All are welcome to celebrate the opening of the Trilok Garden and welcome in summer at their Earth Day market this Sunday, June 2nd 10AM-PM!

Myrtle Eats Fresh Community Chef Oliver Peters will be there chopping up fresh veggies for his Seasonal Veggie Salad recipe. Stop by for a taste, get the recipe and shop right on site from Farm to Neighborhood merchant Fresh Fanatic who will be there selling his farm, fresh produce!

Where: 143 Waverly Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11205 (corner of Myrtle and Waverly
When: Sunday, June 2, 2013
Time: 10:00-6:00 PM

Live Music, Great Food, eco-venders, artists, plant sale, children's activities and more.

Mmmmmm, Notice how the sun is peeking through the window just so, acting as a spotlight to show off the many farm fresh ingredients in this delectable meal from Putnam's Pub & Cooker? Those farm fresh eggs, plump tomatoes, that crisp arugula, succulent avocado, fresh ground pepper and freshly baked bread, yesss. And look closer, what's that to the right you ask? Why that is our brand new #farm2nabe card, announcing the June #farm2nabe event series, three Tuesdays in June - June 4, June 11 and June 18.

Dine, Support and Mingle. Please join us for cocktails and passed hors d'oeuvres at Maggie Brown, LuLu & Po and Putnam's Pub & Cooker, meet our producers and donate to two local agricultural programs: City Growers & P.S.20 Farms.

Click here for more information and to purchase a ticket!

All are invited to this exciting event and opportunity to support the Brooklyn Food Coalition (BFC).

Mark Bittman, New York Times Food & Opinion writer, will speak on "The Future of Food" and will address how we can eat for the health of our bodies and the planet.

All Proceeds go to support the Brooklyn Food Coalition: Working Toward A Healthy, Just, and Sustainable Food System For All!
- General Admin tickets are $20
- Limited amount of student tickets for $10
- VIP Dinner & talk for $175 includes: a 4-course meal, wine, a signed copy of Mr. Bittman’s new book "VB6: Eat Vegan Before 6:00 p.m. to Lose Weight and Restore Your Health...For Food", and entry to the talk

Purchase your tickets here.

Where: Long Island University in Downtown Brooklyn
Arnold and Marie Schwartz Athletic Center
1 University Plaza (DeKalb and Flatbush Avenues)

When: April 30th

Time: 6PM

Need more info? Visit the BFC website here.

Celebrate Earth Day this SUNDAY, APRIL 21st with Green in BKLYN located at 432 Myrtle Ave!

EARTH DAY SCHEDULE:
•12-1:00pm: Spoonable Saucy Caramel & Brooklyn Roasting Company Coffee
A taste of Spoonable's saucy caramel and a cuppa joe from the Brooklyn Roasting Company and you're tasting the best of both while supporting local businesses. Wake up! Time to eat local!

•1:30-2:30pm: Fresh Fanatic
Fresh Fanatic, the all natural, local and organic market and cafe samples an array of fresh deserts and dips made in-house plus tasty cheeses and sandwich platters. All from Mother Earth!

•3:00-4:00pm: Myrtle Eats Fresh
Myrtle Eats Fresh will share recipes, talk local foods & hand out samples of treats from local farms and folks. Grow and eat)local!

• 4:30-5:30pm: Super Foxy Sweets Vegan Fudge & Raaka Virgin Chocolate
Raaka Chocolates and Super Foxy Sweets will be handing out their locally made virgin chocolate & vegan fudge. A sweet little celebration of local treats & sweet Mama Earth!

• All Day: Pick a Prize...
Spend $43 or more (for Earth Day's 43nd year) and be entered in our raffle for awesome eco-friendly treasures - foods & other treasures from our treasured earth!

"We hope you'll join us for some (or all) of the fun on Earth Day. We love Earth Day, we love being here & we love you!" - Elissa @ Green in BKLYN.

Visit the store online at www.greeninbklyn.com

The 2013 Just Food Conference is happening now! If you aren't there already you can come tomorrow! Saturday, March 30th 8AM-6:30pm at the Food & Finance High School, 525 West 50th Street.

Join us from 10:30-11:45AM for the Myrtle Eats Fresh Farm to Neighborhood panel discussion with local chefs, farmers and businesses that bring local food products to our community.

The Farm to Neighborhood program works to connect regional farmers with neighborhood food outlets. The mission is to support our regional agriculture economy as well as our hyper local economy. Attendees will hear the experiences of farmers, merchants, chefs, and MARP staff about how connections are being made in the Fort Greene & Clinton Hill communities.

Speakers include:
Aaron Grosbard, FarmersWeb
Bryn Roshong, Winter Sun Farms
Consulting Executive Chef at Cornerstone Restaurant Danielle Saunders
Andrew Braddock, Clawhammer Farm
Courtney Durfee, J. Glebocki Farms
Kallie Weinkle, Farmigo
Moderated by: Kassy Nystrom, MARP

Buy your tickets TODAY by clicking HERE

We hope to see you there!

