25 November 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Race & the Food System: Growing Food & Justice for Racial Healing, Cultural Affirmation, and Power

Imagine for a moment a world without hunger. Imagine being able to open your front door and be steps away from a garden, a farm, or a market where fruits and vegetables are always ripe, in season, and aplenty.  Imagine a child working alongside an elder, planting a row of Brandywines in their community garden. [...]

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28 July 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Save Bed-Stuy Farm

Since 2002, Brooklyn Rescue Mission (BRM) has provided emergency food and clothing assistance to residents of Bedford-Stuyvesant and beyond. A few years ago, disappointed by the lack of fresh, quality produce both in the neighborhood and through donations, BRM took action and converted two city-owned but abandoned, litter-strewn lots in back of their headquarters into [...]

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