If you are around Washington Square Park this Saturday, expect to see swarms of food-growin’ and policy-changin’ folk in the neighborhood.
It’s the NYC Food and Climate Change Summit — a convergence of “family farmers, community gardeners, concerned citizens, activists, advocates, parents food experts, policy makers, environmentalists, nutritionists, educators, urban planners, urban designers, government, community, business and civic leaders, educators, elected officials, city government leaders.”
In other words, our peeps!
The event is particularly genius because it bridges food politics and climate change. We know how important it is to imagine solutions and strategies that merge these issues — and this is a great opportunity to get food activists and climate change activists together in the same room. Literally.
WOYP will be there, along with our partners Just Food, Small Planet Institute Founder Anna Lappe, and Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer. In addition to talks, panels, info sessions and other conference type occurrences, there will be a food drive and sustainable bagged lunches.
You can follow the action at their Twitter page. And we’ll report back on all the juicy details.