Events

Please join us for a special presentation on school food & nutrition! Hear from Katie Sheehan-Lopez, Regional Farm to School Coordinator at Cornell Cooperative Extension, who will be presenting on Farm to School and the NYS 30% initiative, and Saoirse Moloney-Stevenson, Assistant Foodservice Director at Kingston City School District, who will be presenting on the district’s trials, successes, and goals of the department.

The presentation will be recorded and put online at https://livewellkingston.org/focus-teams/presentations/ for those who cannot attend.

Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4315852673?pwd=WUdkbnR6bHQ5RWFrSVJ2Wm1iTjk5QT09

Eat Well is a focus team of Live Well Kingston that develops, implement and/or support policy, systems and environmental change by supporting and promoting local efforts to improve access to healthy foods throughout the community.

Our partners include farmers, chefs, teachers, artists, nutrition educators, dietitians, parents, non-profit and for-profit organizations, communicators, systems changers, volunteer organizations, private businesses, health practitioners, nurses, doctors and most importantly: YOU.

Our Vision– Everyone is food secure and healthy eating is the norm in our city

Our Mission– To unite the City of Kingston in developing and sustaining a locally based, resilient food system for all

Our Values– Inclusion, Resiliency, Community, Environment, Participation and Empowerment

For all other questions, contact Kristin Kessler, RDN, CDN, CYT

City of Kingston, Project Manager Department of Health and Wellness.

Office: (845) 334-3917

Email: kkessler@kingston-ny.gov

Please join us for an extra special Live Well Kingston Food Focus Teams Crossover meeting with EAT WELL and GROW WELL! We’ll gather together in one of Kingston’s beautiful community gardens as well break down barriers among the food lovers in Kingston and talk about ways to deepen our connections and partnership.

LOCATION: Rondout Gardens Community Garden, Murray Street at Rondout Drive

Eat Well Kingston is a focus team of Live Well Kingston that develops, implement and/or support policy, systems and environmental change by supporting and promoting local efforts to improve access to healthy foods throughout the community.

Grow Well Kingston is a collective of organizations and individuals that support Kingston residents to grow plants and raise animals for food, medicine, natural habitat, and beauty, by supporting projects that provide knowledge, growing spaces, and resources.

For questions, contact Kristin Kessler, RDN, CDN, CYT

City of Kingston, Project Manager Department of Health and Wellness.

Office: (845) 334-3917

Email: kkessler@kingston-ny.gov

Please join us for a special presentation that will serve as an introduction to the Hudson Valley Food System with a focus on agriculture. Hear Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County’s Livestock & Natural Resources Educator, Kathryn Brignac. Additional details to come at a later time.

The presentation will be recorded and put online at https://livewellkingston.org/focus-teams/presentations/ for those who cannot attend.

Eat Well is a focus team of Live Well Kingston that develops, implement and/or support policy, systems and environmental change by supporting and promoting local efforts to improve access to healthy foods throughout the community.

Our partners include farmers, chefs, teachers, artists, nutrition educators, dietitians, parents, non-profit and for-profit organizations, communicators, systems changers, volunteer organizations, private businesses, health practitioners, nurses, doctors and most importantly: YOU.

Our Vision– Everyone is food secure and healthy eating is the norm in our city

Our Mission– To unite the City of Kingston in developing and sustaining a locally based, resilient food system for all

Our Values– Inclusion, Resiliency, Community, Environment, Participation and Empowerment

For all other questions, contact Kristin Kessler, RDN, CDN, CYT

City of Kingston, Project Manager Department of Health and Wellness.

Office: (845) 334-3917

Email: kkessler@kingston-ny.gov