{"id":6240,"date":"2009-08-21T11:28:33","date_gmt":"2009-08-21T15:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/?p=6240"},"modified":"2019-06-25T07:26:41","modified_gmt":"2019-06-25T11:26:41","slug":"support-local-farmers-brooklyn-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/6240\/support-local-farmers-brooklyn-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Roundup: Support Local Farms and Be Like Obama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>Farmer&#8217;s markets are a trendy topic these days, especially now that President Obama <a title=\"White House Farmer&#039;s Market\" href=\"http:\/\/www.grist.org\/article\/2009-08-20-obama-wants-to-set-up-white-house-farmers-market\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wants one<\/a> at the White House. If you&#8217;re feeling inspired, head to a fundraiser in Brooklyn on Saturday to drink wine, enjoy live music, play a few games, eat some sustainable snacks, and support the local farmers.\u00a0 [BKFY]<\/p>\n<p>Purchase tickets to <a title=\"Outstanding in the Field interview\" href=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/2009\/05\/08\/outstanding-in-the-field-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Outstanding in the Field&#8217;s<\/a> fancy farm fresh prix-fixe feast in East Hampton. [<a title=\"Outstanding in the Field dinner\" href=\"http:\/\/www.urbandaddy.com\/nyc\/food\/2377\/Outstanding_in_the_Field_A_Prix_Fixe_under_the_Stars_New_York_City_NYC_Event\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UrbanDaddy<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Wanting Fashion\u2019s Night Out to be \u201ca very inclusive event,\u201d <em>Vogue\u2019s<\/em> Anna Wintour will be signing T-Shirts on September 10 in Queens and Brooklyn. [<a title=\"Anna Wintout news item\" href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/daily\/fashion\/2009\/08\/alert_anna_wintour_to_sign_tee.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NYMag<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Experience Dumbo doing what it does best: bringing artists, designers, and DJ\u2019s together for a loft party. Food, drinks, purchasable installations, and complimentary spa services are available at this free pop-up shop. [Going]<\/p>\n<p>The folks who brought you <a title=\"Tour of the Navy Yard Brooklyn\" href=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/2009\/08\/05\/brooklyn-beer-tours-brewed-in-brooklyn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brewed in Brooklyn<\/a> want to take you behind the scenes for a rare tour of the historic Navy Yard. [UrbanOyster]<\/p>\n<p>Grab the family, pick up some picnic goods (Long Island City&#8217;s Hunter&#8217;s Point Farmer&#8217;s Market is not too far) then head to Socrates Sculpture Park to watch Romeo &amp; Juliet for free. [<a title=\"Socrates Sculpture Park Shakespeare Play\" href=\"http:\/\/www.socratessculpturepark.org\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SSP<\/a>]<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo: Courtesy of <a title=\"Jeffrey Allen photos\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jeffreyallen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jeffrey Allen<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Farmer&#8217;s markets are a trendy topic these days, especially now that President Obama wants one at the White House. If you&#8217;re feeling inspired, head to a fundraiser in Brooklyn on Saturday to drink wine, enjoy live music, play a few games, eat some sustainable snacks, and support the local farmers.\u00a0 [BKFY] Purchase tickets to Outstanding [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[766,325,271],"tags":[15,293,1621,306,294,269,178],"class_list":{"0":"post-6240","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-archive","7":"category-new-york","8":"category-news","9":"tag-brooklyn","10":"tag-budget-friendly","11":"tag-dining-nightlife","12":"tag-farm","13":"tag-fashion","14":"tag-party","15":"tag-queens"},"acf":[],"mv":{"thumbnail_id":null,"thumbnail_uri":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6240\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}