Yes We Can
I recently created this graphic for the non-profit organization Just Food, which works to develop a just and sustainable food system in the New York City region. Organic t-shirts hand-printed with the design are currently on sale in the Just Food gift shop.

Among other things, Just Food connects local farmers to direct marketing opportunities in New York City. Their current Food & Farm Issue is a petition to legalize beekeeping in NYC. Beekeeping in the city is currently illegal, under The New York City Health Code Section 161.01. Many other cities, including Chicago and San Fransisco, permit and regulate urban beekeeping and have found that urban apiculture can benefit human, economic, and environmental health. You can learn more about the benefits of urban beekeeping and sign the petition on the Just Food website.

I have been fortunate to have developed on ongoing partnership with this fine organization. Just Food contacted me in 2007 after seeing someone wearing one of my "Beet the System" shirts at a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) pick-up. We talked and decided to print Beet The System shirts with their logo on the back. The LETTUCE EAT LOCAL and YES WE CAN designs were collaborations that came later - the Lettuce shirt this summer, in conjunction with their conference in early September called “Let Us Eat Local,” and the idea for the YES WE CAN shirts came after the election.  ¶ 8:44 AM 0 comments