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On November 29th, FaHN participated in the first annual #NYGivesDay, a program of the national #GivingTuesday day of giving. With the support of our donors we were able to raise $1,375! Money that will go towards our goal of supporting a thriving regional food system. Thank you! Visit our Facebook page to see our posts from the day, which highlight many of our programs and the work we have accomplished throughout 2016. If you would like to join the movement and become a FaHN member or sponsor visit our website!
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Reflections on NESAWG: It Takes a Region Conference
FaHN VISTA, Tom Lewis attended the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group's (NESAWG) It Takes a Region conference in Hartford, CT on November 11th. Here are his reflections from that day:
Attending the It Takes a Region conference was certainly a memorable experience for me. It was my first conference as an AmeriCorps member with FaHN, and going in I was excited to network with like-minded individuals from across the Northeast. After arriving, I was introduced to the years theme “Tackling Wicked Problems in Food Systems”. Wicked problems usually imply issues that are difficult to fix, and are caused by several different factors, with little consensus on a remedy for them. As an AmeriCorps member, I’m used to being faced with wicked problems, after all my job is to help fight poverty, and it requires me to be confronted with hard to solve issues on a daily basis. I signed up for four workshops that day, “Health Care Investment in Food Initiatives”, “Are We Really Making Change? Measuring Farm to Institution in Northeast & Across the U.S.”, “The Promise of Urban Agriculture” and a two hour session called “The Food Movement: If We Agree on Vision and Values, What Keeps Us from Collaborating”. I picked each one with the hope that afterwards I would have a clearer understanding of, not just the problems that exist in food systems work, but also the work that is being done throughout the Northeast to find solutions to those problems.
To read the full post click here.
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December 6, 2016
Tuesday, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
December 7, 2016
Wednesday, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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2 Day Intensive Farm Food Safety Workshop
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Broome County, Binghamton, NY
Register here.
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December 14, 2016
Wednesday, 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
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Nutrition Exploration at Waverly FRC
Waverly Family Resource Center, Waverly, NY
Learn more here.
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December 22, 2016
Thursday, 4:30 PM - 7:30 PM
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2016 Holiday Farmers' Market at Press Bay Alley: Holiday Food Market
Groundswell Center & the Finger Lake Meat Project, Ithaca, NY
Learn more here.
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2017 NOFA-NY Winter Conference
January 20-22, 2017
Saratoga Springs, NY
Click here for more information.
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Buy Local this Holiday Season
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Chef Ann Foundation
Project Produce: Fruit & Veggie Grants for Schools. No application deadline.
Learn more here.
United States Department of Agriculture
Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive Grant Program: Applications close December 12, 2016
Learn more here.
George A. and Margaret Mee Charitable Foundation
Quarterly application deadline: December 31, 2016. Learn more here.
Park Foundation
Proposal submission deadline by January 6, 2017. Learn more here.
Community Foundation of South Central New York
Small Grants: January 15, 2017. Learn more here.
New York State New Farmer's Grant Fund
Applications must be postmarked by January 27, 2017. Learn more here.
Annie's Grant for Gardens
School Garden Grant, applications reopened in November 2016. Learn more here.
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