State university of new york at new paltz

Detroit residents addressed the growing number of vacant, blighted properties by building urban neighborhood farms. Several poor neighborhoods in Cleveland surround the medical and university districts, where institutions have nurtured small businesses that now provide hospital laundry service, as well as supply fresh produce for patient, student and staff meals. Seattle has turned part of a city park into a “food forest,” where visitors can pluck fruits and vegetables for free. “These are places trying to create a different way of thinking about the kind of future they can build when they start from the grassroots,” said Sarah van Gelder, who founded Yes! Magazine in 1996 and last year published, “The Revolution Where You Live.” Van Gelder, a New Paltz native who lives in suburban Seattle, will help lead the 15th annual World on Your Plate conference this weekend at Daemen College in Amherst. The conference, open to all, will feature presenters who … [Read more...] about World on Your Plate conference features national figure in local food movement