Free Event: Local Guys Cook Local Food Series, Saturday, Dec 19, 10-1, South Salem

Saturday, December 19th: LOCAL GUYS COOK LOCAL FOOD: 10-12:30 Cooking demo at Gossett's Indoor Farmer's Market.  

This week's real guys cooking are John Imbiano and Richard Quigley, landscape architects at IQ Landscape Design, in Katonah. They'll be cooking John's secret pork chop recipe and Richard's famous venison! The Local Foods-Local Chefs series and the Local Guys Cook Local Foods series was created in order to inspire home cooking, show people how to use foods they may be unfamiliar with, foster a sense of connection with farmers and producers, and raise awareness of the complexity of flavors and nutrient density of sustainably raised produce and meats.  

Gossett's Farm Market is located at 1202 Rte 35, South Salem, NY 10590.  

Want to sign up to cook? Call Heather at 914.763.0474 to find out how.

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Winter Solstice Party at Ward Pound Ridge, Potluck and Bonfire, Saturday, Dec 20th, 6pm

Meetup: Winter Solstice Party at Ward Pound Ridge, Potluck and Bonfire!

Ward Pound Ridge Reservation  Sunday, Dec 20th, 6pm-8pm (or so)

RSVP on the Katonah Green Meetup site!

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GreenDrinks Westchester: Holiday Gathering, Tuesday, Dec 22nd, 6pm

GreenDrinks Westchester Holiday Gathering,

Tuesday, Dec 22nd, 6 until ? Mark your calendars! 

Location: The Flying Pig on Lexington, Bar area, 251 Lexington Avenue
Mt. Kisco, NY 10549

Speakers: Seth Leitman: How do we as Green Leaders Mainstream Green?  Second speaker TBA.

Cover Charge: $5


See you there!

Heather
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John Cronin: Brains vs. Brawn: the Future of Water, 7pm, Tarrytown

John Cronin's talk, "Brains vs. Brawn: The Future of Water," is set for 7 this evening at the Warner Library in Tarrytown.

John is one of the truly important figures in contemporary environmentalism, having been engaged in virtually every issue affecting the Hudson River and the Hudson Valley since the early 1980s.

He is now the director and chief executive officer of the Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries and is a senior fellow for environmental affairs at Pace University's Academy for Applied Environmental Studies.

If you decide to join us, consider making a $15 donation (the money will go towards the WLT's land preservation work).

To reserve a space, reply to this email, or email Grace.

John's talk is part of our series, Food, Land, Sustainability: Five cutting edge lectures about the environment, the way we live today, and the way we'll need to live in the future.

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Free Event: Real Simple Whole Foods Cooking with Max Barry, Saturday, Dec 12, South Salem

Local Guys Cook Local Foods! Cooking demo at Gossett's Indoor Farmer's Market, Saturday, December 12th from 10-12:30.

This week's real guy cooking is Max Barry, a personal fitness trainer from Danbury. He's going to cook us  grilled sweet potatoes, grass fed beef and sauteed kale.  

Max says "I like to keep it simple, clean and local. Just a little salt, pepper and olive oil, and good quality basics and it's gonna be good. I've actually been developing a Spice Rub blend, that I came up with because I was eating too much salt. So in the process of finding one I liked, I got creative. I've ended up with a blend that just isn't available in a store, so you can try it out this weekend."

You can check out Max's fitness site at www.nu-fit.net or follow him on Twitter @Nu_Fit

An essential part of the demo series is YOU! We want your questions on food, health, and cooking. Our goal is that you walk away inspired to cook with real foods and feel a connection to the producers. And of course we want you to stick around for samples of the foods created by our cooks!




Want to sign up to cook? Call Heather at 914.763.0474 to find out how.

The Local Foods-Local Chefs series and the Local Guys Cook Local Foods series was created by Heather Flournoy of KatonahGreen in order to inspire home cooking, show people how to use foods they may be unfamiliar with, foster a sense of connection with farmers and producers, and raise awareness of the complexity of flavors and nutrient density of sustainably raised produce and meats.

Gossett's Farm Market is located at 1202 Rte 35, South Salem, NY 10590
The market features organically grown veggies, grassfed meats, free-range chicken eggs, Wave Hill Breads, seafood, handcrafts and artisanal prepared foods.
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Promote Your Business or Message: Be the Media! Sunday, Dec 13th, Katonah

We're really excited to welcome back David Mathison, Author of Be The Media as he discusses the power of social networking and its impact on business and journalism. If you missed him last time at Perks, make sure you come hear him this time at the library. I promise you will be inspired, motivated and get a grasp of the power you are beginning to utilize even as you read this message! (the power of social media such as blogs, Twitter, Facebook and Meetup.com)

This is for small business owners, entrepreneurs, artists, writers, musicians, film makers, environmental and social activists who want to get more customers, generate more revenues, and share skills and experience and build a following.

