Mission
Earth Arts offers eco+logical solutions to heal people & planet.
Vision :
Earth Arts offers environmental education for people and planet. Besides designing & offering year round garden to table education for students k - 12 and their families, Earth Arts offers eco+logical services, such as landscaping consultations, plant identification walks, foraging skills or camp craft experiences. Integrating conservation and environmental stewardship, our mission is to serve people & planet by fostering healthy earth-human connections.
Current Projects :
Help us bring fresh produce to Catskill, NY!
We’re trying to put farmers, workers, and local consumers first— by creating a community owned, cooperatively run— grocery store, commercial kitchen & cafe. EAT — it’s basically Everything All Together.
A hundred years ago, Main St. Catskill had more than a dozen grocers and butchers.
Today, downtown has no grocery store, and not a single establishment sells fresh produce. Though many new businesses are moving to capitalize on the revitalization of Upstate New York, few are addressing the striking realities of generational de-industrialization, gentrification, economic struggle and lack of food access.
Co-operative Food Stores, or “Food Co-ops” offer an alternative model to the conventional grocery store standard. Empowering workers and consumers with the power to vote, co-ops emphasize a collaborative process directed by worker-owners and consumers, who have the option to own a share of the company.
In upstate New York, where organic farms surround small towns, it is somehow nearly impossible to find markets which actually sell local groceries to local consumers. Prioritizing New York City's demand for organic produce, the communities in between these large agricultural spaces are often neglected. Today, Catskill's grocers are Price Chopper, Walmart or the local Stewart’s gas station -– none of which prioritize fresh or local foods.
EAT Co-op is an attempt to address these local (and global) issues, by participating in a replicable model for providing food security. A co-operatively owned community grocer, kitchen & cafe, eat will prioritize the needs of farmers, workers & consumers while giving back to local regenerative agricultural projects.
But we need your help ~
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