunch - provided - optional donations will be collected
Hands-On Urban Agriculture Workshops – Choose from Composting, starting
seeds (everyone can bring home seedling starts), and an art workshop to
design a logo for Gardens 4 Humanity
Wrap-Up
Contact: Jemila Sequeira [email protected] (607) 272-2292
Fri & Sat events sponsored by Tompkins County Cornell Cooperative
Extension, Gardens4Humanity, East New York Farms, Master Composters
funding provided by Cornell Department of Crop and Soil Science, the New
World Agriculture and Ecology Group (NWAEG) at Cornell, Nutrition
Graduate Students' Organization and the Department of Natural Resources
Graduate Student Association. These events are free and open to the
public and funded in part by the GPSAFC.
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*Homegrown: The 21st Century Farm *
Film screening
Sunday April 11 3 :00 pm Southside Community Center, 305 S. Plain St.
Sponsored by Gardens 4 Humanity and the Southside Community Center. $2 –
20 suggested donation at the door
Contact: Josh Dolan [email protected] (607) 272-2292
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