City Fresh Monday Gatherings
City Fresh Monday is a monthly gathering of folks who want to learn, dialogue and collaborate on issues of food, health, community development and the environment. Presented by the New Agrarian Center (NAC), the FREE City Fresh Monday forum is hosted in the Great Lakes Brewing Company Beer Cellar the third Monday of every month from 6 p.m.-8 p.m.
City Fresh is a joint initiative between the NAC and Ohio State University Cooperative Extension. The goal of City Fresh is to build a more just and sustainable local food system in Northeast Ohio. City Fresh seeks to meet the needs of both urban and rural communities by improving access to fresh locally grown food for urban residents and marketing opportunities in the city for local farmers. The City Fresh program impacts the local food system through the development of neighborhood food centers, nutrition education, urban market garden training and the cultivation of direct farm to business connections.
The New Agrarian Center is committed to building a stronger and more sustainable regional food system in Northeast Ohio—a food system that promotes health in the broadest sense of the word: healthy land, communities, individuals and economy.
UPCOMING CITY FRESH MONDAYS
- Mon., Feb. 18—Farm Link: With the average age of the farmer pushing 59, what can we do to get new farmers started? Learn about a farm link program to connect retiring farmers with beginning farmers and efforts to preserve farmland and support our local agricultural base.
- Mon., March 24—Adaptive Re-Use Agrarian Style: Students from the Urban Affairs College at Cleveland State University will be presenting ideas for the re-use of old buildings in Cleveland for agricultural production, focusing on a building in the Detroit Shoreway neighborhood.
For more information, contact Brad Masi at brad@gotthenac.org; www.gotthenac.org.