The Land Alliance hosts lectures, seminars, panel discussions and workshops featuring leading experts on various timely and relevant topics. Our mission is to promote understanding and appreciation of land use, conservation, water, farming and the value of getting children outdoors.

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  • 2015 Long Island Food Conference

    2015 Long Island Food Conference Featuring Stephen Ritz

    Posted on May 6, 2015

    Sponsored by the North Shore Land Alliance, the Long Island Food Conference (formerly the Small Farm Summit) was a full-day event dedicated to educating Long Islanders about the benefits of healthy eating, growing their own food, living sustainably and protecting our existing farms and farmland.

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  • NY Lecture Series Featuring Jeremy Oppenheim

    NY Lecture Series: The New Climate Economy Featuring Jeremy Oppenheim

    Posted on April 8, 2015

    On Wednesday, April 8, 2015, North Shore Land Alliance held its sixth annual New York Lecture Series event at the Explorers Club in New York City. This year’s featured speaker was Jeremy Oppenheim, Program Director of the New Climate Economy Project. Oppenheim, a distinguished speaker on global resource productivity and sustainability and author of Resource Revolution: Meeting the World’s Energy, Materials, Food and Water Needs, led an engaging and important discussion on how to combine economic growth with the protection of irreplaceable environmental assets.

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  • NY Lecture Featuring Bill McKibben

    The Future of Nature Featuring Bill McKibben

    Posted on April 25, 2012

    On April 25th, the North Shore Land Alliance hosted an event in Manhattan featuring renowned environmentalist and author, Bill McKibben. Mr. McKibben has written several books on the environment including Earth, Making a Life on a Tough New Planet and The End of Nature. He has been called by Time magazine “the planet’s best green journalist”.

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  • 2012 Small Farm Summit

    2012 Small Farm Summit Featuring Will Allen and Chef Ann Cooper Draws a Record Crowd

    Posted on April 14, 2012

    Interest in growing and farming on Long Island is a booming enterprise as evidenced by the 800+ people who enjoyed the Small Farm Summit on Saturday, April 14 at Hofstra University. More than 30 organizations, led by the North Shore Land Alliance and including Hofstra University, Whole Foods Market and the New York State Conservation Partnership Program stepped up to sponsor the second annual Small Farm Summit.

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