SUNY's ESF and Upstate Medical have developed an urban health based initiative called SUNY Anastamosis. They're interested in working with 601 as advisors and "go-to guys" but, most importantly, they want to get a locally (maybe even urban!) grown grocery store in the NWS. There's not much as of yet, but Google them and see what you find.
I also had an interesting conversation with time arts professor Gail Hoffman. She's had this idea ever since her kids were in grade school to grow potatoes and learn about how plants grow etc etc and then have a big baked potato party at the end. I got pretty amped on that. We could make a cool transparent box thing that would allow us to see the potato forming? How cool would that be! Keep it in mind (conceptually, even) when you're developing 'the curricula.'
AND THEN THERE'S WILL ALLEN the former (professional) baller turned urban farmer. His politics are tight. Check him out: http://www.growingpower.org/ (there's also a conference for urban farming coming up in June, FYI).
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