MARP has partnered with the Community Transformation Grant at Bed-Stuy Restoration to host a screening of Byron Hurt's Award Winning Documentary Soul Food Junkies on 2/22/13 6:30 -8:30PM at the Ingersoll Community Center located at 177 Myrtle Ave (Navy/Prince).

Many screenings are being organized throughout Brooklyn on 2/22/13 in order to spark a borough-wide conversation about how we can make environmental and system changes that will improve health outcomes and access to healthy, affordable foods within our communities.

Filmmaker Byron Hurt explores "the health advantages and disadvantages of Soul Food, a quintessential American cuisine. Soul food will also be used as the lens to investigate the dark side of the food industry and the growing food justice movement that has been born in its wake.” To learn more about B. Hurt and the film visit here.

To lead us in discussion following the film we welcome:

Keith Carr, City Harvest Assistant Manager to Healthy Neighborhoods in Bed Stuyvesant

Nicole Taylor, Heritage Network’s “Hot Grease“ Radio Show Host & Producer

T.I. Williams, Community Advocate and Trainer

Emceed by: Dominique Bryant, Ingersoll Resident Association President

Co-sponsors to the event are:
The Greene Hill Food Co-op
Stop by their table at the event and learn about the co-op and the benefits of becoming a member.

The Raymond V. Ingersoll Resident's Association

MOCADA - Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts

WHERE:
Ingersoll Community Center - map
177 Myrtle Avenue (Navy/Prince)

WHEN:
Friday, February 22nd, 2013

TIME:
Film Screening at 6:30PM
Discussion at 7:45PM

Light refreshments will be served by the Ingersoll Resident Association and T.I. Williams will prepare samples of a Southern recipe with a healthy twist!

The Fort Greene / Clinton Hill Community Food Council partnered with the Greene Hill School 9's classroom to collect food donations for the Child Development Support Corporation (CDSC) Food Pantry. The kids, along with their teachers, did an awesome job preparing for the food drive, getting the word out to their community and gathering the donations as they came in. In recognition of their achievement the kids attended a party at CDSC where Mireille Massac, CDSC Public Relations Manager, gave the kids a tour of the CDSC Hydroponic Farm that produces fresh vegetables and herbs for their pantry clients. They learned about how the farm functions, the crops it is producing such as Guyana Thyme and had the opportunity to plant lettuce seeds! Everyone had a blast and we look forward to continued collaboration!

Congratulations and thanks to Greene Hill School!

The Fort Greene / Clinton Hill Community Food Council partnered with the Ingersoll Tenant Association Community Initiative to lead a food drive for the Ingersoll Community Center Thanksgiving Day Feast.

Miracles Barber Shop was one of the drop-off locations and you can see from the photo that they had great success in receiving donations!

In addition, St. Joseph's College provided MARP and the Community Food Council with a generous cash donation so that farm fresh veggies from J. Glebocki Farms and Apple Cider & Fresh Fruit from Migliorelli Farm could be purchased for the cooks of the Thanksgiving Feast.

We thank Miracles Staff, residents who donated the food items and St. Joseph's College for helping to make the Thanksgiving Day Feast a bountiful meal for our neighbors in need.

The Fort Greene / Clinton Hill Community Food Council has partnered with the Ingersoll Tenant Association Community Initiative to lead a food drive for the Ingersoll Community Center Thanksgiving Day Feast! Please bring one or more of the listed items below to a listed drop-off location by Monday, November 19th.

ITEMS NEEDED
String Beans
Cranberry Sauce
Stuffing Mix
Canned Yams
Rice
Canned Gravy
Corn
Corn Bread Mix
Collard Greens
Macaroni

DROP OFF LOCATIONS
- Ingersoll Community Center - 177 Myrtle Avenue
Monday – Friday 11:00 - 7:00 PM

- MARP - 472 Myrtle Avenue
Monday – Friday 10:00 - 7:00 PM

- Miracle’s Unisex Barber Shop - 473 A Myrtle Avenue
Monday – Sunday 9:00 - 9:00 PM

- Green In BKLYN - 432 Myrtle Avenue
Tuesday – Friday 11 - 7PM
Sat 10 - 7PM
Sun 11 - 6PM

Details about the Ingersoll Thanksgiving Feast:

All attendees must get a ticket in advance. If you know of a person or family that may need a free meal on thanksgiving day please have them come to the Community Center located at 177 Myrtle Avenue, Monday - Friday from 6:00pm -9:30pm and Saturday from 3-5pm to register and receive a ticket for entry.

For more information contact Kassy Nystrom at the MARP office - 718.230.1689

While we are sad to not be able to open the Farm Stand today we are happy that the food that was delivered this morning from J. Glebocki Farms has been donated to Occupy Sandy Clinton Hill headquarters at The Church of St. Luke and St. Matthew located at 520 Clinton Ave.

As of 1:30PM yesterday this location was out of food and the following donations requested:

Meat/Chicken/Ground Beef, Vegetables, Non-Perishables (Canned goods, soups, vegetables) Dry goods and ready to eat food(Cereal, power bars, granola, crackers, etc., winter gear (jackets, gloves, etc) but no general clothes.

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