David is the author of Be the Media. To get the most out of this meetup/talk, get the book now so you can really utilize your live time with him. Ask people who were at the last talk, this book is worth the investment!

RSVP here. Free!

Date/Time: Sunday, December 13th, 3pm.

Location

Katonah Library

26 Bedford Rd Katonah, NY 10536 323 1233

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Promote Your Message: Be the Media! Saturday, Dec 12, Katonah

Join David Mathison, Author of Be The Media along with Really Social Media founders Heather Flournoy and Christopher Roberts for a talk by David Mathison, Author of Be The Media as he discusses the power of social networking and its impact on business and journalism.

NYC Food and Climate Summit, Saturday, Dec 12

CONFERENCE OVERVIEW:

Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer, New York University and Just Food present NYC Food and Climate Summit: Creating a Platform for Change, a day-long feast of workshops, training and action planning. The Summit will bring together some 1,000 community gardeners, family farmers, educators, advocates, elected officials, city government leaders and concerned citizens. The goal of the Summit is to increase awareness and action around our food system's role in climate problems and solutions.

The Summit will be tackling key food and climate change questions, including:

Airborne Ants and Smashing Shrimp: Lecture on Evolution, Animal Movement and Communication, Wednesday, Dec 9, 7:30pm Katonah

Bedford Audubon Event
Airborne Ants and Smashing Shrimp: Accident and Intent in the Evolution of Movement With Sheila Patek, Ph.D.
Wednesday, December 9, 7:30 p.m.
Katonah Memorial House, 71 Bedford Road, Katonah
Are extremely fast movements the pinnacle of evolution? Might amazing animal feats arise through accidents? In this presentation, Dr. Patek will look at two remarkable animals—trap-jaw ants and mantis shrimp—that have evolved among the fastest movements in the animal kingdom. 

Independent Film Premiere: Clean and Green, Thursday, Dec 3rd, 5:30pm, White Plains

Film Screening!!
Join us for the premiere screening of “Clean and Green: A Local Eco-Collaboration", a documentary directed by Academy Award Nominee Bayley Silleck and professional cinematographer Nathaniel Smith! Learn how a few committed individuals acted to bring together many facets of the community in an effort to educate the public on going green!
FREE cocktails and refreshments to enjoy!

Local Foods-Local Chefs Series, Saturday, Nov 21, 11-1, South Salem

Don’t miss the Local Foods-Local Chef’s series at Gossett’s Farm Market this Saturday, November 21st from 11-1pm. Local chef William Keiser will inspire you to turn hearty locally and sustainably raised produce and veggies into mouthwatering dishes. This weekend he’ll show us how to make some creative vegetarian ’stuffing’ with Wave Hill breads, and a secret duck recipe. As always, you can ask questions, learn new techniques and stick around for samples!

Garden of Ideas Farm Stand, daily thru Nov 29, Ridgefield

Garden of Ideas
Organic gardens and greenhouse vegetables and herbs. A must-visit farm in Ridgefield, CT at 647 North Salem Road

Farm Stand, M-F 8am to 7pm M-F by appt
Sat & Sun 10am to 7pm Sat & Sun 10am to 4pm

Brains vs. Brawn: The Future of Water, Monday, Dec 14th, Tarrytown

Monday, Dec 14th: 7pm, Brains vs. Brawn: The Future of Water – John Cronin, director and chief executive officer of the Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries; former Hudson Riverkeeper Estuaries are among the most productive ecosystems but what we’ve done to them in general – and to the Hudson River in particular – has damaged a traditional source of high quality, local, sustainable food and water. That is one of the unfortunate legacies of the Clean Water Act. But with cooperation instead of finger-pointing, there’s still time to make the Hudson sustainable again. Monday, December 14, 2009, 7 p.m. Warner Library, Tarrytown. Part of Westchester Land Trust Series.

GreenDrinks Westchester, Tuesday, Nov 17th, Bedford

Tu

esday, Nov 17th: GreenDrinks Westchester at Bedford Post Inn, 6-? Join us for a night of networking with people working in green tech and people who simply care about making change that benefits the environment.

GreenDrinks Westchester Facebook Page

Film: Clearwater Nation, Tuesday, Nov 10, Kingston

Tuesday, Nov 10: 6pm.

Kingston Library, Free screening and discussion of a new documentary film, Clearwater Nation, by Pamela Timmins that features musical performances from Pete Seeger and looks at his forty year involvement with Clearwater. Timmins, an accomplished landscape painter, photographer, and video artist/filmmaker, will lead a Q&A following the showing of the film.

