Turf’s breast cancer support group, Eat to Live!, met on March 30^th at St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church.  The group spent time sharing stories of surviving breast cancer, discussing challenges around eating healthy this Easter weekend, and reflecting on our cultural traditions around food.  A significant part of our meeting was also devoted to learning how to prepare a dish using quinoa and lentils and understanding the nutritional value of including both in our diets.

Our next workshop will be on April 27^th at Parkchester Public Library located at 1985 Westchester Avenue (at Pugsley Avenue), Bronx, NY  10462.  Members of Eat to Live! will be leading this workshop focused on preparing healthy meals for families. If you would like to attend, please call 917-432-8494 or email contactturf@yahoo.com (registration is required).

Breast Cancer and Eating Healthy

Beginning this month, Turf will be leading a series of community outreach meetings to learn what are the food and nutrition challenges for women diagnosed with breast cancer.  Information gathered from these meetings will be used to form a breast cancer support group in Parkchester and programs focused on healthy eating. 

March Meetings:

Saturday, March 23^rd (1pm—3pm)

Saturday, March 30^th (1pm—3pm)

*Meeting will be held at St. Paul’s Evangelical Church, 1891 McGraw Avenue, Bronx, NY  10462.

There will be goo food, games with prizes, and cooking demos at the March meetings! 

You must be a women diagnosed with breast cancer (at any stage, in treatment or post-treatment) and you must RSVP at contactturf@yahoo.com to attend a meeting.

Support Family Farmers and Stop Monsanto

From Food Democracy Now--On January 10, family farmers will enter a courtroom in Washington DC to take part in the appeal of OSGATA vs Monsanto et al, a court case filed to protect farmers from genetic trespass by Monsanto’s GMO seed, which contaminates organic and non-GMO farmer’s crops and opens them up to abusive lawsuits. In the past two decades, Monsanto’s seed monopoly has grown so powerful that they control the genetics of nearly 90% of five major commodity crops including corn, soybeans, cotton, canola and sugar beets.

 

In many cases farmers are forced to stop growing certain crops to avoid genetic contamination and potential lawsuits. Between 1997 and 2010, Monsanto admits to filing 144 lawsuits against America’s family farmers, while settling another 700 out of court for undisclosed amounts. Due to these aggressive lawsuits, Monsanto has created an atmosphere of fear in rural America and driven dozens of farmers into bankruptcy. To learn more and to support family farmers, click here.