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Farm Food and Health Fig Meeting III November 24th, 2020
Attendees: Shannon Caravello, Gail Levine, Tanzina Ahmed, Mary Lou Fierle, Simone Rodriquez Shannon and Simone gave an overview of the recent KCC Farm future visioning committee meeting. A priority is insuring that the Farm is welcoming and accessible for students, faculty, staff, and volunteers while also adhering to risk management, insurance, and job description considerations. […]
Farm Food and Health FIG Fall Semester Meeting II October 27, 2020
Attendees: Shannon Caravello, Jennifer Mitchel, Tanzina Ahmed, Kathy Giaimo, Mary Lou Fierle, Gail Levine, Maya Stansberry Maya Stansberry who has recently taken over the position of administrator of the KCC Farm gave an update on the farm. She discussed that the method of farm produce distribution during the Pandemic which was been done in partnership […]
Farm Food and Health FIG Fall Semester 2020 Meeting 1 October 14, 2020
Attendees: Jennifer Mitchell, Shannon Caravello, Mary Lou Fierle, Tanzina Ahmend, Naxielly Dominquez The first meeting of the Farm Food and Health Fig Fall Semester 2020 focused on research being conducted or proposed related in some way to food production, food awareness, food insecurity as well as cultural implications related to agriculture/food production and food consumption. […]
FARM FIG Meeting #3 December 4, 2019
Glenda Ullauri invited Jan Poppendieck, Senior Faculty Fellow from the CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute, to share food insecurity initiatives that have been implemented at various CUNY Campuses. The meeting was well attended by staff from the KCC Farm, members of the Physical Education and Recreation Dept. faculty, staff from the Student Counseling Center as […]
KBCC Farm FIG Meeting #2 October 16, 2019
Glenda Ullauri shared upcoming Farm sponsored events: Taste the Rainbow 10/23/19. Students who are scheduled to volunteer on the farm will be directed to assist/attend this event. Food Day November 7th Student Research Project will be presented from 12:40-1:40PM Upcoming volunteer date: November 20th for students, staff, and faculty. Glenda suggested that the FARM FIG […]
KCC Urban Farm FIG Meeting #1 October 2nd 2019
Glenda Ullauri reviewed upcoming Farm Programming including: Weekly on going veggie distribution for students through November Upcoming Volunteer Days 10/9 and 11/20 Food Day 11/7 as part of the Diversity Week events Farm Tours may still be scheduled Taste the Rainbow 10/23 as part of the KBCC’s LBGTQ month events Breezeway Bites coordinated by Maya […]
Session 3 Farm Fig May 21, 2019
The third session of the FARM Fig for Spring 2019 was held on May 21, 2019. The primary focus of this meeting was to explore the possibility of a link course with the KBCC Farm. There was a link course in the past but there has not been one for the last few semesters. The […]
Session 2 Farm Fig April 16th
The second session of the FARM Fig for Spring 2019 took place on April 16th at the KBCC Farm and consisted of a seed starting workshop. Participants included faculty, staff, and students. The content of the workshop consisted of learning the proper ingredients for potting mix for starting seeds, as well as techniques for successful […]
Session 1 March 25, 2019
At this first session of the semester Glenda shared that there are paid student aide positions available at the Farm and faculty are urged to spread the word within all classes. Maya shared that there is also a Food Educator Intern position available as well and that will involve cooking demos. Maya also shared that […]
Healing Herbs 101
Thursday November 15 3PM – 4PM In this hands on workshop, participants learned how to identify the healing properties of common garden herbs and how to care for them over the winter. Participants created their own healing tea mixes. This workshop was co-sponsored by the Farm Fig, Food Studies Fig, and the Student Holistic Health […]