Meet The Farmer Dinner, Nov 11, Bedford Hills

'MEET THE FARMER' HARVEST DINNER At TABLE Local Market

(for Members)

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11TH at 7:15pm

With Fountainhead Wine Pairings Sampled for under $15

(please purchase from Fountainhead directly- they are around the corner and will be open late)

featuring: John Boy's Farm, Amawalk Farm, I & Me Farm and Sprout Creek Farm

$35.00 per person

Frittata with I & Me Swiss Chard

Fat Cat Pizzas
John Boy's Sausages

Sprout Creek Cheese

Biellese Charcuterie

Amawalk's Garlic Soup
Arugula Salad with breakfast radishes
John Boy's Pork Belly with Polenta
Chicken with root vegetables
Brussel sprouts with frizzled leeks

Julie's Apple Cranberry Crisp with Meadowbrook Cream

Please call for reservations 914-241-0269

Space is limited

(and find out about membership)

Organic Turkey Orders, Thru Nov 19

It is not too early to start ordering ORGANICALLY RAISED THANKSGIVING TURKEYS
Here are some local resources. More coming soon!

TABLE Local Market Supplies are very limited so ORDER NOW! Call 914-241-0269.

Mrs. Green's Katonah: can order in store or by phone. Ask for the Eberly's Organic Turkeys. The Murray's are not organic. (914) 232-7574

Nature's Temptations Ridgefield store only, by phone or in person: (203) 438-5443

THANKSGIVING VEGGIE/FRUIT BOX
from Garden of Ideas, Ridgefield: 203-431-9914

Lighthouse Pt Park Hawkwatch, Oct 31, New Haven

Field Trip to the Lighthouse Point Park Hawkwatch, New Haven, CT With Arthur Green

Saturday, October 31. Carpool from Bylane Farm at 8 a.m. Return around 3 p.m. depending on the hawk flight.
Lighthouse Point is one of the most popular spots for bird watching along the East Coast. Each fall and spring, thousands of songbirds and birds of prey are seen in the migratory oasis along Morris Creek. We should expect to see Sharp-shinned and Cooper’s Hawks, American Kestrels, Northern Harrier, and Osprey. Driving directions: http://tinyurl.com/hawkwalk. Please bring binoculars, a folding chair, and lunch. Level of difficulty: Easy.

www.bedfordaudubon.org

Ridgefield Farmer's Market, Fri, Oct 30th, 3-7pm

Last week of the Ridgefield Farmer's Market! Get over there and grab up some great local produce, bread and more. While you are there head on over to Cellar XV and ask for some organic wines.

http://ridgefieldfarmersmarket.org/

Meetup: Foraging in Central Park, Oct 31, NYC

Tour: Foraging with Naturalist "Wildman" Steve Brill in Central Park, Oct 31, 11:45 am
The Metro NYC Environmental Meetup Group

Thanks to its varied habitats and combination of native and introduced species, this world-famous park overflows with wild food.
The 4-hour walking tour begins at 11:45 AM on Halloween, Saturday, October 31, at 106th St. and 5th Ave.

Call (914) 835-2153 at least 24 hours ahead to reserve a place.

Harvest Fest, Saturday, Oct 31, South Salem

Come to the Harvest Fest at Gossett’s Farm Market this weekend!

(Rain or shine, market indoors when raining)

Featuring:

Katonah Green’s Local Food-Local Chef Series: Sue Vales from The Horse and Hound doing a participatory chef demonstration 11-1pm. Plus a WOW Green enzyme cleaner demonstration, and education on toxic household cleaners.

Antique Apple Peeler demonstration with The Village Smithy Jared Silbersher from Pound Ridge. If you have never seen one of these antique apple peelers, you are in for a treat! Apple fritters will be shared after the peelings. 10-1

Scavenger Hunt for kids (weather permitting)

Food samples from the Market: try the new organic, dehydrated granola from Beyond Granola in Bedford Hills, tasty delights from The Farmer’s Daughter, like mushroom pesto and homemade sticky buns, soups from Go-Go Java and of course lots of samples during the chef demo.

Click for pictures, videos and directions to Gossett's Farm Market. Sign up for their blog!

http://gossettsfarmmarket.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/harvest-fest-october-31st/

Alternative Vehicle Tech Conference, Oct 30, NYC

The Road to Energy Independence, Lehman College, Friday, October 30, 2009

Alternative Vehicle Technology Conference Implementing the Change

Lehman College, Friday, October 30, 2009
9:00 am – 3:00 pm
8:30 am registration

The Center for Sustainable Energy will convene its fifth annual Alternative Vehicle Technology Conference on Friday, October 30, 2009 on the campus of The City University of New York’s Lehman College. For directions, please click here.

http://www.csebcc.org/main.cfm?actionId=globalShowStaticContent&screenKey=cmpAreas&htmlKey=areaAVTconf09&s=cse

Sustainable Lighting, Ridgefield Library, Oct 29th

SUSTAINABLE LIGHTING with LEED certified lighting specialist Sara Schrager Thursday, October 29th @ 7 pm in the Dayton Program Room, Ridgefield Library Co-Sponsored by RACE and the Ridgefield Library There is a bewildering number of "green" lighting options to choose from these days: linear fluorescent, compact fluorescent, LEDs, halogen, low-voltage halogen, ceramic metal-halide and others. How do you know which are the best choices for your purposes? Come find out from LEED certified lighting professional Sara Schrager, who has more than 30 years of both interior and exterior lighting design experience. She'll discuss the properties of the light each type of bulb gives, the cost and amount of energy they use, how long they last, and their safety. The program is free and registration is not required. For further information call 438-2282 or visit www.raceforetheearth.com.

