Posts tagged agriculture
GreenTreks Film to be featured at “The Food Revolution” Community Screening and Panel Discussion Event
Aug 13th
We’ve been all about making the healthy food, healthy environment connection for years and are delighted to have a segment from one of our GreenWorks programs selected for screening at MiND TV’s upcoming event. The segment from Eat Locally, Think Globally features PA’s own multi-generational Milky Way Farm and the decision to go off chemical based pesticides and fertilizers. It will be online soon, but why not check it out at the screening along with other shorts and follow it up by taking part in a panel discussion with experts on local food and farms.
Here are the details:
The Food Revolution: A Community Screening + Panel Discussion on Local Food
Time: August 18 · 6:00pm – 7:30pm
Location: The First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia, 2125 Chestnut Street
- Opening Reception w/ Light (local!) Refreshments: 6pm
– Brief Introduction, with Musical Performance by Eco-Man: 6:20pm
– Screening: 6:30pm
– Panel Discussion: 7pm
The panel discussion will include:
- Marilyn Anthony, Regional Director, PA Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA) / PA Buy Fresh, Buy Local
– Lily Cope, Director, Philly Homegrown
– Mary Seton Corboy, Director, Greensgrow Farms
– Raina Ainslie, Farm Educator, Pennypack Farm & Education Center
– Annmarie Butera, Natural Foods Educator
RSVP to Kim Kunda kkunda@mindtv.org
We have a whole batch of other farm and food related videos on our YouTube Channel, so take a look and let us know what you think.
Searching for Fresh Seasonal Food Just Got Easier
Jul 13th
The Natural Resources Defense Council is always coming up with new tools to keep our green side on the straight and narrow and they’ve recently released a great new EAT LOCAL Feature that helps anyone find what’s fresh and nearby. You can search right from this Widget, or embed it on your Blog, facebook page, or website.
Another really cool feature is Label Lookups, which helps sort the wheat from the chaff when it comes to labeling claims. This one’s also available as an iPhone app, so you can make more informed decisions when you’re shopping, rather than being sucked in by false claims and later regretting your buy…
The Science is clear: Streamside Buffers improve water quality
May 31st
“The science is now clear,” says Bernard Sweeney, PhD, Director of the Stroud Water Research Center, “that widespread implementation of streamside forest buffers is one of the simplest, most cost effective approaches to eliminating many of the problems of the Chesapeake Bay…”
Studies by internationally acclaimed Stroud Water Research Center have shown that healthy forests bordering streams not only prevent numerous pollutants from reaching the water, but also multiply the stream’s natural ability to cleanse itself of pollutants that do make their way into the water. On a small farm that is typical of many in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, best management practices including contour farming, terraces, and grass waterways work in tandem with a swale and forested buffer to protect the stream–and therefore, the Chesapeake Bay.
Streamside Forest Buffers: Improving Water Quality from GreenTreks Network on Vimeo.
For More Information, visit the Stroud Water Research Center and StormwaterPA
DID YOU KNOW the average food item we eat travels more than a thousand miles before getting to our plate?
May 19th
When you “buy local” you get fresher and tastier food, support small farms, contribute to the regional economy, help protect open space, and prevent huge amount of resources going into packaging, shipping, and marketing.
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Healthy Food Comes from Healthy Plants-but let’s not forget the importance of Soil!
Apr 26th
Most of us know that fruits and vegetables come from living plants, but we don’t often think about the soil in which they are grown. Healthy soil hosts a living factory that’s full of bacteria, invertebrates, insects, and animals–which, under the right conditions, cause plants to thrive. Maysies Farm shows how organic farming practices such as composting can nurture healthy soil, which in turn grows healthy, delicious food for people to enjoy.
Biodiversity and Food: Maysies Farm from GreenTreks Network on Vimeo.
