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Attending the 2006 Bioneers Conference

Posted by Geisha Ramirez on November 21, 2006 at 5:24 pm
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Conferences, Meetings, Events

My name is Geisha Ramirez. I am 17 years old and I have worked with The Food Project since the summer of 2004. I work in our Kitchen internship where we use the organic produce that we grow to cater events such as weddings and banquets. This year I got to attend the Bioneers Conference for the second time. IT WAS GREAT. I met many wonderful people my age and got to learn lot of knew ideas. Bioneers was more fun to me this year because I knew what to expect, not to say that Bioneers is predictable. I knew what to expect, in terms of the environment around me and how to get around the civic center. I knew the structure of the schedule and therefore could fill in my co-worker and my supervisor on how Bioneers gets down. Click here for the rest of this entry…

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Urban Agriculture Conference: Call for Abstracts

Posted by the News Desk on November 15, 2006 at 6:26 pm
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Urban Agriculture: Changing the Way We Think about Food, Hunger, and Health.
April 13-14, 2007
Roxbury Community College
Boston, MA

Call for Abstracts
Please click on the links below for details of submission requirements and a copy of the application:
Call for Abstracts (PDF)
Application (PDF)
Deadline for submission: December 31, 2006
Registration fee for presenters: FREE

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Lexington Farmers Market Eat In, Act Out Week Event

Posted by Lori Deliso on November 13, 2006 at 1:35 pm
Categories:
Food System

Lori Deliso is with the Lexington Farmers Market.

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Event was a success, despite the very HOT and HUMID weather we had that week. Thank you for all of your help and support of this project. The teens did an exceptional job, putting a lot of time, energy and effort into this project. The teens who ran the event, Sarah Jick and Emily Miller, gave out samples of foods they had made from locally grown products, with free recipes for the public to take home, including Chocolate Zucchini bread, bruschetta with fresh tomato basil and garlic and Blueberry Lemonade. The Lexington Farmers Market donated all ingredients for this event. This gave them a chance to start a discussion with the public about locally grown food, and the importance of support local farmers.

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Donate to The Food Project!

Posted by the News Desk on November 10, 2006 at 3:07 pm
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News, Articles

In fifteen years, thanks to the support of our donors, The Food Project has become a model of successful youth and adults partnerships, working across racial and economic differences to provide healthy, locally grown food to all resident of Greater Boston and the North Shore of Massachusetts.

Today, support our fifteenth anniversary with a gift to our Fall Appeal. Give now: your donation will be matched by a generous supporter and have double the impact.

Your support is vital. Your commitment will be put to good use.

• $1,300 supports a summer stipend for one teenager to work, learn, and serve at The Food Project
• $700 helps us grow healthy vegetables to feed 1,400 hungry people
• $250 builds a safe raised-bed garden for a low-income family
• $100 buys six bags of seed potatoes
• $40 is the cost of three harvest crates

Above all, your gift will enable The Food Project to continue its important work and expand its award-winning integration of youth development, sustainable agriculture, and community service.

To donate online, click below:

There are other ways to donate:
By check
Gifts of stock
Gifts in celebration or in memory of
In-kind donations of equipment or supplies

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Hello TFP Alumni!

Posted by Dominique Powell on November 9, 2006 at 1:25 pm
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TFP News

Hello TFP Alumni! My name is Dominique Powell. I worked with The Food Project as a crew worker in the summer of 1997, as a DIRT Crew member in AYP in 1997-1998, and as Assistant Crew Leader in the summer of 1998. I had a wonderful time and learned so much from The Food Project – public speaking, confidence, leadership, importance of teamwork, and things of that nature. To this day, at the age of 24, I still utilize these skills in my daily life and I will never forget those years.

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Pies Available This Holiday Season!

Posted by the News Desk on November 3, 2006 at 7:13 pm
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TFP News

The Food Project’s Kitchen is excited to be baking delicious pies for this holiday season. Download the flyer (PDF) for more information and to order in time for Thanksgiving.

Throughout the year, The Food Project’s chef and youth kitchen interns provide a variety of products for sale to the public. Be sure to keep an eye out throughout the year for mouthwatering salsa, baked goods, soup and more.

http://www.thefoodproject.org/uploadedfiles/pieflyer.pdf

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Eat In, Act Out Week in Schenectady, NY

Posted by Debbie Forester on November 2, 2006 at 11:48 am
Categories:
Food System

Debbie Forester is on staff at Roots and Wisdom in Schenectady, NY.

It was a great week, and the Roots and Wisdom youth participants had a lot of fun planning the week and implementing their ideas. Steve Jobs’ quote “Let’s make a dent in the universe” was our inspiration for the week. Here’s what we were up to:

July 24 – Roots and Wisdom Summer Youth Program Participants worked with City Councilwoman Barbara Blanchard to write a resolution highlighting the benefits of eating locally grown food to the Schenectady community. Youth attended the meeting (some dressed as carrots), made statements in favor of the resolution, and handed out Roots and Wisdom Sun Gold tomatoes to the more than 100 people in attendance. (Some commented that the City Council was brave to permit people to hand out tomatoes during a Council meeting.) The Schenectady City Council presented us with a printed, signed copy of the resolution declaring July 31-August 4 BE VOCAL EAT LOCAL week.

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