Youth Forum & Expo: Food, Farming and Active Living

Kerry Trueman of Eating Liberally writes:

Here in New York City, there’s an unprecedented interest in urban agriculture, from Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer’s Food In The Public Interest policy initiative to the Community Agriculture Club at New York University to Just Food’s chicken-keeping workshops and petitions to bring back composting and legalize beekeeping. There are frequent permaculture workshops at community gardens, and field trips to farms.

This Thursday, April 16th, there’s a Youth Forum & Expo at Hostos Community College in the Bronx, on Food, Farming and Active Living. Sponsored by the Baum Forum in collaboration with the NYC Food and Fitness Partnership, the Youth Forum & Expo is aimed at youths from ages 15 to 24 and is intended to “inspire young people to engage with the kaleidoscope of important issues surrounding food systems and healthy lifestyles, and to empower them with the tangible resources necessary to become active change agents in and around New York City.”

Cross-cross posted from The Green Fork via the Huffington Post. Check it out…