Food, Land, Sustainability in Westchester, Sunday, March 7, S. Salem

Food, Land, Sustainability: 
5 cutting edge lectures about the environment, the way we live today, 
and the way we'll need to live in the future

Sunday, March 7, 2010, 3 p.m.

The Annual Leon Levy Environmental Symposium
How the Greenmarket Saved the Hudson Valley
Barry Benepe, co-founder of the New York City Greenmarkets
Jewish Family Congregation, South Salem

Benepe, an architect and planner, started the Greenmarket program in 1975 with an $800 grant from the America the Beautiful Fund to demonstrate how temporary markets could bring life to streets and create community gathering places on empty lots and underused parks. The program now sponsors farmers markets in more than 30 neighborhoods across all five boroughs.Benepe also helped found Transportation Alternatives more info here

The suggested donation is $15 per lecture, or $50 for all five. All proceeds will go to support our land preservation work throughout the county.



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Email Grace Buck to reserve a spot at any of the lectures: Grace@westchesterlandtrust.org.

Or call for more information: 914 241-6346 x24.
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