A Consensus is Forming – Report on Soil Health Summit (July 18) By Elizabeth Henderson “The era of soil health is dawning – that is the conclusion we heard from David Montgomery, keynote speaker at the New York Soil Health … Read More
Posts tagged: #Long Island
Go Solar; Call Your Reps and Say NO to 5G; Tell Suozzi To Protect Public Health; Shut Down the Use of Pharmaceuticals
Make Your Voice Heard: Take Direct Action In New York State Keep Calling! Because they all need to know that we are not going away. We don’t want 5G and we don’t want cell towers close to our homes. … Read More
November 3: Long Island Food Conference
Long Island Food Coalition presents a panel of speakers and discussions to address issues in our local and regional food system. This will be an all day event. Keynote Speaker: Francis Moore Lappe Panelists: Tom Colicchio, Sally Fallon and more! … Read More
July 14: Open Garden Days @Perfect Earth Project
July 14, 2018 01:00 PM – 03:00 PM 962 Springs Fireplace Road, East Hampton, NY 11937 The Dirt on Soil Health Digging Deeper Join toxin-free land care crusader Edwina von Gal to get all of the good dirt on soil … Read More
What is Happening with the Farm Bill?? Long Island’s 3D Ocean Farming-Growing Green Economy: Sequestering Carbon and Rebuilding Reefs; Monsanto Cocktail Worse Than We Thought;
2018 Farm Bill Updates The current Farm Bill is set to expire on September 30th, and if it does without re-authorization for research funding and programs that support sustainable agriculture, then we’re in big trouble…Last week, the House of Representatives passed … Read More
April 28: Spring Festival Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery
Join the Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery for their annual Spring Festival, from 10 AM to 4:30 PM, for spring-inspired fun and excitement! It is a free family-friendly event that will be a lot of fun! Visit them online here.
Farm Bill 2018; Heritage Farming Helps Social Justice; Schools Are Fertile Ground for Shaping Growth
The 2018 Farm Bill: Highlights in Fewer than 500 words by the New Food Economy Everything has changed with Trump’s administration pushing for rollbacks and deregulating industries that impact conservation efforts. Not to mention the denial (yes, it’s real) happening … Read More
March 17: Plant A Row for the Hungry @Port Washington Library
Plant-a-Row-for-the-Hungry is co-sponsoring with the Port Washington Library a renewal of the very successful program we offered last March. Program covers the art of Square Foot Vegetable Gardening as well as how to create compost right from your homes! When: … Read More