New Date - Shared Bounty: Connecting Local Agriculture and Urban Buyers

3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

How do we build stronger foodsheds where urban buyers and close-by farmers and producers can connect and thrive? How do we implement new market relationships to change food systems at the local, regional, andultimately at the national level? The New School, Edible Manhattan and GrowNYC/Greenmarket present an afternoon of panel discussions and group conversations where experts, practitioners, scholars, and concerned citizens get together to explore these urgent issues including:Liz Carollo, publicity manager, Greenmarket/GrowNYCMary Cleaver, founder/president, The Cleaver CompanyJacques Gautier, chef and owner, Palo Santo RestaurantGary Giberson, founder/president, Sustainable FareJim Hyland, co-founder, Farm 2 Table Co-packers and president, Winter Sun FarmsZaid Kurdieh, farmer, Norwich Meadow FarmsPeter Miller, farmer Coordinator, NY Metro, Organic ValleyJohn Moore, vice president, Dallis Brothers CoffeeModerated by Shayna Cohen, Wholesale Greenmarket Specialist, GrowNYC; Brian Halweil, editor, Edible East End and publisher of Edible Manhattan and Edible Brooklyn; and Fabio Parasecoli, associate professor and coordinator, New School Food Studies Program. The sessions will be followed by a keynote address by Carolyn Dimitri, New York University visiting professor and senior economist at the USDA Economic Research Service. Refreshments will be served.
Location:

Wollman Hall, Eugene Lang Building, 65 West 11th Street, 5th floor (enter at 66 West 12th Street)

Admission:
$10; free to all students and New School faculty, staff, and alumni with ID

Box Office Information:

Single event purchases can be made online at any time at the New School Box Office. Series and discounted tickets must still be made in person or over the phone at The New School Box Office at 66 West 12th Street, main floor, Monday-Thursday 4:00 to 7:00 p.m., and Friday 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. The box office opens the first day of classes and closes after the last paid event of each semester. Reservations and inquiries can be made by emailing boxoffice@newschool.edu or calling 212.229.5488.

For events scheduled during the summer term, the box office will open one hour before each event.


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