Local Food-Local Chefs Series, Gossett's Farm Market, Oct 17th

Katonah Green's Local Food-Local Chefs Series, Gossett's Farm Market, 1202 Rte 35, South Salem, NY. 11-1. Free Samples!

This weekend: Lisa Miller, HHC. Visit GossettsFarmMarket.com for chef demo videos, recipes, pics of the market, nursery specials and more!


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Westchester GreenDrinks, Oct. 27th, Bedford Post Inn

The next GreenDrinks event will be on October 27 from 6-? at the Bedford Post Inn, set in the heart of Westchester at 954 Old Post Road in Bedford. The Bedford Post is home to an eight room luxury inn (opening in the Spring of 2009), a yoga studio, and two distinct restaurants: The Barn, for more casual dining, and The Farmhouse. The Greendrinks Westchester event will be held in the Barn. For more information on how to get there, go to the Bedford Post website at www.bedfordpostinn. com

What is GreenDrinks??

Every month people who work in the environmental field meet up at informal sessions known as Green Drinks.

We have a lively mixture of people from NGOs, academia, government and business. Come along and you'll be made welcome. Just say, "are you green?" and we will look after you and introduce you to whoever is there. It's a great way of catching up with people you know and also for making new contacts. Everyone invites someone else along, so there’s always a different crowd, making Green Drinks an organic, self-organising network.

These events are very simple and unstructured, but many people have found employment, made friends, developed new ideas, done deals and had moments of serendipity. It's a force for the good and we'd like to help it spread to other cities. Contact your local node to get the latest info about coming along.

The next guests to the event will be: stay tuned, will be announced soon!

October 25th: Tweetup with BeTheMedia.com Creator @Perks

It's a Tweetup: an gathering of Twitter users in real life. This one invites the 'Twitter-curious' as well!

Sunday, October 25th, 10:30 AM at Perks, Katonah, NY. RSVP required.

If you want to get your message out to the world as widely and rapidly as possible, you need to be using social media, microblogging and more. One of the leaders in this field is David Mathison, author of Be The Media ( www.BeTheMedia.com )

David has agreed to stop in Katonah for us on his way back from a conference and boost our knowledge of this invaluable tool for creating change, building a following, whatever your mission is. This is especially geared towards people working in the environmental fields and the creative arts.

Join us for a cup of coffee, some great tips and some good contacts.

CLICK HERE TO RSVP

Bedford Climate Action Plan Public Meetings, Oct 5 & 13

Two more public meetings are scheduled to discuss the newly released Bedford Climate Action Plan. The Energy Advisory Panel would love to see a big attendance and to hear your thoughts!

Printed copies of the Draft of the Plan are available at each of the public libraries in Bedford, Bedford Hills and Katonah or by clicking here.

You may comment at public meetings on the draft of the CAP scheduled on:

Monday, October 5 at The Bedford Historical Hall;

Tuesday, October 13 at the Katonah Village Library.

Each of the meetings begin at 7.30pm.

If you cannot make the meetings, you may email comments to BEAP at bedfordenergy@bedfordny.info. The public comment period on the draft of the CAP ends October 14.

Click here for more information and a link directly to the Town of Bedford web site.

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Bedford Draft Climate Action Plan
The Town of Bedford’s Energy Advisory Panel (BEAP) is pleased to present the Draft version of the Bedford Climate Action Plan for public review and comment.

In April, 2007, Supervisor Lee Roberts and the Bedford Town Board created the 9 member Energy Advisory Panel. In November of that year, the Town Board passed a resolution committing Bedford to a twenty percent reduction in community wide greenhouse gas emissions, below our 2004 baseline year, by 2020. The Bedford Twenty by 2020 goal was the beginning of a two year campaign designed to educate, engage and gain the commitment of the entire town. The Bedford Energy Advisory Panel has spent the last two years inventorying our community’s greenhouse gas emissions, talking to experts, researching other cities’ best practices and engaging the community through a series of town wide events. The result is this Draft of The Climate Action Plan.

The Plan focuses on four sectors; Energy, Transportation, Land + Water Use and Waste + Recycling. It is not a government plan or strictly for municipal use, but it encompasses businesses, residences, schools and virtually every segment of Bedford. Each sector outlines specific recommendations for reducing Green House Gases within Bedford.

The Draft CAP can be viewed online at www.bedfordny.info. Printed copies will also available at each of the public libraries in Bedford, Bedford Hills and Katonah. BEAP is asking for residents to help edit, critique and comment on the Draft by emailing the BEAP at bedfordenergy@bedfordny.info . There are also three scheduled public meetings on the Draft. The first of those meetings will take place Wednesday September 30 at Bedford Hills Community House with additional meetings taking place Monday, October 5 at The Bedford Historical Hall and Tuesday, October, 13 at the Katonah Village Library. Each of the meetings begin at 7.30pm. The public comment period on the CAP Draft ends October 14.

