NESAWG Conference Coming To Jersey City - Nov 7 -9th !

Submitted by Tamia McCormick SJC Board Member

The Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (NESAWG) is the Region's Food and Farm Network and they are bringing their 26th Annual Conference to Jersey City! Their theme this year is ‘It Takes a Region’ and it will be a great experience for those seeking to network with food justice leaders from throughout this area as well as learn how to build a more sustainable food system within their neighborhood.

The event will take place Thu, Nov 7, 2019, 12:00 PM –Sat, Nov 9, 2019, 3:00 PM, downtown JC at New Jersey City University Business School, 200 Hudson St, Jersey City, NJ 07311.

Why should you come? NESAWG will be hosting numerous workshops that will provide you with the technical skills you need to make a positive change here in Jersey City. Workshops include:

Seed & Swap: saving/exchanging seeds and stories from throughout the region

Value Chain Mapping for the Food and Value Chain Sector: Map your own food chain

Newark Urban Food System Tour: Explore Newark’s urban gardens and farms

Agriculture Policy & Climate Change: how to coordinate strategies to move along climate change work in the agriculture and food systems sector

Anti-Oppression Training: Day-long training teaching concepts and practices to confront and prevent oppression

Furthermore, NESAWG is an organization that is committed to inclusion. They provided scholarships for underserved communities i.e. people of color, youth, LGBTQ, etc. to ensure all who would like to attend will be able to do so. In addition, they are also providing child care for parents that are interested in the program, but may not have a babysitter.

This year, NESAWG is instituting an optional tiered pricing structure. They are doing this so they can continue to offer lower cost tickets to those who need it, while raising funds to support those lower cost tickets and their scholarship fund.

Special Pricing Offer Ends Oct 25th - Additional Discounts Available Thereafter, Details Here.

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN! To purchase tickets, please click the following link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nesawgs-26th-annual-it-takes-a-region-conference-tickets-64833139666

For further information, please reach out to NESAWG Executive Director, Tracy Lerman @ 845.501.0191, x 1 | tracy@nesawg.org | www.nesawg.org.