agriculture

City Harvest and the Secretary of Agriculture

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Food_Photographer_276 Food_Photographer_277 Food_Photographer_278 Food_Photographer_279 Food_Photographer_280 Food_Photographer_281 Food_Photographer_282 Food_Photographer_283 Food_Photographer_284 Food Retailers, Agriculture Industry, and Charitable Organizations Support First National Goal to Reduce Food Waste by 50 Percent by 2030NEW YORK, Sept. 16, 2015 — Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy announced the United States' first-ever national food waste reduction goal, calling for a 50-percent reduction by 2030. As part of the effort, the federal government will lead a new partnership with charitable organizations, faith-based organizations, the private sector and local, state and tribal governments to reduce food loss and waste in order to improve overall food security and conserve our nation's natural resources. The announcement occurs just one week before world leaders gather at the United Nations General Assembly in New York to address sustainable development practices, including sustainable production and consumption.

Stone Barns Experience

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Stone-Barns_Event_photography_032 Stone-Barns_Event_photography_033 Stone-Barns_Event_photography_034 Stone-Barns_Event_photography_035 Slower, Smaller, Stronger: Exploring Countertrends in the Food MovementA Stone Barns Experience: On July 11, Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture became a laboratory for delving deeply into the relationship among speed, scale and resiliency in modern agriculture.

Kirschenmann Lecture with Wendell Berry at Stone Barns

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Food_Photographer_NY_296 Food_Photographer_NY_297 Food_Photographer_NY_298 Food_Photographer_NY_299 Food_Photographer_NY_300 Food_Photographer_NY_301Last nights Kirschenmann Lecture with Wendell Berry was an amazing evening and the beginning of what I expect to be some great talks at Stone Barns. It's always an added bonus to eat some of the great food by Dan Barber at Bluehill. Ben Hider - Event and Portrait Photographer based in New York City and Westchester