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SUMMARY:GROWING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES THROUGH GRASSROOTS INITIATIVES
DESCRIPTION:GROWING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES THROUGH GRASSROOTS INITIATIVES: Learn How A Few Local Food Companies and Organizations Are Bettering Our Community And Environment Through Sustainable Businesses Practices\, Services\, And Products. \nTHE FULL PRICE OF THE TICKET WILL BE DONATED TO THE GREEN BRONX MACHINE (Less Eventbrite fees)  \nBUY TICKETS HERE>>>> \n***Panel Discussion + Networking + Food (donated by Le Pain Quotidien and Le Botaniste)*** \nThe panel will reveal business opportunities and challenges in sustainable food industries and discuss how we can all participate in creating a better food system and healthier community. \nPanelists: \nStephen Ritz\, Green Bronx Machine – Stephen is a South Bronx teacher who believes that students shouldn’t have to leave their community to live\, learn and earn in a better one. Moving generations of students into spheres of personal and academic successes they have never imagined while reclaiming and rebuilding the Bronx\, Stephen’s extended student and community family have grown over 25\,000 pounds of vegetables in the Bronx while generating extraordinary academic performance. \nRobert Graham\, MD\, MPH\, ABOIM\, FACP is board certified in Internal and Integrative Medicine. Dr. Graham is the co-founder of FRxESH Integrative Health and Fare Wellness\, He is currently is the Director of Integrative Health & Wellness for the Northwell Health. \nFor over a decade\, Dr. Graham has been a trailblazer in the field of Integrative Medicine. Since 2010\, he created Fare Wellness\, an innovative\, culinary and nutrition program teaching doctors how to cook whole food plant based meals at the Natural Gourmet Institute\, so that they can share the insights with their patients. In 2012\, he and his wife Julie\, a certified yoga instructor\, launched Lenox CHill Initiative\, a yoga/meditation course for healthcare workers. The following year\, Dr. Graham created “Victory Greens\,” an edible rooftop garden at Lenox Hill Hospital\, where he offers “rooftop to bedside” meals. \nDr. Graham received his medical degree from the School of Medicine at Stony Brook University Medical Center\, Stony Brook\, NY and completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Lenox Hospital in New York City. He received a Masters of Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health while completing two fellowships in General Internal Medicine/Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies at Harvard Medical School. He completed an additional fellowship in Medical Education at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge\, Massachusetts. \nHe is a frequent speaker at conferences including TedxManhattan\, where he described his attempt to incorporate his roots in integrative and traditional medicine into our modern healthcare system with an emphasis on having greater respect for food\, cooking\, farming\, meditation and their healing properties. \nJason Finder\, Dishes by DOE. For more than 30 years\, The Doe Fund\, Inc. has provided a hand up\, not a hand out to formerly homeless and incarcerated men. A byproduct of the Culinary Arts Program\, Dishes by Doe provides hands on job training in the food service industry. All of the proceeds of our catering service go towards benefiting The Doe Fund and the men enrolled in the program. Each student enrolled in the Culinary Arts program graduates with 450 hours of hands-on experience\, a Food Protection Certificate\, a nationally recognized ServSafe license\, and a Certificate of Completion in Customer Service Training. Fueled by hard work and a love of food\, these men are making a difference in their lives and the lives of millions of New Yorkers. \nMichael Schwartz\, owner of Organic Food Incubator\, and co-founder of BAO Cultured is on a mission to help organic\, artisan and small food and beverage manufacturers avoid the pitfalls of starting a new business. OFI has worked with more than 75 start-ups\, graduating over 15 to larger contract manufacturers or standalone facilities. As a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America (CIA)\, he has worked in some of NYC’s premier restaurants\, including LeCirque and had been an instructor at the Institute of Culinary Education for 13 years. Mike is a true food lover who has witnessed the evolution of our recent culinary revolution as consumer awareness has grown into healthier eating habits. In addition\, he supports local farmers and more sustainable options to the small food business industry. \nModerator: \nDiane Hatz\, Founder & Exec. Director\, Change Food. She uses her expertise to develop creative projects\, raise awareness\, and move people to take actions to change the food system. She also works to find ways to help individuals and groups within the field collaborate\, connect and work more effectively. \nA special THANK YOU to Le Pain Quotidien and Alain Coumont\, founder of LPQ’s new organic and plant-based restaurant Le Botaniste for their delicious\, healthy and sustainable food donations.
