Wednesday, June 04, 2008
June at Added Value & Summer Jobs!
It's June at Added Value and the strawberries are turning red. We're
harvesting lettuce for our restaurant and, now that it's warm, we're finally
transplanting our tomatoes.
Come on out to the Farm this Saturday June 7th for a big community volunteer
day! Join us between 10-3.
Other exciting news:
Farmers' Market
Our Market begins on Saturday July 5th on the Red Hook Community Farm. Come
buy locally-grown veggies, lend a hand on the Farm, and meet the young people
who grew the food!
Compost at Added Value
Melanie Chopko, a former Compost Educator with the Manhattan Compost Project,
just joined Added Value to help coordinate our growing compost operation.
We'rebreaking down waste from Rice Restaurant, our Farm and Market, Greener
Pastures Brooklyn-grown wheatgrass, and local woodshops, trees, and chickens! Keep your
eyes out for more information about our growing community composting project,
and how you can get involved.
NY Press!
Check out a great write-up of Ici's brunch (and Added Value greens for
breakfast) in NY Magazine:
http://nymag.com/restaurants/features/breakfast/47394/index1.html
And read about incredible NY City Farmers in the NY Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/07/dining/07urban.html
And speaking of restaurants....
We continue to sell Brooklyn-grown veggies to Ici Restaurant (Fort Greene),
The Good Fork (Red Hook), and Tini (Red Hook). This season we've got a new
restaurant partner, too: Applewood Restaurant in Park Slope! Visit all these
restaurants and enjoy fresh, delicious food!
ADDED VALUE SUMMER JOB ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Added Value is seeking people to help us implement our Summer Youth Program!
We are hiring on a very short time frame, but are excited about these opportunities. Please spread the word! Applications are due Monday, June 9th.
We are seeking a Summer Program Leader with significant youth work experience
to co-lead the program with an Added Value staff member, and a Summer Program
Intern with a strong interest and some experience in this work. Please see
below for links to the job descriptions.
In Added Value’s seven-week Summer Youth Program, participants work each day
on our 2.5-acre urban Farm and in the community. Working under the supervision
of our staff, interns and senior youth leaders, new participants develop a
strong sense of self and community while learning the skills necessary to grow
food from seed to sale. Additionally, youth participants are introduced to the
social context of our work, the food system, issues of community wellness, and
social justice.
Summer Program Leader:
http://www.added-value.org/digitalhorizons/summer.program.leader.08.pdf
Summer Program Intern:
http://www.added-value.org/digitalhorizons/summer.program.intern.08.pdf
Please spread the word! Resumes & cover letters should be submitted to
Cristina Chapman: cchapman(at)added-value.org
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May at Added Value
April at Added Value
Added Value is hiring!
Thanks for an incredible season!
November at Added Value
Red Hook Harvest Festival- Saturday, October 20th!...
October at the Red Hook Community Farm
Harvest Season at Added Value
Red Hook Farmers' Market 2007 Opening!
Summer on the Farm
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