Katonah Green and Beyond Meetup, Sunday, Oct 4th

EcoFest NY is looks like a great eco festival in Central Park! Pete Seeger will be singing and NY Times Earth writer Andrew Revkin will speak, among lots of other cool enviro-tech displays and fun things to do. Let's go down there as a group and get some inspired and have fun!

Click here to get all the details and join the meetup:
http://www.meetup.com/Katonah-Green-and-Beyond/calendar/11412071/

“Bountiful Backyard” Celebration, Saturday, Oct 10

The First “Bountiful Backyard” Celebration

Saturday, October 10, 11 a.m.–3 p.m.
Bylane Farm, 35 Todd Road, Katonah

The inaugural season at Bylane Farm’s newly established pesticide-free, bird-friendly vegetable garden has been a smashing success. A ground-breaking Intergeneration Summer Program was held for children and seniors, and a whopping crop of 177 pounds of produce have been harvested and donated to the Mount Kisco Community Center.

As a fitting conclusion to this program and in celebration and appreciation of the many volunteers from Master Gardeners and others who have worked tirelessly through the summer to keep up the garden, we invite the community to a festive day at Bylane Farm.

The day’s program will include:

• Workshops in harvesting/storing of vegetables (root cellaring and drying)

• Demonstrations on how to attract birds to your garden and make bird houses from gourds

• Book Sale - over 500 bird books will be offered for sale starting at $2.00 each

• Nature walks with Naturalist Tait Johansson

• Handouts, displays

• Refreshments

Rain or shine. Admission is free. Please follow signs to parking area across the street from Bylane. Please do not park on Todd Road.

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Please think of the environment before printing this e-mail!

Bedford Audubon
Celebrating 96 Years of Conservation
www.bedfordaudubon.org

October 10th: Katonah Green's Local Chefs--Local Food Series at Gossett's Farm Market, 11-1.

October 10th: Katonah Green's Local Chefs--Local Food Series at Gossett's Farm Market, 11-1.

Join Chef Lesley Sutter from the Flying Pig as she shows you her secrets for preparing fresh-from-the-market foods from regional farms.

Gossett's Farm Market is located at 1202 Rte 35, South Salem, NY

Katonah Green's Local Chefs--Local Food Series: Watch, learn and ask your questions to the best chef's in the area as they take the challenge to prepare a dish from local ingredients, coming up with something based on what is fresh and available at the market!

Upcoming:

October 17: Katonah Green's Local Chefs--Local Food Series at Gossett's Farm Market, 11-1. Holistic Health Counselor Lisa Miller shares her passion for preparing homemade food that your entire family will love!

October 24th: Harvest Fest at the Market! Cider, chef demo, samples, music and pumpkins!

October 31st: Harvest Fest at the Market! Cider, samples, music and Jared Silbersher will demonstrate a variety of antique apple peeling, coring and slicing machines.

Check out the videos from past chef's at the market on my YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/katonahgreen

Botany of Desire DVD Contest Deadline, October 18th

From LocalHarvest.org

Once Upon a Time, I Was Obsessed with a Plant: a Contest

Here's what's up: a new movie based on Michael Pollan's best selling "The Botany of Desire" will be airing on PBS next month. For those who like to mark their calendars, it's Wednesday, October 28, from 8-10 p.m. Called an "eye-opening exploration of the human relationship with the plant world - seen from the plant's point of view," and narrated by Frances McDormand, this is sure to be good. For those who haven't read the book, the idea is that we think that we control the plant world. But what if, in fact, they have been shaping us?

We have a director-signed copy of the movie, so we are introducing a new contest giveaway playing with the theme of the book. To enter, send us your story of a time you were obsessed (or at least taken up with) with something in the plant kingdom – like, going to great lengths to protect your tomatoes from frost, watching and waiting for your seedlings to come up, praying for rain for your crops, or spending a summer growing flowers for your wedding. Anything. Submit your story by October 18, and we'll announce the winner of The Botany of Desire DVD in our next newsletter. Stories will be published on the LocalHarvest website.

To view the trailer and learn more about the film, visit PBS.org.

To submit your tips, click the title link above, or go here: http://www.localharvest.org/newsletter/20090924/botany-of-desire.jsp?r=nl

Hike at the Hunt-Parker Sanctuary, Friday, Oct 2nd

Our next walk will be on Friday, October 2nd at 1 p.m. at the Hunt-Parker Sanctuary owned by the Bedford Audubon Society at 35 Todd Road. (By the way, the Bedford Audubon Society, in spite of its name, is the local chapter of the Audubon Society which includes Lewisboro).

