A Message from Jacquie Berger, Executive Director of Just Food
July 8, 2014
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A Message from Jacquie Berger, Executive Director of Just Food.Greetings Just Food Stories listeners! Summer is the busy season for Just Food and our partners: farmers are farming, gardeners are gardening, market managers and market managing - you get the idea. So we have to say good-bye for the summer, but we will miss you! When you find ...
This week on Just Food Stories, Jacquie welcomes Reverend Robert Ennis Jackson to the program to talk about his amazing work in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant. The Reverend has lent his hand in co-founding many organizations such as the Brooklyn Rescue Mission Urban Harvest Center, Healthy Harvest Food Pantries, ...
This week on Just Food Stories, Jacquie welcomes cookbook author Leanne Brown. Leanne takes a unique approach to her newest cookbook, Good and Cheap, a collection of recipes for people with limited incomes, particularly those on a $4/day food stamps budget. Jacquie asks Leanne to explain her reasoning behind authoring a cookbook with such a ...
This week on Just Food Stories, hosts Jacquie Berger and Alison Cayne take a trip to the Bronx with Lily Kesselman, professional photographer and founder of Brook Park Chickens. With the help of Friends of Brook Park, Lily brought a chicken coop to the South Bronx- but the question is, "Why?" Tune into this episode to learn about food access ...
This week on Just Food Stories, Jacquie Berger gets the urban farming scoop from Heather Horgan, Markets and Outreach Coordinator for East New York Farms. Find out how Heather's commitment to social justice brought her to work in sustainable food. Hear how why Heather is particularly interested in working with marginalized communities, and ...
Anandi A. Premlall is the consummate eco-agricultural citizen of New York City, and she's this week's guest on Just Food Stories. She is a grassroots artivist and founder of the organization and social movement that inspires and integrates AWE: Art, Wellness and Ecology in creating a Sustainable Queens. SustyQ, as the organization is ...
Melissa Danielle, coordinator of Bed Stuy Bounty, entered the world of food advocacy and food justice after a series of WTF? moments. After seeing the reality of meeting so-called vegans who didn't eat vegetables, and people who had absolutely no idea where their food was coming from or what they were really eating, she realized she needed to ...
Today's guest on Just Food Stories is V.P. of the Hattie Carthan Community Garden, Yonette Fleming. Join urban farmer Yonnette as she shares her journey reconnecting back to her agrarian heritage. Yonette talks about how important Just Food has been to her and to farming in general, and tells us her vision for the future of her community ...
