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Harlem Word: Maudene Nelson tells us what it means to be a “locavore” and eat locally-grown foods
Maudene Nelson, RD, CDE is a nutrition educator at the Columbia University Institute of Human Nutrition and a diabetes educator at the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center. She sat down with GetHealthyHarlem.org to explain why locally grown food is healthier for you and the economy!
Did you know…high rates of cancer in the African American community can be decreased?
African Americans have the highest cancer-related death rate and shortest survival time compared to any other racial or ethnic group in the U.S. The good news is that there are things you can do about it! High rates of cancer can be decreased through prevention. First off, you can lead a healthier lifestyle. Important ways to reduce your risk of cancer include:
Safety Networking: Federal Resource Fair
Sponsored by the Region II Interagency Federal Partners Council
and Columbia University Medical Center
SAVE THE DATE
Thursday, March 10, 2010
New York City Community Garden Coalition Town Hall Meeting
Making Gardens Permanent: Long-Term Solutions
Saturday, February 19, 2011
New York City Community Garden Coalition invites you to participate in a Town Hall Meeting focused on the movement to permanently preserve our city's precious community gardens.
New York City Community Garden Coalition Annual General Meeting
Neighborhood Preservation Center
6:30 - 8:30pm
232 East 11 Street (btw. 2nd & 3rd Ave), Manhattan
Agenda for General Meeting 02.17.11
Black Farmers & Urban Gardeners Conference
Black Farmers & Urban Gardeners Conference
Harlem4 Cooking Workshop and Film Screening THURS August 23 at 6PM
Harlem 4's campaign mission to lift Harlem's status from Food Desert to Food Destination....
Harlem Seeds mission is to inspire children to live long and healthy lives.
A New Playstreet is coming to 104th Street this summer!
Local organizations in our community have come together this summer to turn 104th Street between 2nd-3rd Avenues into a Play Street - a neighborhood space where people can play and socialize.
Harlem Word: Mary Alice Lee and Maddalena Polletta from the Trust for Public Land tell us why it’s difficult to build fun, exciting playgrounds in New York City
Mary Alice Lee and Maddalena Polletta work hard to build playgrounds at New York City school yards through the Trust for Public Land (TPL), but sometimes they face difficulties during the process. In this article, they talk about some of the challenges and how they get past them.
