Join Fred Gerber, Director of Education Emeritus for an adult workshop on starting your summer vegetables indoors.
Composting can seem too hard for the average citizen, but in this class, you’ll learn how easy it can be. We’ll talk through the basics of indoor vermicomposting (composting with worms) and how you can do your part to reduce your food waste.
Each participant will construct a bin, fill it with bedding, add some red wiggler worms, and watch them go to work!
Open House New York invites you to a very special lecture with Karen Karp, president of Karp Resources, to kick offThe Final Mile: Food Systems of New York, a new year-long series of tours and talks exploring the architecture of New York City's multi-layered food system.
A full day of local and Mid-Atlantic regional Transition and Permaculture exhibits and resiliency presentations!
Come discover Randall’s Island Urban Farm – all are welcome at these free events! An urban farm expert will be on site to answer questions. You can discover a wide variety of fruits and vegetables, meet the chickens, and learn about the rice paddies.
Spend a morning on QBG Farm and learn how composted food scraps nourish the soil to grow healthy food in NYC. Tasks will vary by day, but may include weeding, harvesting, planting, and composting activities.
What’s on your plate? Where does it come from? What effects does it have on the environment and your body? What can you do to help? This 52 minute documentary that takes an unadulterated look into the food you eat, and how you can make a difference to your health and the environment by the food choices you make.
Come join us! Escape the winter blues and get a taste of Essex Street Market at the Lowline Lab. Sample local, specialty food at an underground park !
With the rise of urban agriculture comes the rise of urban agriculture education. Find out more at the City Growers Education conference with the help of various presenters, panels and exciting workshops !
Experience 60+ lifestyle businesses, panel discussions, workshops and family/kids activities. Learn why Harlem is NYC's favorite neighborhood to EAT, SHOP, PLAY!
Food Chains reveals the human cost in our food supply and the complicity of large buyers of produce like fast food and supermarkets.
Q&A panel with the directors and producers of Cowspiracy (now streaming on Netflix): Kip Andersen and Keegan Kuhn. With an introduction by Gwynneth C. Malin and moderated…