URL:https://www.nycfoodpolicy.org/eventcalendar/growing-healthy-communities-grassroots-initiatives/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Webinar\, 2180 Third Avenue at 119th Street\, New York\, NY\, United States
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SUMMARY:NYC Food Policy Center at Hunter College's Class of 2016 40 Under 40
DESCRIPTION:Join the New York City Food Policy Center at Hunter College for an exciting evening honoring New York City’s 40 under 40 working to transform the food system. Our honorees include policymakers\, educators\, community advocates\, farmers\, innovators and more who are making significant strides to create healthier\, more sustainable food environments and to use food to promote community and economic development. \nAppetizers featuring produce from the Union Square Greenmarket and drinks will be served. Special thanks to Bartleby & Sage\, www.bartlebyandsage.com \n  \n  \nMeet The 2016 NYC Food Policy Center Class of 2016 \nAlyson Abrami\, Director\, Food and Nutrition Programs\, Children’s Aid Society \nYemi Amu\, Co-Founder and Farm Manager of Oko Farms and Farm Manager at Moore Street Farms \nKate Barney\, East Coast Director at Fare Resources \nSabrina Baronberg\, Senior Director\, Food and Nutrition Programs at Health Solutions \nAlex Beauchamp\, Northeast Region Director of Food & Water Watch \nEllie Berens\, Development and Outreach Manager\, Wellness in the Schools \nBianca Bockman\, Community Healthy Food Advocate at the Northeast Brooklyn Housing Development Corporation \nLeanne Brown\, Author of Good and Cheap \nDan Carr\, Q Farms Farm Manager\, Beavertides Bee Farm Owner\, FormerBeekeeper/Livestock Experimentation Manager at Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture \nJenifer Clapp\, Director of Healthy Eating Initiatives\, NYC Health Department \nChalley Comer\, Chief of Staff\, NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets \nTaisy Conk\, Director of Community Food Action at New Settlement Apartments \nMolly Culver\, Manager\, The Youth Farm \nSarita Daftary-Steel\, Food Dignity Project Consultant and former Project Director at East New York Farms! \nMeserete Davis\, Food & Menu Management Project Specialist\, NYC SchoolFood \nDavid DeVaughn\, Senior Manager\, Policy & Community Partnerships at City Harvest \nLeah Eden\, Policy Fellow at United Way of New York City/ Former Director of Food Policy\, Office of NYC Council Member Ben Kallos\, District 5 \nCurt Ellis\, Co-founder and CEO FoodCorps \nAshley Fitch\, Senior Project Manager – Mount Sinai DSRIP Project Management Office \nBen Flanner\, Brooklyn Grange\, Head Farmer/CEO Brooklyn Grange \nRoy Frias\, Youth Program Director\, East New York Farms \nColleen Flynn\, Director of Programs at Local Initiatives Support Coalition (LISC) \nRachna Govani\, Co-founder and CEO\, Food Stand \nDaniel Gross\, Executive Director\, Brandworkers \nMolly Hartman\, Senior Advisor for Food Policy\, Office of the Mayor \nAshley Lederer\, Nutritionist at Thoughtful Food Nutrition \nAdam Liebowitz\, Food and Environment Program Officer\, North Star Fund \nJavier Lopez\, Deputy Director at the Center for Health Equity New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene/Center for Health Equity \nBen Kallos\, New York City Council Member\, District 5 \nAnnie Novak\, Founder and Director of Growing Chefs and the Co-Founder and Farmer of Eagle Street Rooftop Farm in Greenpoint \nBrendan Parker\, Assistant Garden Manager\, Edible School Yard NYC \nLeah Penniman\, Co-director Soul Fire Farm \nDiana Robinson\, Campaign and Education Coordinator\, Food Chain Workers Alliance \nMilan Taylor\, CEO at Rockaway Youth Task Force \nAshley Tyrner\, Founder of Farmbox Direct \nClaire Uno\, Assistant Executive Director at Laurie M. Tisch Center for Food\, Education & Policy at Teachers College\, Columbia \nJessie Kerr-Vanderslice\, Director\, Grow to Learn \nDavid Vigil\, Project Director at East New York Farms \nChristopher Wayne\, Director at FARMRoots\, GrowNYC \nKimberley Wong\, Program Director\, BronxWorks \nWHEN Thursday\, June 16\, 2016 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM (EDT) – Add to Calendar \nWHERE 17 East 17th Street 4th Floor\, New York\, NY 10003
URL:https://www.nycfoodpolicy.org/eventcalendar/nyc-food-policy-center-hunter-colleges-class-2016-40-40/
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