News And Updates
Please join us 5-10pm Saturday June 7th for a Greenmarket celebration with Greenmarket tastes, market-inspired cocktails, and live performances. But it’s not just a party – it’s also five hours of environmental education and public programming, featuring CENYC programs, live mozzarella making, cider pressing, beekeeping, solar energy, biodiesel, and much more.
The event is at SolarOne, near E 23rd St & the FDR. Here’s a map
More event details here
Tickets cost $20.
May 29 NYS Council on Food Policy Listening Session in Harlem
The NYS Council on Food Policy is holding a series of Listening Sessions around the state to gain perspective from community members on several food policy issue areas and to seek opportunities to maximize collaboration among stakeholders. The Harlem Listening Session will be held from 5 to 7pm at the Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building 163 West 125th Street, New York
The Listening Sessions are open to the public and are an open microphone format. Anyone who wishes to participate will have five minutes to present their opinions and must also provide their comments in written format. Comments should focus on the key issue areas identified by the Council.
Key issue areas include:
1) Maximize participation in food and nutrition assistance programs;
2) Strengthen the connection between local food products and consumers;
3) Support efficient and profitable agricultural food production and food retail infrastructure; and
4) Increase consumer awareness and knowledge about healthy eating and improve access to safe and nutritious foods.
RSVP with Mary Ann Stockman at (518) 485-7728 or maryann.stockman@agmkt.state.ny.us
For Immediate Release:
Press Contact
NAkisha Henry
Communications Director
718-362-9552 or NAkisha[at]bvsny.org
THE BLACK VEGETARIAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK PARTICIPATES IN VEGGIE PRIDE PARADE
NEW YORK, NY MAY 9, 2008 - The Black Vegetarian Society of New York (BVSNY) will participate in the first US-based Veggie Pride Parade in New York City on May 18, 2008. Originally conceived in Paris, France in 2001, BVSNY hopes its participation in the parade will show that vegetarianism is not just a European/Western ‘fringe diet’ but a delicious and holistic lifestyle which can assist in managing and preventing disease.
“BVSNY sees plant-based diets as part of a new revolution - reclaiming the body from our slave food legacy to build a healthy future. We want Black New Yorkers to know this way of living is for them,” says Melissa D. Haile, Executive Director of The Black Vegetarian Society of New York. According to the Centers for Disease Control, 52% of Black women and 31% of Black men are overweight or obese. Obesity is a known factor in a number of chronic conditions such as diabetes and certain cancers, conditions that disproportionately affect Black Americans.
The parade kicks off at 12 noon in the Meat Packing District and ends at Washington Square Park. BVSNY will be in the exhibitor’s area with literature on vegetarianism as well as information on how to join. For more information about The Black Vegetarian Society of New York, please visit www.bvsny.org. Information about the Veggie Pride Parade can be obtained at www.veggieprideparade.org.
The Black Vegetarian Society of New York is a statewide, non-profit, member-based organization offering a culturally relevant and holistic approach to plant-based nutrition and lifestyles. Our organization seeks to fill the gaps that exist in our communities; particularly in meeting and addressing the concerns of chronic and degenerative diseases that communities of color are disproportionately affected by such has high blood pressure, diabetes and heart disease.
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