Saturday’s market was lovely, as usual. You can find the pictures here.
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Check out the Northside Farmers’ Market in the news:
The Northside Farmers’ Market (NFM)’s 2010 season is off to a wonderful start. We’d like to thank everyone who has been volunteering with us and encourage everyone to keep us in mind if you need to put in some volunteer hours on a Saturday morning or Tuesday afternoon. We are especially looking for someone to handle the healthy snack stand. E-mail cbenton@resettleyoungstown.org or call 330-502-8564 for more information. Here are some photos from the first Saturday:
This Saturday morning (July 10th) marks the start of the 2010 season for the Northside Farmers’ Market. Be sure to stop by the market sometime Saturday between 9 a.m. and noon to check out the locally grown produce, home-baked goods, art and much, much more. We’ll be on the lawn of the Unitarian Church across from Wick Park. And there are still plenty of volunteer opportunities. Leave a comment or email cbenton@resettleyoungstown.org or call 330.502.8564 to sign up or get more information.
The south side’s Boulevard Park Block Watch recently launched its brand new website and Resettle Youngstown welcomes them to the blogosphere. You can always find the link to their page under our Community Links section. Check them out at http://bpbw10.wordpress.com/ and subscribe to their RSS feed.
We’d like to extend our thanks to the lovely volunteers who came out on Saturday morning to work on the experimental/commercial farm. Here are some pictures:
The next planting day at The Farms on Baldwin will be this Saturday, May 15, 2010 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Please come help us make urban farming a reality Youngstown. Refreshments will be served afterward. Please see the flier below.
The Northside Farmers’ Market 2010 season will begin on Saturday, July 10, 2010 on the UUYO lawn, and the Downtown Farmers’ Market on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 at Federal Plaza.
The Northside/Downtown Farmers’ Market is growing and needs volunteer support to continue bringing farm fresh produce and fairly traded goods to the heart of Youngstown. There are numerous volunteer opportunities throughout the 12 week season. A list of positions and descriptions as well as corresponding sign-up sheets can be found below. All jobs, except for the 4-H project, need filled both Tuesdays and Saturdays.
There is no pressure to volunteer for the entire 12 weeks, but it would be helpful if you are able to commit to all 4 hours of the market day you choose. A volunteer training schedule is tentatively scheduled for Saturday, June 26, 2010 at 10 a.m. at the UUYO. For more information, please contact Cherise at cbenton@resettleyoungstown.org.
Fair Trade Volunteers
UUYO Fair Trade table: coffee/tea/chocolate/nuts/berries
Baked goods/bagels at Fair Trade table
UUYO information
Click here for the Fair Trade Volunteer sign-up sheet.
Recycling Center
Click here for the Recycling Center Volunteer sign-up sheet.
Healthy Food Now/Nutrition Information
Click here for the Healthy Food Now Volunteer sign-up sheet.
4-H Leaders to lead neighborhood youth project
Click here for the 4-H Volunteer sign-up sheet.
Farmers Market set ups & take downs
Click here for the Set Up/Take Down Volunteer sign-up sheet.
EBT processing
Click here for the EBT Volunteer sigh-up sheet.
Friends of the Market
Click here for the Friends of the Market Volunteer sign-up sheet.
Cooking Demonstrations
Click here for the Cooking Demonstrations Volunteer sign-up sheet.
We all know we should support our local businesses, but an article published on yesmagazine.org last month points out something that we might not have realized: shopping local is more neighborly. According to the article, Local Economies Close the Distance Between Us, “residents of communities with a vibrant local business district are more likely to know their neighbors and to join civic and social groups.”
If you’ve never shopped in your neighborhood, give it a try and you might make a new friend while you’re at it. Or have lunch with your neighbors at a locally owned eatery. Developing a strong sense of community is an important part of resettling Youngstown.
And, of course, you’ll be doing a very good thing for our local economy: “Studies show that spending a
image from yesmagazine.org
dollar at an independent business generates about three times as much benefit for your local economy as spending a dollar at a chain. The reason is that, unlike chains, which siphon money out of a community, local businesses spend much of their revenue buying goods and services from other local businesses. They bank at a local bank, hire a local accountant, get their printing done at the local print shop.”
A message from our friends at Grow Youngstown:
Grow Youngstown will host a screening of The Living Land, the second film in The Real Dirt on Food film series, beginning at 7 pm in the Radius Room at the Davis Visitor Center at Mill Creek Park, on Wednesday, May 12. The film examines the movement to create more sustainable, healthy ways of growing food, through the eyes of four pioneers: John Jeavons, Executive Director of Ecology Action; Wes Jackson, founder of the Land Institute; restaurateur Alice Waters; and organic farmer Mas Masumoto. The half-hour film will be followed with discussion led by Grow Youngstown board member Kathi Vrable-Bryan, Administrator of the Mahoning Soil and Water Conservation District. Refreshments will be available before the film, at 6:30, in the Garden Café at the Davis Center.
Admission is free, though participants are encouraged to make a donation to support Grow Youngstown. The films series is made possible with support from the Sisters of the Humility of Mary with their commitment to EcoSpirituality and EcoJustice.