Farmer Outreach

Spanish Language Resources

 ¡Bienvenidos a Nuestro
Centro de Recursos en Línea!

Como parte de nuestro esfuerzo para hacer más disponible los recursos que tenemos para los agricultores, Just Food traducio el Farming for NYC Toolkit, ahora nombrado el Guia para Agricultores que Proveen a la ciudad de Nueva York y selecciono recursos adecuados para este Centro de Recursos. 

El Centro de Recursos incluye nuestras hojas de sugerencias como:

ONLINE RESOURCE CENTER

Welcome to Just Food’s
New Resource Center Online!
 

As part of our ongoing effort to make our resources readily available for to all our farmers, Just Food created this online Resource Center on the Just Food website.

HURRICANE RELIEF INFORMATION

In New York City, the effects of Hurricane Irene were barely felt. However, the same cannot be said for many areas in upstate New York, New Jersey, Vermont and throughout the Northeast. Tropical storms Irene and Lee inflicted millions of dollars in damage on local farms. At least 15 vegetable farmers in Just Food’s network suffered serious losses from flooding, some losing up to 80% of their remaining harvest.

FARMER ADVISORY COMMITTEE (FAC)

History
Just Food developed the Farmer Advisory Committee (FAC) in January of 2000 as a way to have farmers help shape the CSA in NYC program. The original members of the FAC were three CSA in NYC farmers, an experienced CSA farmer not directly involved in the program, an extension agent, Just Food’s Executive Director, and the CSA in NYC Program Coordinator.

ADDITIONAL PRODUCT PROVIDERS

Just Food refers to all non-vegetable products as Additional Products and as the producers of non-vegetable items as Additional Product Providers. This includes but is not limited to fruit, eggs, dairy, meat, wine, bread, honey, maple syrup, flowers, and more.

Additional Product Providers have two options for marketing their products through Just Food:

FARMER APPLICATION TIMELINE

The following is the general timeline for working with our CSA in NYC and Fresh Food for All Programs.  The dates below are very flexible.  We will work with farmers to accommodate their schedules.

GROW FOR NYC: Fresh Food for All

What is Fresh Food for All?
Just Food's Fresh Food for All program helps food pantries and other emergency food programs make fresh, nutritious, locally grown food available to families and individuals in need.

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