Bedford Stuyvesant Food and Family Day

Bedford Stuyvesant Food and Family Day

Saturday, October 1, 2011
9:30am - 4pm

Join the Coalition for the Improvement of Bedford Stuyvesant (CIBS) in partnership with Council Member Albert Vann and the Brooklyn Community Foundation for an all-day event that will bring together local residents, food justice advocates, urban farmers and gardeners, local businesses, schools, educators and community organizations to examine wellness and access to healthy foods in Bed-Stuy. Free and open to all ages!

Schedule of events:

9:30am-10:00am Registration and Light Refreshments

10:00am-11:00am Welcome, Introduction and Guest Speakers

11:00am-12:00pm Morning Workshops: Tour of Local Farmers' Market with Free Health Bucks; Basic Gardening; School Food Activism; How To Become Involved With Bed-Stuy’s Community Eco-Mapping Project; and How To Cook Fresh, Organic Baby Foods

12:00pm-2:00pm Free Catered Lunch, Guest Speakers, Mural Project and Zumba Exercise Demonstration

2:00-3:00pm Afternoon Workshops: Becoming A Bed-Stuy Healthy Food Advocate; Basic Composting Tips; Bringing the Farmers’ Market Home Cooking Demonstrations; and Fitness Demonstrations

3:00-4:00pm Exercising Demonstration, Shopping Matters Tour & Cooking Demonstrations

Free all-day events: Kids Gardening, Health Screenings, EBT/WIC Screenings, Nutrition Education, Mapping & Coloring Activities, Eco-Mapping Project, Super FoodTown Tours (starting at 1pm, every half hour), Free Give-Aways and Much More!

Organizations at the event will include:
Adopt-a-Farmbox, Bedford Stuyvesant Family Health Center, Bedford Stuyvesant Gateway BID, Bedford Stuyvesant Campaign Against Hunger, Bed-Stuy Community Eco-Mapping Project, Bedford Stuyvesant YMCA, Bridge Street Development Corporation, Brooklyn Community Foundation, Brooklyn Food Coalition, Brooklyn Food and Fitness Task Force, Brooklyn Queens Land Trust, Brooklyn Rescue Mission, Chrissy's Cooking Club, City Harvest, DIVAS for Social Justice, Green Guerillas, Groundwork Inc, GrowNYC, Hattie Carthan Community Market, Just Food, Local Initiatives Suppport Coprotation (LISC), North East Brooklyn Housing Development Corp, Malcolm X Farmers’ Market, NYC Department of Health, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Brooklyn District Public Health Office, NYC Strategic Alliance for Health, PlaNYC, Pratt Area Community Council, Pratt Center, Restoration Corporation and Super FoodTown.

Special thanks to: Project SET and McMillian+Furlow



Cost: FREE!
Date: Saturday, October 1, 2011
Time: 9:30am-4pm
Location: Restoration Plaza, 1368 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11216

More information coming soon! For questions about participation or to table at the event, email: cibsbedstuy@gmail.com