Meeting Recordings
Farm Bill 101
Wednesday, January 18, 2023 | 5:30 pm- 7:30 pm
Farm Bill 101 starts with the basics. The what, who, and how of the omnibus legislation with featured panelists: Maire Ullrich, MBA, Agriculture Program Leader, Eastern New York Commercial Horticulture Team, Cornell Hemp Program, Cornell Cooperative Extension Orange County. Elizabeth Higgins, Extension Specialist, Ag Business Management and Production Economics, Cornell Cooperative Extension | Eastern NY Commercial Horticulture. Chris Pawelski, Pawelski Farms, Farmroot.
Thank you to our Sponsor Hudson Valley Farm Hub.
Agriculture in the NY Climate Act
Monday, April 25, 2022 | 6:30 pm - 8:00 Pm
New York’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, one of the country’s most ambitious pieces of climate legislation, is open for public comment through June 10, 2022. Join former New York Senator Jen Metzger, New York Farm Bureau Deputy Director of Public Policy Elizabeth Wolters, and Cornell College of Agriculture & Life Sciences Associate Dean, Office of Land-Grant Affairs Julie Suarez to learn how the Climate Act will impact agribusiness, from manure management and soil health to energy, transportation, waste, and beyond. This webinar will include an in-depth question-and-answer session and will share important ways for farmers to make their voices heard during the public comment period.
Speakers include former New York State Senator Jen Metzger, Deputy Director of Public Policy from the New York Farm Bureau Elizabeth Wolters, and Cornell College of Agriculture & Life Sciences Associate Dean, Office of Land-Grant Affairs Julie Suarez.
Food Security Interest Group
A Presentation and Discussion with Nevin Cohen.
Friday, February 11, 2022
On Friday, February 11, the Hudson Valley Food System Coalition Food Security Interest Group gathered on Zoom for a presentation and discussion with Nevin Cohen on the creation of a prototype food environment equity dashboard for New York City (FEED-NYC). The aim is to create a tool to advance "the understanding of the impacts of smart technologies in addressing food system inequality, by aggregating, organizing, analyzing, and visualizing food systems equity data; testing novel methods of disaggregating, combining, and mapping data to measure food insecurity vulnerabilities; developing use cases that illustrate the potential social and political effects of an equity-focused data dashboard; and evaluating the process of co-producing FEED-NYC and anticipated uses of the dashboard by municipal officials, service providers, and community stakeholders.
Processing Interest Group
A conversation with Kate MacKenzie.
Monday, December 6, 2021
In February 2021, New York City released its first-ever 10-year food policy plan, Food Forward NYC. This presentation from Kate MacKenzie, Director of the NYC Mayor’s Office of Food Policy, will provide context for the development of the plan, including what we learned during the pandemic, and an overview of the plan’s major strategies.
Core Values Interest Group
A conversation with Elizabeth Walle.
October 7, 2021
Elizabeth Walle, from the Food Chain Workers Alliance, will lead a discussion on their recent report, "WE ARE NOT DISPOSABLE: Food Workers Organizing on the COVID Frontlines".
Food Security Interest Group
A Conversation with Dr. Katie Martin.
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
Dr. Katie Martin in conversation with the Hudson Valley Food System Coalition Food Security Interest Group on her new book, Reinventing Food Banks and Pantries: New Tools to End Hunger.
Full Coalition Meeting
Wednesday, June 16, 2021
We are excited to introduce you to our new partners from the CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute as they join us to present their ongoing research on regional food equity planning. As part of their presentation, the CUNY team, in partnership with the East End Food Institute, will share insights and findings from a jointly developed food planning process piloted in the East End of Long Island (see their recent April 2021 report "Negotiating Conflict and Consensus Toward a Shared Food Future: Growing, Selling, Buying, and Eating Food on the East End of Long Island”). The presentation will be followed by a discussion about possible next steps for the project and the ways in which the process can be applied to our food system in a way that benefits the needs of all who grow, distribute, serve, and eat food in the Hudson Valley.
Farm to Food Access Roundtable Discussion
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Farm to Food Access Roundtable Discussion co-hosted by the Land & Agriculture Interest Group and Food Access Interest Group of the Hudson Valley Food Systems Coalition.
The discussion centers around solutions and possibilities for supporting direct relationships between local agriculture and food access organizations for the purchase of food. There will be space to network and share ideas. Representatives from the NY State Department of Agriculture & Markets, Cornell Cooperative Extension Orange County, Glynwood Center for Regional Food & Farming, Scenic Hudson, Dutchess Outreach, and the Hudson Valley AgriBusiness Development Corporation will speak about current programs that exist in our area with a look towards institutionalizing partnerships for the future.
Full Coalition Meeting
Thursday, November 12, 2020
Re-connect with us on Thursday, November 12th to learn about the Coalition survey results and how we are responding, meet our expanded group of facilitators, and hear about the exciting new opportunities we have in store. We are offering a morning and an afternoon session to accommodate busy schedules. Each session will contain the same information but just be offered at different times.