RUDOLF STEINER SCHOOL
BULLETIN MARCH-APRIL 2012
THE FIRST WALDORF SCHOOL IN NORTH AMERICA
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In the future of local food
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ou may find it hard to believe that Rockland County (30 min, north of the GW Bridge) was once home to more than 900 farms. What’s more startling is that with the opening of the Tappan Zee Bridge and the rise in suburban development there were just four farms remaining by 2001. In an effort to refute the idea that “farming was dead,” Alexandra Spadea (our upper school Eurythmy teacher) and her husband John McDowell founded Rockland Farm Alliance, whose mission is to facilitate local sustainable agriculture through farms that serve as models of smallscale food production. Currently, RFA has grown to include thousands of members and supporters who are helping to revitalize our local food system. RFA has gained the support of the community and municipalities in championing the need to support existing farms as well as future farms in Rockland, and under an agreement with the County and the Town of Clarkstown, launched Cropsey Community Farm, Rockland’s largest organic, biodynamic vegetable farm CSA in New City, NY. Now in its second year, the 12-acre farm produces food for 250 families and has become an educational resource for people of all ages. The Farm operates under the model of a Community Supported Agriculture, whereby CSA members receive weekly harvests of freshly picked, locally grown organic produce for 22 weeks of the year, and enjoy the myriad benefits of community farming, building relationships and bonds with each other and with the earth. This year’s 10th Grade farm trip will be held at the Cropsey Community
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Diversity Committee
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Parent Council Update
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