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Dine the Boroughs in style and at a discount this March!
Queens foodies, get ready for a special
feast!
A dazzling new dining experience will
promote the unique cuisines found in
Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx next
month!
Dine the Boroughs, a two-week culinary
tour of some of the outer boroughs’
best bites, will feature some 200 restaurants
off ering prix fi xe menu options for just $28,
from March 18 to 31.
Th e expansive munch marathon fi lls a
gaping hole in New York City’s beloved
Restaurant Week line-up, which features
hundreds of Manhattan eateries while spotlighting
only a fork-full of outer borough
options, according to one of the creators of
Dine the Boroughs.
“Th is is really an opportunity to promote
the diverse food off erings found in
Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx,” said
Joshua Schneps, the chief executive offi cer
of Schneps Media. “We want to drive traffi
c to each of the boroughs because, as we all
know, great food is a destination.”
Joining the roster of the ultimate outer
borough feast will have no cost for participating
restaurants, said Schneps.
“It’s completely free for restaurants to
participate,” he said. “Th ey have to off er a
prix fi xe menu, at least for dinner, during
the period of time that we’ll be holding Dine
the Boroughs, and they have to be based in
Brooklyn, Queens or the Bronx. Th ere is no
other charge, and we’re very fortunate to
have such a large reach in those three areas,
through our diff erent newspapers, websites,
newsletters and social channels, that we can
really promote these restaurants.”
Restaurants and sponsors interested in
signing up can visit www.dinetheboroughs.
com, which in the coming weeks will be
updated with a detailed list of participating
eateries and their off erings.
Join the Dine the Boroughs journey, presented
by the Whitmore Group, by following
along on social media using the hashtag:
#dinetheboros
Queens Farm puts the “Stem” in STEM programs
Registration is now open for Queens
Farm’s 2019 Farm-to-School education
programs. Queens Farm’s acclaimed programs
are designed for grades PreK-12 and
can be customized to fi t a particular curriculum
and students with diverse learning
needs.
Th e Farm-to-School program menu
changes seasonally to follow the ebb and
fl ow of farm life and off ers a unique perspective
exclusive to Queens Farm and its
place in New York City.
Queens Farm puts the “stem” in STEM,
literally. Th e farm’s curriculum enables
students to apply STEM concepts such as
observation, inquiry and sustainable design.
In the farm’s Plants & Ecology program
students explore and identify plant parts,
review photosynthesis and study the plant
growth cycle. Students will also observe
how organic farmers work with their local
ecosystem to restore soil health and grow
more nutritious food for their community.
A transplanting activity lets each student
bring back a seedling to observe, nurture
and grow in the classroom. Students can
also analyze how Queens Farm uses sustainable
farming practices to preserve native
habitats and encourage biodiversity while
strengthening our community’s food system
in the farm’s Pollinators program.
Students also can engage with New York
City history at Queens Farm. Queens Farm
is the longest continually farmed site in
New York State. Elbert Adriance purchased
land in 1697 setting in motion 322 years of
continuous farming that is preserved and
interpreted by Queens Farm.
As part of the farm’s History of New York
City program, students step inside the original
Adriance farmhouse (c. 1772). Th ey will
learn how this colonial homestead evolved
to a bustling truck farm serving a growing
city into the 20th century. Students will
analyze artifacts and architecture to fi nd
evidence of how changing culture, politics
and technology shaped the way New
Yorkers live today.
Queens Farm welcomes over 133,000 students
from the NYC metro area annually.
As a working farm, it grows over 80 varieties
of vegetables and over 75 varieties of fl owers
each year, including 6,000 pounds of tomatoes,
4,000 pounds of zucchini and 2,500
pounds of eggplant. Queens Farm harvested
over 33,600 eggs from its hens and 1,000
pounds of wildfl ower honey from its hives
this past year Th e farm also composted
over 20,000 pounds of food scraps through
its partnership with GrowNYC and 2,500
pounds in tumbler bins from its neighbors.
Th e farm produces iconic events such
as the Apple Blossom Children’s Carnival
and Barnyard Egg Hunt in April; its Sheep
Shearing Festival in May; and the Queens
County Fair, the Amazing Maize Maze
sponsored by ConEdison, the Haunted
Farmhouse, Children’s Halloween Festival
and annual Pumpkin Patch in the fall.
Th e Queens County Farm Museum is a
New York City Landmark, on the National
Register of Historic Places and a member
of the Historic House Trust of New York
City. It has long served as a vital resource
connecting people to agriculture and the
environment creating conversations about
biodiversity, nutrition, health and wellness,
climate change and NYC history. More
information about Queens Farm can be
found at queensfarm.org.
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