May 16, 2011
Water Fight! Fracking, Food, Art & Economy
Baum Forum & Parsons The New School For Design presented Water Fight! Fracking, Food, Art & Economy, a conference that sought to expand NYC-centric concerns about protecting its drinking water from the potential pollution of hydrofracking…
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June 12, 2010
Highway to Health Festival & Youth Forum
Highway to Health Festival & Youth Forum was a showcase for youth leaders involved in nutrition, fitness and community improvement. Its overall goal was to engage youth…
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April 16, 2009
Youth Forum & Expo:
Food, Farming and Active Living
The April 16th Youth Forum & Expo was specifically designed to introduce young people to tangible opportunities in food, farming and active living...
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April 11-12, 2008
Schools, Food and Community
Baum Forum and the Nutrition Program, Teachers College Columbia University announce that over 520 participants…
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April 21, 2007
Schools, Food and Gardening:
Cultivating a Healty Future
More than 450 participants gathered on April 21, 2007 for Schools, Food and Gardening: Cultivating a Healthy Future, a day of panels…
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Four Wednesdays: May 10 - June 7,
2006
Putting Food Systems on the Urban
Map
Urban and community-based food systems in New York City and the emerging field
of food system planning were the focus of this four part series…
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April 1, 2006
Schools and
Food:
Innovation, Opportunity and Wellness
400 people participated in a day-long program that included panels,
workshops, resource fair and luncheon that brought professional…
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November 5,
2005
What's Up
with Organics?
From fast food to slow, from Walmart to Greenmarket, organic is a term that is
causing confusion these days. Is the USDA's National Organic Program to blame?
How does the USDA certified organic label differ from the intent of the organic
pioneers?
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October 17,
2005
School Food: What's Cooking?????
The topic of school lunch has become a veritable hot potato in culinary,
educational, agricultural and health circles as well as in the legislative halls.
From cafeterias, classrooms and school gardens to vending machine…
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March 26,
2005
Northeast Farmstead and Raw Milk Cheese:
Back to the Future
Can artisanal production sustain the family farm? How are the New York
City farmers’ markets, retail and restaurant markets responding? What
are the differences in quality and taste between…
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January 22,
2005
A Growing
Concern:
Developing a Sustainable Food System for New York
As the critique intensifies of the ever expanding global food system, the
necessity for sustainable alternatives is increasing dramatically. To further the
preservation and expansion of our own region’s…
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October 30,
2004
The Blue Revolution and Wild Fisheries:
Issues, Technologies and Taste
A full day exploration through discussion, film and tastings of the latest
developments and controversies in aquaculture, wild fisheries, and the local fish
supply…
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May 8,
2004
Sustainability, Health and Meat
What production practices are safe and sustainable? What options are available
to households, restaurants, schools? Organic, grass fed, grain finished, locally
raised, antibiotic and hormone free, irradiated and natural are just some…
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October 5-6,
2002
A Growing
Concern
More than 400 people participated in A Growing Concern, the 2002 Baum
Forum’s New York City weekend of educational and culinary activities
focused on food and farming…
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