This walk begins with a long climb and then continues on lovely trails in the woods, ending at North Salem Road which we will cross and then continue east in the Mount Holly Sanctuary, which ends on Mt. Holly Road. Total distance will be about 3 miles of hills and valleys in the forest. This should take us a couple of hours, depending on how often we stop to look at things! Please wear boots as there are some steep places. We will meet at the Bedford Audubon Society's Bylane Farm at 35 Todd Road.

Directions: from the intersection of Route 35 and Route 22, go north on Route 22. Turn right onto Todd Road (there is a big white town shield-shaped sign) and when the dirt road turns into pavement, keep an eye out for #35. We will be there to help you park. At the end of the walk we will use one of our cars to ferry drivers back to Bylane for their cars.

PLEASE EMAIL ME BY 9 A.M. FRIDAY IF YOU WILL ATTEND THIS WALK SO WE CAN PLAN THE CARS.

Vi Patek 914-763-8078 PO Box 104, S. Salem, NY 10590

Local Chefs--Local Food Series, Sat, Oct 3

October 3: Katonah Green's Local Chefs--Local Food Series at Gossett's Farm Market, 11-1.

Chef Hymie, BBQ Star, will show us how to prepare the perfectly marinated ribs and give out free samples! Ribs from New England Farms.

Gossett's Farm Market is located at 1202 Rte 35, South Salem, NY

Katonah Green's Local Chefs--Local Food Series: Watch, learn and ask your questions to the best chef's in the area as they take the challenge to prepare a dish from local ingredients, coming up with something based on what is fresh and available at the market!

Upcoming:

October 10th: Katonah Green's Local Chefs--Local Food Series Free Samples. Join Chef Lesley Sutter from the Flying Pig as she shows you her secrets for preparing fresh-from-the-market foods from regional farms.

October 17: Katonah Green's Local Chefs--Local Food Series at Gossett's Farm Market, 11-1. Holistic Health Counselor Lisa Miller shares her passion for preparing homemade food that your entire family will love!

October 24th: Harvest Fest at the Market! Cider, chef demo, samples, music and pumpkins!

October 31st: Harvest Fest at the Market! Cider, samples, music and Jared Silbersher will demonstrate a variety of antique apple peeling, coring and slicing machines.

Check out the videos from past chef's at the market on my YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/katonahgreen

Hunt for Black Walnuts, Croton Aqueduct, Mon, October 12th

Hunt for Black Walnuts on the Croton Aqueduct
with naturalist/author "Wildman" Steve Brill

On Columbus Day, Monday, October 12, naturalist/author "Wildman" Steve Brill will lead one of his world-famous Wild Food and Ecology Tours of the Croton Aqueduct in Dobbs Ferry, NY.

This long trail used to be where water was brought to Manhattan from Westchester. Now it's a beautiful walking and biking path lined with all manner of edible weeds. Here are some of the autumn plants we can expect on this tour:

We'll certainly find plenty of field garlic, a member of the onion/garlic family that comes up in the spring and re-emerges in the fall. Delicate chickweed, with a flavor like corn on the cob, is a likely find in sunny areas. Spicy poor man's pepper, spinach-flavored lamb's-quarters, and sour-flavored sheep sorrel and wood sorrel should be around too. Garlic mustard is another strong-flavored plant that will add zing to any salad or cooked grain or vegetable dish. The horseradish-flavored roots are in season at this time of the year.

Burdock, with a hearty, potato-flavored taproot, grows everywhere, and we're certain to find one location with soft soil where we'll be able to be able to dig it out easily. Other roots we're likely to find in overgrown areas include peppery-flavored common evening primrose, and white, chewy wild carrots, the same plant that produces the familiar Queen Anne's Lace flower in the summer. We'll also get to compare it with deadly poison hemlock, the plant that killed Socrates.

Black walnuts are among the tastiest and most nutritious of nuts, and they should be littering the ground under the huge trees. Everyone will learn how to remove the green husks, and crack the nuts open with rocks.

"Wildman" cracks open black walnuts on the pavement with a rock.

Spectacular mushrooms also abound at this time, especially if there have been recent heavy rains. Huge hen-of-the woods (sold in health food stores as maitake), gigantic chicken mushrooms (which really taste like chicken), golden-brown honey mushrooms, the prized aborted entoloma, various species of puffballs including the huge giant puffball, and savory meadow mushrooms may pop up anywhere along the trails.

The 2-hour tour begins at 1 PM, Monday, Columbus Day, October 12, at the intersection of Main St. and Cedar St. in Dobbs Ferry. To attend, call (914) 835-2153 at least 24 hours beforehand and reserve a place.

The suggested donation is $15 for adults, $10 for children under 12. (Please bring exact change.) Nobody is ever turned away due to lack of funds. For "Wildman's" 2008 tour calendar and additional info, visit http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com.

