The ‘Environment’ Category
New York, NY – January 16, 2012- Nourishing (Nourishing USA and Nourishing NYC) held it’s third annual MLK Day of Service with the New York City Coalition Against Hunger (NYCCAH) and the JP Morgan-Chase Bank Goodworks at the Greenpoint Reformed Church. Over 50 volunteers helped Nourishing to create Nourishing USA Anti-hunger Advocacy Kits. Volunteers helped to paint, [...]
Posted on January 16, 2012
It is winter, the earth is cracked and dried, the trees are like little gray skeletons, your fingertips are numb and the thought of spending time “relaxing” in your garden plot makes you cringe. Bring your garden indoors and let the flora and fauna therapy continue this season. As long as your home is 60 [...]
Posted on January 4, 2012
The TJX Companies And Nourishing USA Pack Hunger Kits To Help Feed Thousands of Families Around The USA TJX through their corporate responsibility programs are volunteering with Nourishing USA to pack Hunger Kits for groups across the U.S. so they can combat hunger and malnutrition in their communities NEW YORK, NY, October, 11, 2011 – [...]
Posted on October 13, 2011
Well, maybe not quite, but the  University of Gothenburg in Sweden ranked vinyl as the most common health hazard in the world. Researchers ranked PVC as the most widely used “hazardous†plastic and found that, “PVC should receive extra attention because of its carcinogenic monomer, being the third largest plastic, and requiring the most and often several [...]
Nourishing NYC is happy to congratulate Manhattan Land Trust for their completion of title transfer. They are now finally owners of all 32 plots in Manhattan and the Bronx used by the MLT group. “All of our gardens were slated for sale by the city in 1999, which would have led to their certain demolition. [...]
Erin Saccomano www.thesacc.wordpress.com It’s been a slow start to the growing season with all the rainy weather we’ve been drowning in, making it nearly impossible to get a seed in to the ground without risking it either being washed away, or rotting as it sits beneath water-flooded fields. This results in higher costs to the [...]
Nourishing NYC’s 2011 Earth Day Festival was a huge success thanks to dedicated Earth loving volunteers and sponsors. This year Nourishing NYC’s Earth Day centerpiece was the Festival at Carver Garden in Harlem New York, which was sponsored by Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods, Earthbound Farm, TCP Inc., News Corporation’s Global Energy Initiative, SpaHa Café, The [...]
Posted To Date: Sat, 04/23/2011 ; 8:20 AM Announcement Audience: Open to the General Public Description: Due to heavy rain the Nourishing NYC’s Earth Day Event: Nourish Yourself, Nourish the Planet at Carver Community Garden at Noon has been cancelled. The event will take place on Sunday April 24th at Noon. Please check the Nourishing [...]
Nourishing NYC is thrilled to be on Saturday Morning’s Good Day Street Talk  on New York Fox 5. We’ve got a nice segment with Tai Hernandez, where we talk about EarthDay and cook up some Earth friendly grub. We wanted to thank the producer, Joe Silvestri and all the members of the stage crew for making our [...]
by: Julie Hitchcock Food. Lets face it, who doesn’t love good food, we love to eat it, grill it, serve it and share it with love ones. Every thing from the famed Thanksgiving meal where the table is sagging with the weight of hot delicious foods, to summer picnics with cold salads and sandwiches, food [...]
