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Baldor Specialty Foods is a leading food distributor in the NYC metro area. You will have the chance to hear of the sustainability efforts at Baldor and tour their warehouse and Fresh Cuts food production facility.
Come prepared to think of ways you can make your respective businesses/homes more sustainable. And please wear boots or shoes that can get wet. NO open toe shoes allowed in the warehouse or Fresh Cuts. Please bring warm clothes (sweatshirt) for the tour. There is NO jewelry, watches, cameras or phones allowed in Fresh Cuts.
Please advise that participants will be forwarded two forms which must be filled out and signed before touring the facility. https://www.scribd.com/document/323736624/BALDOR-Waiver-Agreement-and-GMP
1:00pm Arrival
1:15pm Welcome and Baldor Business Overview, Ben Walker, Director of Marketing
1:30pm Baldor Sustainability Initiatives, Thomas McQuillan, Presentation, Q&A
2:00pm Tour of Baldor Specialty Foods Warehouse and Fresh Cuts
2:45pm Open discussion
3:00pm Departure
SOLD OUT - NO EXTRA CAPACITY
Farm.One is an LED-lit vertical farm in the middle of the Financial District. Partnered with the Institute of Culinary Education (ICE), Farm.One is focused on growing rare culinary herbs and greens for high-end chefs. Designed to be small scale and high quality, direct-to-customer, Rob and David are determined to prove that vertical farming can be profitable and valuable to the city.
1 hour session, with 3 tours of 10 people each. Network in-between or walk the halls of chefs-in-training.
Aerofarms, Represented by Caitlin Palmer
Rejuvenate Farms, represented by Elias Tarech
ICE Educator and Chef, Represented by Maria Tampakin
Meet at CDSC: 352 Classon Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11238 at 1:30pm (G-Train - Classon Ave)
We will split into two groups of 10-15 people. The first group will go to Teens for Food Justice: 170 Gates Ave (7mins walk from CDSC). After 45 minutes, the two groups will switch.
About the event:
Two non-profits in the heart of Bedford-Stuyvesant, using indoor hydroponic production to promote food equity.
Teens for Food Justice empowers youth to find solutions for food deserts though education in the high-tech science and business principles of hydroponic farming. TTFJ grow large quantities of produce inside their school, serve as health/nutrition ambassadors, and build movement for improved food justice.
The food pantry services of the Center for Child Development Support Corporation (CDSC) became interested in food production and wanted to provide patrons with healthy, clean produce. Since 2012, CDSC has been efficiently operating a two-tiered, 3 rack shallow-raft system at their Classon Ave location. All food goes directly to feeding those in need.
CDSC: 352 Classon Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11238
TTFJ: 170 Gates Ave
Swap after a half-hour to 45 minutes.
You will be assigned a group the night before and notified by email.SOLD OUT
Two tours in one:
Verticulture Farms operates out of 630 Flushing Ave, the old Pfizer Building turned into a small business incubator space. Stroll past small-batch kimchi and wafts of fresh baked goods to get to the rooftop, where Verticulture Farms has turned 120 square feet of space into 380 square feet of aquaponic food production.
Tinyfield Roofhop Farm is a small-scale, women run rooftop farm growing organic microgreens, salad greens, flowers and hops on top of a former pharmaceutical building in Brooklyn. We provide high quality, hyper-local produce to consumers and restaurants, and by creating a space to grow hops, we connect not only brewers to local ingredients, but the worlds of local agriculture and microbrewing by bringing communities together.
The group will be split into 2 and tour Verticulture and Tinyfield Rooftop Farm back to back.
We will meet in the lobby, the entrance is through the parking lot on Hopkins and Tompkins.
Tours include:
This year, AVF members gather at the AeroFarms Corporate Headquarters in New Jersey for a recap of the past vertical farming year and to discuss its future. Already on the agenda are the new AVF structure, the AVF strategy and the many plans, activities and events for the coming years.
Agenda:
Official opening and welcome by AVF board
Presentation of annual report with activities and financials of 2015
Short overview of 2016 activities
Ongoing Projects
New AVF organisational structure
Discussion with members
Membership fees
With multiple projects in Staten Island, Living Restoration is a collaborative of green roof, environmental, architectural, and marketing professionals that specialize in the design, installation and maintenance of urban agricultural spaces. See soil and hydroponic farming used for both productivity and aesthetics.
A shuttle will move participants between the Staten Island Ferry Terminal and the Good Neighbor Organics greenhouse.
The shuttle will be in the pick up area of the ferry terminal which is to the far left when you get off the boat. Andrew will be there to greet them with the driver. Bus will be there at 10am for people on the 9:00 or 9:30boat. Bus available for drop off as well.
Being promptly on time is suggested!
Smallhold’s mushroom shipping container specializes in precision cultivation of gourmet mushrooms. See the beginnings of subscription-based grow units for a restaurant, grocery store, or garage.
Located at the Farm on Kent right off the Hudson, the evening will feature a menu from Manhattan Agriculture and produce grown by Collective members.
Farmers will speak about their product, their experience of growing in the city, and the role AgTech provides.
Permaculture focused, Hellgate Farms partners with property owners throughout Astoria and Long Island City to turn underutilized backyards and rooftops into lush, valuable garden space. Using organic methods and diverting products out of the waste stream, Hellgate uses the ecentralized, small-plot farming style to fuel a neighborhood CSA and value-added products.
Located atop a LEED certified affordable housing building, Sky Vegetables is a prime example of Building-Integrated Agriculture. Tour an 8,000sf+ rooftop hydroponic greenhouse in the South Bronx. Learn about the opportunities and challenges of growing fresh, pesticide-free produce in New York City.