| View this email online if it doesn't display correctly |
|
|
|
| | Dear Friends,
People always ask us what we do in the winter. "What do you do all winter?" They say. The short answer is "get ready to march through March!"
And if you keep reading, you'll see what we mean. We are signing people up for our CSA and for community garden beds, building new garden boxes, taking care of seedlings, writing and reporting on grants, recruiting young people for our Spring program and hosting events!!
Events? We have two on one day!
Let's Get Growing, The FRESH Staff |
|
| | TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Saturday, March 15th: Farmer and Educator Karen Washington at 2 Soups, Totes and Tunes at 5
Calling All Youth: Now Accepting Applications
CSA, Still Have A Few Slots |
| | KAREN WASHINGTON COMING TO NEW LONDON |
|  |
Karen Washington, community activist and farmer, is coming to New London to dialogue with FRESH's young farmers and the community!
Please join FRESH, The Yellow Farmhouse, the Health Improvement Collaborative and OIC in welcoming her as she presents "The Power of Food to Build a Community." Since 1985 Karen Washington has been a community activist, striving to make the New York City a better place to live. As a community gardener and board member of the New York Botanical Garden, she worked with Bronx neighborhoods to turn empty lots into community gardens. As an advocate, and former president of the New York City Community Garden Coalition, she stood up and spoke out for garden protection and preservation. As a member of the La Familia Verde Garden Coalition, she helped launched a City Farms Market, bringing fresh vegetables to the community.
Karen is a board member of Why Hunger a grassroots support organization, and Farm School NYC leading workshops on growing food and food justice across the country. In 2010, Co- Founded Black Urban Growers (BUGS) an organization supporting growers in both urban and rural settings. In 2012, Ebony magazine voted her one of their 100 most influential African Americans in the country and in 2014 she was the recipient of the James Beard Leadership Award. Since retiring from Physical Therapy in 2014, Karen is Co-owner/Farmer at Rise & Root Farm in Chester New York.
Karen will speak at OIC, 106 Truman Street, New London at 2:30pm. The event is free and open to the public, but you need to register ahead of time by following THE LINK
Please email info@yellowfarmhouse.org for more information. |
| | | and as Karen is talking, you might start to feel hungry and after she is done, you might want to share your thoughts over a bowl of hot and hearty soup.... You are in luck! Just blocks away from OIC, FRESH will be ladling out more than a dozen homemade soups, come on through and share in the goodness! |
| | | | FRESH Youth Crew: Now Accepting Applications |
| | We are now accepting applications for the FRESH New London Youth Program! Our seasonal Crew Programs are available to all students in New London County ages 13 to 17.
Youth will learn skills in communication, advocacy and urban farming. There is a stipend that members can receive when completing the Spring and Summer Program.
APPLICATIONS DUE MARCH 31st. Please click on THE LINK to fill out the application. If you'd like a copy emailed to you instead, please make that request to info@freshnewlondon.org. Once you submit your application we will contact you to schedule an Interview. |
| | | |
WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT
Interested in supporting FRESH with a tax-deductible donation?
Of course you are! Follow this link: http://www.freshnewlondon.org/support-us |
| |
