Edible Schoolyard NYC is hiring!

The Edible Schoolyard has posted its first two job openings on our Get Involved page! We will be accepting resumes for a Garden Manager and Teacher and for an Office Administrator. Click on the link above for more details!

Alice Waters Interviewed by Leonard Lopate

Listen to Alice talk about her new book, In the Green Kitchen.

Maira Kalman promotes the Edible Schoolyard NY in the New York Times

Artist and blogger Maira Kalman discusses our nation’s food crisis and the wonderful arrival of the Edible Schoolyard at P.S. 216 in her newest blog entry on the New York Times. Her blog is called And the Pursuit of Happiness and her newest post is entitled Back to the Land.

http://kalman.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/26/back-to-the-land/?8dpc

The Bay News Reports on our Community Board Meeting

Brooklyn’s Bay News has a short but nice piece on the (imminent) arrival of the Edible Schoolyard at P.S. 216:

http://bit.ly/5JY2Z

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New York State Assemblyman William Colton speaking in support of the Edible Schoolyard at P.S. 216

The Edible Schoolyard in the News

In Parade magazine just last weekend, the Edible Schoolyard and its mission was profiled.  The article was a good boost to the beginning of our effort here in New York:

http://bit.ly/o8gLm

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School Lunch in New York City

In this week’s New York Times, Kim Severson has a wonderful article about the efforts being made to improve school lunch in New York and the limitations that everyone must deal with:

http://bit.ly/VILPS

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