Community Calendar

Intro to the Food Bank - A Food Bank of the Southern Tier Hunger Action Month Event
Session 2 of 2 - additional option scheduled for 9/8

Ever wondered where the Food Bank gets all that food from? How about the difference between a food bank and a food pantry? Learn this and a lot more at our Intro to the Food Bank workshop this September — Hunger Action Month! This interactive, online training covers the ins and outs of the Food Bank and how to best support our work.

Pre-registration is required: tinyurl.com/FBSTeducation

This hearing is part of the Commission’s statewide effort to engage communities in open conversations about reparations, equity, and justice in New York State. Community members are invited to share their experiences, listen to expert testimony, and help shape the Commission’s recommendations for addressing the enduring effects of slavery and systemic racism in New York.

The event is free and open to the public. All voices are welcome, and your participation will help guide the future of racial justice and reconciliation in New York State.

Learn more: www.ny.gov/reparations

Join Harry Greene of Propagate for a presentation and discussion about forests, farms, and floods. How can we grow good food while reducing flood risk? Yards, farms, pastures, and roads all affect the creeks and lakes downstream. Every few years, Tompkins County experiences extreme rain and flash flooding, and almost every year we’re faced with challenging water quality in Cayuga Lake. Can the landscapes that grow our food also catch runoff and slow stormwater? Agroforestry is the intentional integration of trees and farming. It scales up to production agriculture, and it scales down to our backyards. Trees hold onto soil and absorb intense rains, but are they profitable for farms and society?

A free, informal pre-concert talk with Maestro Daniel Hege.

Nature poetry has long been used to express the beauty of the natural world, explore the complex relationships between people and nature, and cultivate people’s senses of place, belonging, and responsibility. Please join us as we read and discuss poetic writings from a diverse set of environmental poets. Then, stay to develop tools to create your own nature poetry, learn more about our local wildlife, and get a chance to write and share your work! No prior experience needed. This program is targeted towards adults and is free to join.

Paper and writing utensils will be provided; however, you are also welcome to bring your own journal or writing tools.

A free, informal pre-concert talk with Maestro Daniel Hege.

A free, informal pre-concert talk with Maestro Daniel Hege.