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From American Farmland Trust, New York: We have a historic opportunity to help our schools buy more fresh, local food to serve our children! Governor Cuomo has proposed to quadruple the current school meal reimbursement and double the state’s investment in Farm to School grants. Act now to urge support for #NYFood4NYKids in the State Budget! www.farmland.org/blog/nyfood4nykids
National School Breakfast Week - March 5-9th: School breakfast fights hunger, improves nutrition, and empowers children to learn. In New York, 747,881 children participate daily in the school breakfast program. Learn more about school breakfast by visiting the Food Research and Action Center, School Nutrition Association and reading Jacqueline's story at our Food for Thought Blog about why breakfast in the classroom is important to her family!
Call and Write Today to Prevent Another Major Funding Cut to Rural New York State Food & Health Services: If it is important to you that there continues to be a bridge between good food and better health in rural New York please contact your elected NYS officials to voice your opposition to Governor Cuomo’s proposed budget cuts to Rural Health Network funding and 29 other prevention, healthcare workforce, and infrastructure programs. For more information, including letter templates and contact information for NYS elected officials go to: http://www.rhnscny.org/how-you-can-help/rural-action-items
Food Policy Resources:
Walking the Path Towards Community Ownership: Lessons from the D.C. Food System: March 9, 12-1pm
People with lived experience of food insecurity are routinely excluded in the planning and execution of programs and policies intended to "serve" them. This webinar explores "Community In-reach" and "Community In-roads" as strategies for shifting power into the hands of people of color and low income residents, while building pathways for community ownership of food programs and policies. Register here.
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March 13, 2018
Tuesday, 9:30 am - 3:00 pm
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Emerging Opportunities for Agriculture
CCE Broome, 840 Upper Front Street, Binghamton, NY. Register here.
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March 20, 2018
Tuesday, 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
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An Evening of Discussion on Big Hunger with Nationally Acclaimed Author Andy Fisher
The Space at GreenStar, Ithaca, NY, See below more information by viewing the event flyer! Register here.
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March 23, 2018
Friday, 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
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Spring into Justice: A Community Dinner and Keynote talk with Leah Penniman, Soul Fire Farm
Groundswell Center for Local Food & Farming, Southside Community Center, 305 South Plain Street, Ithaca, NY. Register here.
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Growing Health Forum: SNAP & Health in the Farm Bill
April 11, 2018
Food and Health Network & Food Bank of the Southern Tier
National Farm to Cafeteria Conference
April 25-27, 2018
National Farm to School Network, Cincinnati, Ohio. Learn more.
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New York State Health Foundation
Online inquiry form due by March 15, 2018. Learn more here.
United Fresh Start Foundation: Community Grants Program, Application deadline: March 30, 2018. Learn more here.
George A. and Margaret Mee Charitable Foundation
Applications due by March 31, 2018. Learn more here.
A Lindsay & Olive B. O'Connor Foundation: Full Board Committee Grants, Application deadline: April 1, 2018. Learn more here.
Action for Healthy Kids: Various grants, Applications deadline: April 6, 2018. Learn more here.
George A. and Margaret Mee Charitable Foundation
Applications due by March 31, 2018. Learn more here.
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