<div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(56,118,29)"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,128,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><b>GreenHomeNYC Monthly Forum: <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/april-forum-sustainable-food-systems-registration-33230377955">Sustainable Food Systems</a><br>4/19/17 @ Project Farmhouse, NYC</b></span></b></span><br><div>
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<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium">Food
waste. Food surplus. Whatever term you use, we throw away a lot of
food! In total, New York City’s waste stream is roughly one-third
organic material. </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium">According
to the food hierarchy from the EPA, the highest and best use for food
is human consumption and the least preferable option is landfill or
incineration. As concerned citizens and active sustainability
practitioners, what can we do to improve how food cycles through our
city, keeping it at its highest and best use? What’s being done to
develop regenerative, closed loop systems consisting of local resources?
</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium">This
month's Forum is targeted to those who are interested in the food and
organics issues that cities are facing amidst a trend toward zero waste
goals and sustainable materials management. Five experts will discuss
how they’re designing and implementing more sustainable urban food
systems that will help NYC achieve it’s “0x30” goal to send zero waste
to landfills by the year 2030.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><b>Date:</b> Wednesday, April 19, 2017</span><br><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><b>Time:</b> 6:00-8:00pm. <i>Networking 6-6:30pm. Forum begins promptly at 6:30pm.</i></span><br><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><b>Place:</b> Project Farmhouse, 76 East 13th St, New York, NY 10003<br></span></p><p style="text-align:left"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><span style="color:rgb(0,128,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><b>Register Here --></b></span> <span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/april-forum-sustainable-food-systems-registration-33230377955">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/april-forum-sustainable-food-systems-registration-33230377955</a></span><br></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:rgb(0,128,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><b>Speakers:</b></span></p>
<ul style="text-align:justify"><li><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><b>M</b><b>ichael Hurwitz</b> - <i>Director, Greenmarket Program, GrowNYC</i></span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><b>T</b><b>homas McQuillan</b> - <i>Director of Food Service Sales and Sustainability, Baldor Specialty Foods</i></span></li><li><span style="font-size:medium;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Clare Miflin</b> - <i>Associate Principal, Kiss + Cathcart; Leader, AIA Design Guidelines for Zero Waste Advisory Committee</i><br></span></li><li><span style="font-size:medium;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Christina Grace</b> - <i>Principal, Foodprint Group; Co-leader, <i style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium">AIA Design Guidelines for Zero Waste Advisory Committee</i></i><br></span></li><li><span style="font-size:medium;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Maya Shenkman</b> - <i>Director of Hotel Services, Great Forest; Member, Hotel Association of NYC Sustainability Committee</i><br></span></li></ul>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium">After
the event we'll be heading to a nearby bar for networking and
connecting. Location to be announced at the forum. Please join us!</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium"> </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><span style="color:rgb(0,128,0)"><b>About Our Speakers...</b></span><br></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><b>Michael Hurwitz</b> - <i style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium">Director, Greenmarket Program, GrowNYC</i></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><img style="float: right; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: black; border-image: none; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 8px;" alt="Michael Hurwitz" src="https://cdn.evbuc.com/eventlogos/162805743/michaelhurwitz.jpg" height="200">Michael Hurwitz is the Director of Greenmarket, a 40 year-old program of <a href="https://www.grownyc.org/" rel="nofollow">GrowNYC</a>
that operates 53 producer-only farmers markets throughout the five
boroughs of New York City, as well as the Wholesale Farmers Market
located in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx. Michael has an MSW from
UPenn and a JD from Yeshiva University, NYC. He came to food from a
social work perspective, when in 2000 he discovered the power of
agriculture through a community garden in Red Hook, Brooklyn. His
favorite food policy book is <i>Stolen Harvest</i> and his favorite food is brussel sprouts after the frost has hit them a few times.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium"> </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><b>Thomas McQuillan</b> - <i style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium">Director of Food Service Sales and Sustainability, Baldor Specialty Foods</i></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><img style="float: right; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: black; border-image: none; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 8px;" alt="Thomas McQuillan" src="https://cdn.evbuc.com/eventlogos/162805743/thomasmcquillan.jpg" height="200"></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium">Thomas
McQuillan is a transformational executive with 25+ years of successful
business leadership experience and a demonstrated skill for turning
around underperforming organizations and spearheading acquisition and
business integration initiatives. In 2015, Thomas joined <a href="https://www.baldorfood.com/" rel="nofollow">Baldor Specialty Foods, Inc</a>.
located in the Bronx, New York. Tasked with creating a strategic plan
to make Baldor more Sustainable, Thomas spearheaded the SparCs (scraps
spelled backwards) initiative to reduce food waste throughout the
company. Baldor’s sustainability initiatives are also focused on overall
waste reduction throughout the organization and the company has
launched a number of initiatives to become more energy efficient, as
well.<br></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium"> </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><b>Clare Miflin</b> - <i style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium">Associate
Principal, Kiss + Cathcart; AIA, LEED AP, Certified Passive House
Designer; Leader, AIA Design Guidelines for Zero Waste Advisory
Committee</i></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><img style="float: right; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: black; border-image: none; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 8px;" alt="Clare Miflin" src="https://cdn.evbuc.com/eventlogos/162805743/claremiflinheadshot.png" height="200"></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium">Clare is an architect at <a href="http://www.kisscathcart.com/" rel="nofollow">Kiss + Cathcart</a>,
Architects -- a firm well known for their philosophy of “productive”
architecture in terms of human, environmental and economic benefits. She
considers buildings within the larger systems of which they are part,
integrating energy production, vegetation and even agriculture. She is
currently working on a large mixed use passive house project and design
guidelines for architects to aid NYC’s goal of zero waste. She is active
in the local green building community, being part of Urban Green
Council’s Monthly Programs Committee, NYC Living Building Collaborative,
and Sustainability Coordinator for her local food cooperative.
