Farm School NYC Trains a Community of Future Food-Forward Leaders for NYC
Posted By Lori Zimmer On December 30, 2011 @ 4:40 pm In Food,Green Resources,Health,Urban Farming | 1 Comment
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Non-profit Just Food [5]encompasses all that is farm fresh in New York City. Since 1995, the organization has been connecting sustainable food farms [6], markets, pantry programs and gardens to one another through an ever-growing network. Their Farm School NYC [7] program is a two year course that provides professional training [8] in urban agriculture, and enables New Yorkers to further inspire local action toward sustainable living.
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Students can either commit to a full two-year certificate program, or partake in many individual courses [10]. Training with Farm School NYC isn’t just a crash course on urban farming, but instead designed to create a class of grassroots leaders who will help push the food justice movement forward. By training community members to become leaders, they can incite community organization and employ advocacy techniques [11] to other community members who wish to be a part of the movement.
A network of urban farmers [12], community gardens and anti-hunger advocates make up the leaders of the program, and they pass on their expertise to each student, educating them on all fronts of food justice [13]and practicality. Because the Farm School NYC seeks to create leaders in all neighborhoods and walks of life, the program’s tuition is on a sliding scale, based on income and household size.
With classes around New York City, the Farm School NYC is helping a new generation of food-forward leaders [14] perfect their skills on urban growing, business and marketing, community organization and nutrition education.
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[5] Just Food : http://www.justfood.org
[6] sustainable food farms: http://inhabitat.com/nyc/the-new-leaf-in-fort-tryon-park-serves-up-delicious-local-fare-while-supporting-community-gardens/
[7] Farm School NYC: http://justfood.org/farmschoolnyc
[8] professional training: http://inhabitat.com/nyc/ger-nis-culinary-and-herb-center-teaches-sustainable-eating-with-delicious-hands-on-classes/
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[10] individual courses: http://inhabitat.com/nyc/city-grow-encourages-new-yorkers-to-build-their-own-urban-gardens-through-free-workshops/
[11] advocacy techniques: http://inhabitat.com/nyc/design-with-the-other-90-focuses-on-cities-social-impact-and-sustainability/
[12] urban farmers: http://inhabitat.com/nyc/the-hells-kitchen-farm-serves-its-first-harvest-in-the-metro-baptist-church-pantry/
[13] food justice : http://inhabitat.com/nyc/photos-inhabitat-tours-riverparks-urban-farm-on-a-stalled-manhattan-construction-site/
[14] food-forward leaders: http://inhabitat.com/nyc/white-box-presents-sustainable-work-lab-new-projects-in-art-architecture-urban-design/
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