From the RFA newsletter I learned that there will be a lecture on Raised Bed Gardening for Beginners by Pamela Yee and Charlie Paolino from Hook Mountain Growers. Location: Nyack Public Library. Visit www.rocklandfarms.org for more information and sign up for their newsletter.
On every Green Map you can find the award winning and community developed icons that depicts sustainable or unsustainable sites in categories like Nature or Social Justice.
We are proud to put a new icon on the Rockland Green Map:
The definition reads:
Pick and gather edibles, glean fallen or unwanted fruits, go fishing, or harvest wildcrafted herbs and foods. Consider ecological concerns, delicate habitats, and waste issues when using this icon.
This first use of this icon goes to a website that offers ideas and courses in how to recognize and utilize wild plants. Just remember, keep your “foraging as respectful and sustainable as possible” (Paul Tappenden of Rockland Forager)
Get your free cleanup supplies! Snacks and refreshments. REGISTER ONLINE or RSVP to Andy at KRB. Located in Kaplan School Staff Dining Room on BOCES campus in W Nyack.
Can you help the KRB get the word out to more cleanup crew leaders, volunteers and sponsors? Call Andy at KRB to lend a hand. 845-623-1534
The Great American Cleanup in Rockland County, which is coordinated by Keep Rockland Beautiful and many local cleanup leaders, is Rockland’s biggest annual community improvement event.
REGISTER your cleanup crew here and read more about it here.
Monday, April 4, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at the Nyack Library, located at 59 South Broadway
An informational, interactive evening which includes a screening of the When Learning Comes Naturally as seen on PBS, followed by an open discussion devoted to investigating and discussing why it is so critical for children to “unplug and get outside.” Leading the evening is Nyack resident Rachel Grob, MA, Ph.D. Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Consultant, Child Development Institute, Sarah Lawrence College, and her colleague Barbara Schecter, Psychology Faculty Member.
The vital role that a love for nature and environmental literacy plays in fostering future environmental stewards will also be brought forward by Sonia Cairo, Director of Environmental Education for Keep Rockland Beautiful.
The event is hosted by The Nyack Library and Summer Play at Blue Rock School of West Nyack.
Read the whole program here and register online at the Nyack Libary website.
Interested in this topic? Check out this book, a “must read” for parents and environmentalists.
Cropsey Community Farm has now a beautiful hoop house and it is already growing in there. There will be more volunteer projects coming up throughout the season. If you are interested in getting involved and working on the farm, please contact Rockland Farm Alliance at volunteer@rocklandfarm.org.
There are still quite a few ice cream companies that still allow the use of genetically modified bovine growth hormone.
Here is your chance to take action: Link to Action page (you are only a few clicks away from making a difference) where you can ask your assembly member to sponsor a bill that would make it compulsary to label a product which has this growth hormone in it (or where it has been used for its production).
WHAT IS RBGH?
Pic from wikimedia.org
rBGH (recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone) is a genetically engineered variant of the natural growth hormone produced by cows. Manufactured by Monsanto, it is sold to dairy farmers under the trade name Posilac. Injection of this hormone forces cows to boost milk production by about 10%, while increasing the incidences of mastitis, lameness, and reproductive complications. (Source: Organic Consumers Association)
More on these issues can be read here…
