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Community resilience is the act of imagining and building collective adaptation to changing conditions. Environmental justice, human rights, waste elimination, land and water protection and food security work are some of the elements we have addressed in conversations about how our region can thrive equitably and sustainably.
Featured a panel of seven experts working "on the ground" as farmers or in cutting-edge farm support programs in the Hudson Valley discussed questions such as, What are the challenges currently …
[Read more...] about 2015 Forum: The Challenges Facing Existing Family Farms
Featured updates on federal legislative initiatives (Congressman Chris Gibson), current problems faced by patients and their health care providers (Dr. Kenneth Leigner and Meredith Johnson), and new …
[Read more...] about 2014 Conference: Lyme Aid and Tick Talk, Seeking Solutions
A gathering of farmers, farm interns and representatives from land trusts, municipal governments, agricultural businesses, nonprofits engaged in agriculture, health and food services, as well as local …
[Read more...] about 2014 Conference: Where it Grows, Where it Goes—Achieving Local Food Security
This conference focused on sustainable policies, practices and financial initiatives, particularly impacting solar, wind, and geothermal energy. New York State assemblyman Kevin Cahill, opened the …
Tina Clarke of Transition US history and background of the Transition Communities movement worldwide across the world and explored the application of Transitions Communities to our region. Read Chris …
[Read more...] about 2011 Conference: Communities in Transition—Local Strengths, Local Resilience
Offered dialogue among developers, landowners, planners, and conservationists aimed at identifying the components of local biodiversity and creating preservation strategies. …
[Read more...] about 2010 Forum: Planning for Biodiversity—What Have We Got To Lose?
Made connections between many stakeholders in the process of producing and transporting food, including farmers, gleaners, food service administrators, food pantries, and kitchens. Attended by …
[Read more...] about 2009 Conference: Hunger in the Hudson Valley—How Can We Help?
Explored current climate change policy and science, as well as effective local responses to climate change, including an in-depth exchange with local climate change experts focusing on ways each …
Brought together world and local permaculture experts who introduced principles of permanent agriculture: “the harmonious integration of landscape and people providing food, energy, shelter and other …
[Read more...] about 2007 Conference: Demystifying Permaculture
Discussed ways to guide communities toward sustainability through new and old ways of looking at relations with land—its history, inhabitants, and uses. …
[Read more...] about 2007 Forum: Survival Lessons for the Earth—Native American Models