Posts tagged: #long island city

July 22: Summer Saturday Workshop @City Growers-Holistic & Homeopathic Herbs

Posted on June 13, 2017

Explore the holistic and homeopathic properties of herbs with City Growers educator Sarah Hurwitz. While sharing a thoughtfully crafted herbal iced tea atop Brooklyn Granges breathtaking rooftop farm, Sarah will discuss how various herbs impact different body systems, take you … Read More

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June 24: Summer Saturday Workshop @City Growers – Honeybee Basics

Posted on June 13, 2017

Join CG beekeeper and educator Hillary Horowitz for a full introduction to the honeybee. Learn about life inside the hive, the social hierarchies of a colony, taste honey produced by our rooftop farm bees and plant your own flowers to … Read More

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In The News: Too Good to Go; Six Common Food Additives Banned Abroad; The Injustice of Food Stamps; Homes with a Harvest

Posted on August 9, 2016

Too Good to Go A young group of entrepreneurs in the UK launched their digital app, Too Good to Go, this year to help cut down on the estimated 600,000 tonnes of food that is thrown away by restaurants every … Read More

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