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  • Composting With Worms: Indoor Vermicomposting Demystified at the Brooklyn Brainery

    Brooklyn Brainery 190 Underhill Ave, Brooklyn, NY, United States

    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!

    $45

  • The Final Mile: How Great Cities Are Fed

    SVA Visual Arts Theater 333 W 23rd St, New York City

    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.

    $10

  • Randall’s Island Park: Urban Farm Exploration Days

    Urban Farm in Randall's Island Park Wards Meadow Loop, Manhattan , NY, United States

    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.

    Free

  • Volunteer at Queens Botanical Garden Farm

    Queens Botanical Garden 43-50 Main St, Flushing, NY, United States

    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.

    Free

  • Good Food Documentary: Sustainable Table

    Park Slope Food Co-Op 782 Union Street, Brooklyn, NY, United States

    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.

    Free

  • Winter DayLife Pop-Up at the Lowline Lab

    Lowline Lab 140 Essex Street, New York, NY, United States

    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 !

    Free

  • Bringing Together New York’s Urban Farm Educators

    Academy of Arts & Letters 225 Adelphi St., Clinton Hill, NY, United States

    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 !

    $5

  • Shop Harlem Live Harlem Lifestyle Expo

    MIST Harlem 46 W. 116th Street (btwn Lenox Avenue and Fifth Ave.), New York , NY, United States

    Experience 60+ lifestyle businesses, panel discussions, workshops and family/kids activities. Learn why Harlem is NYC's favorite neighborhood to EAT, SHOP, PLAY!

    Free

  • Good Food Documentary: Food Chains

    Park Slope Food Co-Op 782 Union St,

    Food Chains reveals the human cost in our food supply and the complicity of large buyers of produce like fast food and supermarkets.

    Free