So, most of you know that we donate our leftover shares and vegetables to Food Not Bombs. Ever wonder what happens after that? Well, board member and founder of the CSA Diana Liss and board member Karen Oh went to volunteer at Food Not Bombs to help them cook our leftovers and other donations and then serve them to the public at a local park.

Food Not Bombs is housed at 123 Community Space, a shared community space in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. Currently located at 123 Tompkins Avenue, 123 Community Space has just been through a nasty eviction battle and will probably move in September. The space hosts four grassroots groups: A New World In Our Hearts, Freegan Bike Workshop, Misled Youth Network, and NYC Anarchist Black Cross and hosts a variety of community programs from free/low cost screenprinting workshops to bicycle repair to political prisoner letterwriting. Read the rest of this entry »

The outreach night was a big success! Board members Darren and Pavani and members Maya and Barbara set up and tabled the event. They had fliers and put out the leftover vegetables and took donations to sample Woodbridge Farms bounty. Cabbages, peaches, herbs, potatoes, even some garlic made it out to the general public which was a huge draw for people. Seeing, touching, and smelling the food really made a difference and for people who were in a hurry but took a brochure were also given a free peach for the road. For people who expressed some more interest a ‘generous sample bag’ was offered for a $5 donation. All proceeds will support the outreach materials and low income shares. Almost 200 brochures were given out and about $60 was collected.

This week, Jacquie Berger, the executive director of Just Food, a nonprofit organization that works to develop a just and sustainable food system in the New York City region, will be answering selected readers’ questions about community-supported agriculture and other ways to access farm-fresh produce as well as urban food-growing opportunities in New York’s communities.

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/06/ask-about-community-gardens-in-new-york/