Alternative Food Production Continued: Hydroponics

We didn’t get to talking about hydroponics or aquaponics at the wonderful meeting tonight, as we were amazed by the concept of in vitro meat as an alternative food production system, but if you are interested, here is the lowdown. Hydroponics is a system of growing crops without soil by exposing the roots to a nutrient-rich water solution. Aquaponics combines hydroponics with aquacultures through a symbiotic relationship between the crops grown and aquatic animals that are raised in the underlying water solution.

So check out this short, awesome TED talk by Britta Riley who started Windowfarms, a vertical hydroponic growing system designed with our new york apartments and dorms in mind and let’s get to building our own!

General Meeting on Monday (Tomorrow!)

Hello, happy Sunday night friends!

In-vitro meat, meat grown in lab petri dishes rather than from livestock, is happening and we want to talk about what this means. Would you eat it? Come to the general meeting TOMORROW, MONDAY DECEMBER 5 @ 6:30 PM in KIMMEL 903 where we will be talking about alternative food production methods such as in vitro meat and hydroponics (growing crops without soil!), and the pros and cons of these technologies. Whether “Burgers From a Lab” make your mouth water or have your stomach turning, check this NPR story out during your next well deserved study break: http://www.npr.org/2011/05/18/136402034/burgers-from-a-lab-the-world-of-in-vitro-meat

Can’t wait to see everybody there, don’t forget the key to surviving impending finals is friends and there will be no shortage of those in 903 tomorrow!

Film screening of Urban Roots, 10/13 8-10 PM

hey hey hey!

hope you guys are enjoying the semester. have you been down to wall street yet? if not, you should go. check it out, see for yourself what’s going on.

in community agriculture news, we’re hosting a screening of the acclaimed film Urban Roots, this coming Thursday, Oct 13, from 8-10 PM in Kimmel 405. It’s a great film, about the revitalization of a Detroit community through urban agriculture. You’ll be in good company with good food.

Here’s a link to the facbeook event:
https://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=269367923094596

Hope to see you all there!
emma

Upcoming Events (Fried Green Tomatoes, urban farming and more!)

This Friday night, we would love for you to join us from 7-9PM in the Gramercy Green dorm TV lounge (3rd Ave and 23rd Street) and enjoy Fried Green Tomatoes–the movie and the delicacy!

On Saturday, we’re going to check out East New York Farms, an awesome urban farm project in Brooklyn!  Check it out at http://www.eastnewyorkfarms.org/
We have to arrive at 10AM, so we’re going to meet at 9 in front of Kimmel and all take the train together.  All you need is a train card!

There is an 11 person limit on our visit, so we’re requesting people RSVP to robert.raymond@nyu.edu to reserve your space.  If you can’t attend this visit, don’t worry because there will definitely be more  coming up!

Upcoming Dates to keep in mind:
-General Meeting Monday, Sep 26th. 6:30PM in Kimmel room 903.

-Visit to the Farm in the Battery
Friday, September 30th
We’ll keep you updated with more details
-Screening of Urban Roots (urbanrootsamerica.com). Thursday, October 13th.There will be snacks!

Shoutout to Ethikus.com

Hey Community Agriculturalists,

A quick note about an great website we encourage you to check out: Ethikus.com. The idea is similar to Groupon or Livingsocial, except that Ethikus focuses solely on socially and environmentally ethical businesses in Lower Manhattan. Last semester our club won a $500 prize from them, which we are putting to good use in the garden. Definitely check out their website, sign up for e-mails, and take advantage of their deals. They’re also on facebook.

Also, just a reminder that our first official event will be held THIS Saturday, September 17th at 11AM in our garden at 1 Washington Square Village, behind Bobst on 3rd Street – (Go through the driveway marked “1” and our garden is on the right). We will be showing off our work from the spring and summer, doing some cleanup, and hopefully planting some hearty crops for the fall.

Following that, our next general meeting will be Monday, September 26th, at 6:30 in Kimmel Room 903. Hope to see you guys in the garden this weekend and later in the month!

cheers, emma

beginnings of fall 2011!

Greetings community ag! Are you ready for the fall semester?

Make sure not to miss our first meeting as a club on Monday, September 12 from 6:30-7:30 in Kimmel 804 .

Something tells me there will be (awesome) food and good conversation, so come ready to share your ideas and prepare for our work this season.

Also, if you’ll be in town, definitely check out Unsold Supper, an amazing community meal and workshop in Union Square organized by the Greenhorns and OurGoods Sep 3rd from 6-8PM.

~ More lovely plant transplants ~

Hi all

This Saturday, April 30, more plants need to get into some outside coldframes. Theyre too big for inside and the sunshine will do them great good.

Meet in the garden at 10AM and get ready to plant things. 

See you there.

<3 Niknik

Frost-Free Food Fest

Sustainable food in Hayden. Good eats. Compost trivia. Lil seed-cup prizes. Fun fun things. Come and eat things please please please. Will be delish.

<3 NIKKI

***Chocolate Cupcakes***

Fundraiser is tomorrow. Come buy our cupcakes. They are vegan and good and have oreo things that arent oreos and other good things.

$$one dollar$$

April 13, 2011
Noon – 4PMish
Top of the Kimmel Stairs

SEE YOU THERE.

>^..^< nikkiikkin >^..^<

General Meeting this Tuesday

Tuesday, April 12
7:30 pm
Kimmel 903

The main thing on the Agenda is E-board elections! If you plan on running for something, please email our president Christine (cej243@nyu.edu), if you haven’t already, and let her know. Also, you should plan a short little speech thing to let us know why you’d be a good e-board member. Other topics will be upcoming events, including the FUNDRAISER this wednesday. If anyone wants to help sell cupcakes there, then come to the meetin and let us know!

Also, I (Nikki the Treasurer) am planning on baking cookies for the meeting. Apple Oatmeal Cookies. Unless my life is mean to me, and then I will probably buy something not as exciting. But, the CHANCE of NikkiCookies being there should be enough of a reason to make you come. So come. If you don’t come, I will cry.

Can’t wait to see everybody there and please don’t make me cry.

Sincerely,

Nikki the Treasurer (who also makes fliers and updates the blog and has a thing for cats)