Students For Sustainable Agriculture

06/09/2019

Heya! If you're in new paltz for the summer & want to help out at the microfarm come by the greenhouse tomorrow @ 5pm and we will walk over together & get started! :))

09/26/2018

Hey! It's that time of year again. Fall Fest is right around the corner. We are planning on having the event on October 19th from 12-5pm on campus.
Please reach out to vendors and musicians you know who may be interested and share with them these google docs!

Vendors:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BIsWIpPDUpIj3sGGpGSMz6e_yr4NI9CQ20WtmVOeMmE/edit?usp=sharing

Musicians/Performers:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CIJvge7Jhw7wT52MykynwOW_2uDg0ovnsGWff5m-7Do/edit?usp=sharing

09/10/2018

Please join us on September 27th at LunaFest! Starting at 5:30pm

SUNY New Paltz will host a Lunafest film festival and teach-in about food insecurity on U.S. college campuses and in the Hudson Valley on Thursday, September 27th in Lecture Center 100. A lightning-talk panel on food politics featuring Dr. David Levinson, Class of 1975, Dr. Brian Obach, Isabelle Hayes, attorney Regina Calcaterra, Class of 1988, Dr. Leonard Nevarez, and Dr. Shala Mills begins at 5:30 p.m. The screening of 9 short films by and about women begins at 7:00 p.m. Attend either or both events. Representatives from Dutchess Community College, Ulster Community College, and heath & nutrition organizations will be tabling. The evening will end with a community conversation on ways we can come together to address the issue of food insecurity on our college campuses and in the region. Voluntary donations of $5 – 10 or a food item will benefit the Student Crisis Fund, the SUNY New Paltz Food Pantry, and Chicken & Egg Pictures. The public is warmly encouraged to attend. Refreshments provided. Please visit lunafest.org or hawksites.newpaltz.edu/fdc for details.

5:30 Panel on food insecurity; Q & A

6:30 Break

7:00 Screening (Lunafest 1.5 hours: 9 short films)

8:30 Brainstorming: what can we do on campus and in the region?

https://www.lunafest.org/screenings/new-paltz-ny-092718

05/30/2018

Check out this documentary filmed by Digital Storytelling students on campus composting ~~ catch some sus members :-0

Created by: Erin Hannan, Seriah Durandisse, and Caitlin Pastore We decided to investigate food waste and composting on the SUNY New Paltz Campus in this shor...

05/24/2018

Our good friend and Greenhouse care taker Laura will be hosting this amazing lecture at Elting Library next Tuesday. If you are around, come learn botany!

05/12/2018

What a beautiful thing! Yesterday we created a Microfarm bed at Karmapa KTD in Woodstock for youth to plant our very own Sus Seedlings! Thank you thank you Megan Sperry for the opportunity to thrive . A garden blooms! ~

05/11/2018

Come thru to the greenhouse today for open greenhouse! Susag will be having a plant sale outside! Suggested donation 2-3 dollars! We will be there from 12-3!!

05/03/2018

Spring is springing at the MicroFarm! Here we have strawberry flower blossoms, an unknown yellow bulb flower, and a volunteer onion growing out the compost 🤙

04/27/2018

Thank you Amani for your words and inspiration!

Amani Olugbala will be repping and bringing their fierce poetic food justice wisdom to SUNY New Paltz tomorrow evening. Join Amani and Students For Sustainable Agriculture to learn and strategize about collective action to .