Buy Local NYC ® is a sustainable business and consumer ethos that focuses on locally produced foods and services which builds a Local Food Web and a Sustainable Community Food System.

Buy Local NYC will:

• Promote sustainable farming, sustainable food systems, and sustainable agriculture by providing alternative revenue and distribution options through web-based local food exchange and agricultural exchange transactions.
• Preserve New York Farmland, preserve farms, and enhance CT Agritourism through the promotion of eating local food and locally produced products by increasing the direct contact with and awareness of our food supply.
• Increase the health and vitality of Connecticut residents through continued access to NYC farmers and NYC producers who provide sustainable, locally produced food.
• Support food insecure populations by supporting the nonprofits and community organizations whose missions are to promote Connecticut food security.
• Create a interactive network for our residents that can unite all New York and New England organizations - nonprofits, businesses, governmental agencies - whose mission and passion are to protect farmland, support farming, engage in local food consumer education, and farm market access.

Buy Local NYC® is designed to create a Sustainable Food Alliance Umbrella where consumers who are shopping for local food have immediate and direct access to supportive organizations, institutions, and passionate nonprofits who specialize in other separate, but equally important, areas of the Pro-Agriculture Support Chain.

Emily Brooks and the Edibles Advocate Alliance (TM) believe that a Buy Local NYC® collaboration is the only way to best meet our collective goal.  We believe that we are all pieces of the same jigsaw puzzle and that collective collaboration will lead to long-term profitability and growth in our agricultural sector and increased preservation of our farmlands.

Following in the footsteps of Connecticut Farmer & Feast ®, this second book in the series is a cordial invitation to meet fifty passionate farmers and producers who generate food from the bustling urban landscapes of New York City. New York City Farmer & Feast® is a welcoming expose into the lives of NYC food producers and the delicacies they produce within the hidden enclaves of this extensive metropolis.

Sumptuous full-color photos and elegantly written profiles throughout showcase lives rich in both food and history from all 5 New York City boroughs and Orange, Putnam, Westchester, and Putnam Counties directly to the north.  New York City Farmer & Feast brings locally produced food directly home to your kitchen with individually created recipes featuring each producer’s specialty food.

New York City Farmer & Feast® reconnects urban agglomerates, whether they reside within the hallowed network of the NYC mass transit system, to the bounty of locally produced food, and serves as a memento and travel guide of urban agritourism for visitors as well. Above all, it is a guide, a reference, and an edible manifesto for anyone who wants to put a face to their food and partake in the urban farming revolution.

Emily Brooks is one of the principal authorities of the local food and sustainable agriculture movements. Founder of Edibles Advocate Alliance and the founder of BRIDGES Healthy Cooking School, Chef Emily nurtures social entrepreneurs who support local agriculture, sustainable farming, food sovereignty, and sustainable food systems. She is the author of Connecticut Farmer & Feast®.  

PUBLISHED JUNE 2012