Sustainable Long Island has been awarded a $20,000 grant from the JPMorgan Chase Foundation.

The grant will help it continue to address "challenges and potential solutions to the issue of food equity" and the "lack of access to healthy, affordable food in Long Island's most distressed communities," the Bethpage-based organization said in a Friday news release. Read more>>

The findings suggest that efforts to combat childhood obesity might best be aimed at parents and the foods available at home and outside of school.

Published January 19, 2012 / MyHealthNewsDaily

In the study, no link was found between children's weight gain and the amount of time between fifth and eighth grade they attended schools that sold junk food, the researchers said. Even transferring from a school that did not sell junk food to one that did did not increase a child's likelihood of gaining weight.

 

The findings suggest that efforts to combat childhood obesity might best be aimed at parents and the foods available at home and outside of school. Read More >>

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Hofstra University supports the Small Farm Initiative to help promote and strengthen Long Island's locally grown food source.

More than 1,000 people are expected to visit Hofstra University in Hempstead, NY on Saturday, April 14th for the second Small Farm Summit. The event will feature a full-day of educational presentations, plenty interactive workshops, as well as two vibrant keynote speakers.

The Summit is an on-going effort to cultivate active community support of sustainable local agriculture.

Hofstra University is a private institution of higher learning for more than 12,000 students. The campus is 240-acres, 25 miles east of New York City, and accessible by train or bus.

Click here for more information about Hofstra University.

Will Allen of Growing Power, Inc. and Chef Ann Cooper, the Renegade Lunch Lady will be the keynote speakers of the 2012 Small Farm Summit.

Will Allen, a former professional basketball player, is the founding CEO of Growing Power, a national nonprofit organization and land trust that supports people from diverse backgrounds, and the environments in which they live, by helping to provide equal access to healthy, high-quality, safe and affordable food.

Chef Ann Cooper is a celebrated author, chef, educator, and enduring advocate for better food for all children. In our nation where children are born with shorter estimated life expectancies than their parents because of diet-related illness, Ann is a relentless voice of reform by focusing on the links between food, family, farming and children's health and wellness.

In addition to these two terrific keynote speakers, the 2012 Small Farm Summit will feature educational workshops, interesting exhibits, fun entertainment and a community of folks interested in growing, eating and supporting a vibrant local agricultural community.

Read more about the 2012 Keynote Speakers>>

Watch these videos to learn more about our keynote speakers

Volunteers Needed to help organize and facilitate the 2012 Small Farm Summit.

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Trully Living Well.

Chef Ann Cooper wants to get you pissed off! Find out why.

Will Allen talks worms and dirt!

Long Island Farmers and concerned citizens
gather at the inagural Small Farm Summit on Thursday, April 15, 2011

Keepin' It Green: Fish Farming on Long Island