Fascinated by natural systems, she is also studying for her Masters in
Biomimicry. Kiss + Cathcart, Architects, along with <a href="http://www.closedloops.net/" rel="nofollow">ClosedLoops</a>, <a href="http://www.foodprintgroup.com/" rel="nofollow">Foodprint Group</a> and the <a href="http://aiany.aiany.org/index.php?section=committees&prrid=20" rel="nofollow">AIANY COTE</a> are developing Design Guidelines for Zero Waste. This project, an initiative of the <a href="http://cfa.aiany.org/index.php?section=center-for-architecture" rel="nofollow">Center for Architecture</a>,
is made possible with support from The Rockefeller Foundation, and will
include multidisciplinary workshops to develop guidelines to be issued
in Fall 2017, followed by a symposium and exhibition at the Center for
Architecture in 2018. The guidelines will help building owners /
managers, developers and architects modify existing buildings and design
new buildings to reduce waste, improve diversion rates and reduce
recycling contamination. The Advisory Committee for the effort includes
staff from DSNY and other city agencies, architects, developers,
building managers, sustainable and recycling consultants, product
designers and more.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium"> </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><b>Christina Grace</b> - <i style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium">Principal, Foodprint Group; Co-leader, <i>AIA Design Guidelines for Zero Waste Advisory Committee</i></i><b><br><i style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><i><img style="float: right; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: black; border-image: none; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 8px;" alt="Christina Mitchell Grace" src="https://cdn.evbuc.com/eventlogos/162805743/christinamitchellgrace.jpeg" height="200"></i></i></b></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium">Christina
Mitchell Grace is a “farm to food waste” food systems consultant with
over 20 years of management experience including 14 years dedicated to
developing sustainable and healthy food infrastructure. Christina has
participated in regional food systems projects in New York, Oregon,
California and Virginia as well as local and national food policy
development and advocacy. Prior to launching <a href="http://www.foodprintgroup.com/" rel="nofollow">Foodprint Group</a>,
Christina managed the Urban Food Systems Program for the New York State
Department of agriculture. Christina helped institutionalize local food
procurement in New York City. She was responsible for promoting New
York State farm products to the metro-NYC marketplace, managing the
state’s Farm to School program, and launching its Community Gardens and
Urban farms program. Before entering the food and agriculture sector,
she was a marketing executive for First Call, a Thomson Reuters Company
and AMR Research (now Gartner Group). She works and lives in Brooklyn,
NY, where she is raising her two daughters to cook and eat healthy
delicious food. <br></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium"> </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><b>Maya Shenkman </b>- <i style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium">Director of Hotel Services, Great Forest; Member, Hotel Association of NYC Sustainability Committee</i></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><img style="float: right; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 8px; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: black; border-image: none;" alt="Maya Shenkman" src="https://cdn.evbuc.com/eventlogos/162805743/mayashenkman.jpg" height="200"></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium">Maya Shenkman is the Director of Hotel Services at <a href="http://greatforest.com/" rel="nofollow">Great Forest</a>
(a NYC based sustainability consulting firm), and a graduate of The
New School NYC. Sincer 1992, Maya has worked on promoting numerous
environmental initiatives in New York. She joined Great Forest in 1995
and in her role as Director, Maya is responsible for overseeing all
aspects of sustainability, waste management and recycling compliance for
hotel clients. In addition, Maya has assisted Pure Earth, the nonprofit
that Great Forest helped to establish and continues to support, through
coordination and administration of various projects in Eastern Europe.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium"> </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:rgb(0,128,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><b>About Our Venue...</b></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><a href="https://www.projectfarmhouse.org/" rel="nofollow"><img style="margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 8px; float: left;" alt="Project Farmhouse" src="https://cdn.evbuc.com/eventlogos/162805743/projectfarmhousesnapshot.png" height="100">Project Farmhouse</a>
is a state-of-the-art sustainability center and event space that allows
New Yorkers to explore environmental issues through the lens of food,
horticulture, the arts, and more. Operated by <a href="https://www.grownyc.org/" rel="nofollow">GrowNYC</a>
and steps from their iconic Union Square Greenmarket, Project Farmhouse
hosts workshops, galas, speakers, community meetings and interactive
exhibits. <br><br></span></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(0,128,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><b>About Our Sponsors....</b></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><a href="http://www.toastale.com/" rel="nofollow"><img style="float: left; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 8px;" alt="Toast Ale" src="https://cdn.evbuc.com/eventlogos/162805743/toastlogo.jpg" height="100">Toast Ale</a> is brewed with fresh, surplus bread that would otherwise be wasted. All profits go to the charity <a href="http://feedbackglobal.org/" rel="nofollow">Feedback</a>
to support the fight against food waste, making Toast the best thing
since… well, you know. So by enjoying Toast, not only are you rescuing
bread but you’re helping to make our food system work for people and the
planet.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"> </p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><a href="http://brucecostgingerale.com/" rel="nofollow"><img style="float: left; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 8px;" alt="Bruce Cost Ginger Ale" src="https://cdn.evbuc.com/eventlogos/162805743/mainlogo2in.jpg" height="145">Bruce Cost Ginger Ale</a>
is an audaciously unfiltered ginger ale made with real ginger pieces in
every bottle. Drink it with your banh mi sandwich, mix it in your Dark
& Stormy, pair it with a wedge of ginger molasses cake. We are
proudly made in Bushwick, Brooklyn, and actively looking for warys to
repurpose our spent ginger syrup mash and reduce our food waste stream.</span></p>
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