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Contact: "Wildman" Steve Brill, (914) 835-2153 wildman@wildmanstevebrill.com
http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com

Foraging at Green Chimneys, Sun, October 11th

Hunt Common Evening Primrose Root at Green Chimneys with naturalist/author "Wildman" Steve Brill

On Sunday, October 11, naturalist/author "Wildman" Steve Brill will lead one of his world-famous foraging tours at Green Chimneys, in Brewster, NY. Green Chimneys is the nationally renowned, non-profit organization with a mission of restoring possibilities and creating futures for children with emotional, behavioral and learning challenges through educational, therapeutic and outreach services, while providing care for animals and nature, thereby promoting a philosophy of dignity and worth for all living things.
These 3 foraging tours are part of the Annual Fall Harvest Festival. We'll be exploring a farm with plenty of open, sunny areas as well as woodlands, ideal for fall foraging.
Common edible "weeds" such as Asiatic dayflower, chickweed, wood sorrel, lamb's-quarters, and sheep sorrel grow in sunny areas throughout.

The trail sides are full of sassafras and black birch trees, while the ground may be littered with black walnuts, white oak acorns, and hickory nuts.
Roots are also in season in autumn. We'll be looking for common evening primrose, field garlic, and wild carrots.

This is an excellent place for wild mushrooms, especially if it's rained beforehand. We'll be on the lookout for honey mushrooms, aborted entoloma mushrooms, gigantic chicken mushrooms and hen-of-the-woods, oyster mushrooms, giant puffballs, and the enoki or velvet foot mushroom, which is prized in Japan.

The 3 walking tours run on Sunday, October 11, from 1 to 1:50 PM, 2 to 2:50 PM, and 3 to 4 PM, at Green Chimneys, 400 Doansburg Rd., in Brewster, NY. The tours are free with admission to the Fall Harvest Festival, $10/adult, $5/child.

Call (845) 279-2995, ext. 286 for further information. No reservations are necessary.
For "Wildman's" 2009 tour calendar and additional info, visit http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com

REAL FOOD LUNCH ART CONTEST, Monday, Sept 7

Calling all kids and kids-at-heart!

"REAL FOOD LUNCH" ART CONTEST

Come Make Some Art Showing Your Favorite Lunch (or bring your art).

We want your art at the Katonah Time-for-Lunch Eat-In on Monday, September 7th.

All mediums accepted. Juried by Eat-In Cooks. Attendance required. Prizes include gift certificates from Gossett's Farm Market, Community Farmer's Markets, Mrs. Green's Katonah, Nature's Temptations, TABLE Local Market , Charles Department Store (cooking supplies!) and more! Plus your artwork will be featured on KatonahGreen.com!

Posters, Drawings, Paintings, Sculpture, and other Art should feature your favorite real food ingredients.

RSVP to the Eat In on the Katonah Green and Beyond Meetup site, www.meetup.com/katonahgreenandbeyond/ OR by calling coordinator Heather Flournoy at 763-0474

Katonah Green Eat-In, Monday, September 7, 2-4

NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION!

On Monday, September 7th, from 2-4pm, Katonah Green, with Slow Food Westchester, will host an EAT-IN in support of the NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION to get better lunches in schools. RSVP HERE

This is free and open to the public! Bring friends, family, neighbors and a dish to share. The idea is to gather enough attention nationally that congress and our legislators will take notice that people care about what our kids eat at school. There are over 250 Eat-Ins happening nationally, the same day!

Details:

We'll be meeting and eating from 2-4 on Monday, September 7th at the First Presbyterian Church lawn.

What to Bring:
For last names from A-F, bring a a veggie salad.
Veggie salads can be a green leafy salad, or a cucumber-dill salad, or shredded carrots and cabbage--be creative!

For last names from G-S, please bring a seasonal entree reflecting the abundance of our local farms and gardens, for example:

• your favorite chili,
  
• simple pasta with fresh tomato sauce,
  
• corn on the cob,
  
• steamed local potatoes,
  
• potato salad with fresh dill and chives,
  
• grilled local sausage from a farmer's market,
  
• grass-fed beef burgers,
  
• grilled portabella mushrooms and red peppers,
  
• local cheeses and fresh bread
  
• your own favorite entree made with fresh local ingredients!
  

For last names from T-W, please bring a dessert reflecting the abundance of our local farms and gardens, for example:

• fresh berries from Amawalk farm, or foraged on the BRLA
  
• fresh melon from the local markets
  
• fresh whipped cream (yum!)
  
• zucchini bread (ask people, they are likely to have loads of zucchini right now!)
  

This is a carry-in, carry out event, and we will need to bring plates, cutlery, and serving utensils. My mission is to have only compostable waste, so my suggestion is to bring real plates, or biodegradable plates (available at TABLE Local Market in Bedford Hills, or at CVS in Ridgefield)

CHECK BACK HERE FOR UPDATES. IF YOU HAVE A GROUP OR BUSINESS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPONSOR THIS EVENT, OR AN EMAIL LIST THAT YOU COULD PROMOTE THIS TOO, PLEASE CONTACT ME ASAP at 914-763-0474!

