Brooklyn Food Coalition

Brooklynites for a just & sustainable system for tasty, healthy, affordable food

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Want to run for BFC Steering Committee? Elections are April 12. Please sign up here.

Many thanks to our supporters for Saturday night's School Food Reform benefit:

Jen Chapin
Butter Beans Kitchen
(Check out their blog for fun ideas)
Kumquat Cupcakery
Cayuga Pure Organics
Benjamin Solotaire
Rusty Zimmerman
Greg Mol of Farmer Ground
Flour
Barry Schwartz
Park Slope Food Coop for use of their kitchen
Everyone who purchased tickets.


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Welcome to the Brooklyn Food Coalition

We are a grass-roots partnership of individuals and groups who strive to give an effective voice to all those who live in or serve Brooklyn and wish to achieve a just and sustainable system for tasty, healthy, and affordable food.

For more information, contact info (at) brooklynfoodcoalition (dot) org.

Top Five Things To Do Here--plus a bonus:

1. Join a neighborhood group--or check out the neighborhood group pages to see what Brooklynites are doing.

2. Check out the Calendar for fun and interesting events. Subscribe to the Calendar so you're always updated on events.

3. Do something--find a Call to Action you care about or Volunteer.

4. Learn more about the good food movement.

5. Share an article and start a discussion.

6. Sign and send letters to Congress asking them to increase funding for the Child Nutrition Reathorization.

BFC Neighborhood Council Meeting Agendas and Minutes

Next Neighborhood Council Meeting Monday April 12, from 7:00pm to 9pm at 388 Atlantic.

February 17 Meeting Minutes Neighborhood_Council_2.pdf

December 3 Meeting Minutes BFC-CouncilMinutes-12-04-09.doc


October 14 Meeting Minutes Brooklyn Food Coalition Neighborhood Council Meeting 10.pdf

Blog Posts

David Becker

Lessons in Building a Green Roof in Brockton, MA

You want to do the right thing. Eat locally and sustainably 12 months of the year. Easy enough in California, but you live in Vermont or Minnesota or even New York—where winter settles in early and leaves late.



As currently deployed, New York State’s 36,000 farms can supply perhaps 40% of local food needs, so unless all New York residents become victory gardeners overnight, we will continue to depend on food
imported from thousands of miles away.


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Posted by David Becker on February 28, 2010 at 1:00pm — 2 Comments

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