WE NEED YOU!! Call 914-763-0474 to participate, or email me editor [@] katonahgreen.com (remove the brackets, this helps me control spam)

Ecofest 2009, October 4, NYC

Ecofest 2009

Event Date: 10/04/2009
11:00am - 6:00pm

Ecofest is New York's largest environmental festival and is celebrating its 21st anniversary. Ecofest is dedicated to promoting awareness of environmental issues and in doing so features exhibits and eco-booths run by environmental, information, alternative medicine and fitness, animal care, products, healthy food and solar and renewable energy technology organizations. There will also be music, dance and entertainment. Ecofest is free and open to the public.

Ecofest will be held in Central Park this year.

For information, visit: http://www.ecofest.com/

Catskill Eco-Heritage Festival, September 4, Olivebridge, NY

Catskill Eco-Heritage Festival
09/04/2009
7:00pm - 5:00pm

The Ashokan Center, near NYC's Ashokan Reservoir is hosting a fun-filled arts and heritage fair this Labor Day weekend. Just two hours from New York City, a weekend of music, dance, ecological appreciation and history will attract people of all crafty persuasions.

Colonial arts and crafts will be offered for all ages; a nature photography workshop will take place, and guided hikes will be led during the main two days of the event. A dinner/concert/dance will kick-off the weekend on Friday September 4th.

Information will also be provided about alternative energy and sustainable practices in the Catskill region.

More can be found at:

http://www.ashokancenter.org/ecofest/index.shtml

The Food Justice Revival, Friday, August 28th, 6pm

The Food Security Roundtable Presents
THE FOOD JUSTICE REVIVAL!

A celebration of local food and farmers and a step toward a just, stable, and healthy food system!

6PM AUGUST 28th
Wassaic, NY @ the Wassaic Community Farm & Maxon Mills Grain Tower, 35 Furnace Bank Road
Last stop on the Harlem Valley Metro North Line
Hosted By: The Food Security Roundtable

Featuring...
J.P. Harris and The Tough Choices! Wicked Sweet Honky-Tonk Country from Southern Vt. Have a listen?
The Rude Mechanical Orchestra! Incredible 30+Piece Marching Brass Band & Dance Troupe from Brooklyn Listen Up!!
The Readnex Poetry Squad! Awesome Underground HipHop and Spoken Word Word.
Broadcast Live! Everything You Ever Wanted! HipHop, IndieRock, & Soul to make you jump! Check it out

ALSO Guest Appearances and Speakers, Silent Auction, Great local food, Locally crafted beer and wines, and Information about Food Security Projects in the Hudson Valley and the Northeast.

Why: To raise money for urban and rural farmers and food justice organizers to go to the Growing Food and Justice for All Initiative gathering, Hosted by Growing Power, October 30th. www.growingfoodandjustice.org

Admission:$20-$30 (sliding scale). Includes camping at the Wassaic Community Farm next door. Discounts for farmers, Wassaic locals, and for those who bought a train ticket to get there. This will be a great summer event for everyone, and an opportunity to get to know each other and meet the folks from the Food Security Roundtable, convening our next northeast regional farming and food justice conference the next day at Wassaic Community Farm.


In keeping with our desire to promote urban/rural collaboration to establish local food sovereignty throughout the Northeast we are raising money for some farmers and activists to go to Milwaukee, WI for the annual Growing Food and Justice For All Initiative. The funding will be earmarked for at least half people of color and an even spread between urban and rural folks. They will have a chance to spend time together, to meet people doing food justice work around the country, and to learn some skills to help us build the world we all want to live in.

We need your help to raise at least $10,000 to send 20 farmers and their friends to Milwaukee. Come have a good time and bring your friends!

See you there.
The Food Security Roundtable
www.foodpower.org
info@foodpower.org

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3rd Regional Food Recurity Roundtable
Wassaic Community Farm
19 Furnace Bank Rd Wassaic, NY
August 29th 1PM

GreenDrinks Westchester, Wednesday, Aug 26th

Click here to check out
The Katonah Green and Beyond!

Meetup with GreenDrinks Westchester, 6pm, Flying Pig on Lexington, Mt. Kisco. See you there!

Chef Demo at Gossett's Farm Market, Saturday, Aug. 22, 11am

Join Chef Liz Gagnon of Nature's Temptations Catering and Deli at this weekend's Chef Demo Series at Gossett's Farm Market.

Liz will be showing us how to select the foods that are at the height of their flavor to use for that day's menus. Liz is a fun and inspiring teacher. After selecting her foods, she'll show us how to prepare a few recipes that are delicious, healthy and easy.

Gossett's Farm Market is located at Gossett Brother's Nursery, 1202 Rte 35, South Salem, NY Check out their blog at www.GossettsFarmMarket.com

Fresh Foods Chef Demo at Gossett's Farm Market, Saturday, Aug. 15, 11am

Fresh Foods Chef Demo at Gossett's Farm Market, Saturday, Aug. 15, 11am

Deborah Nelson will show us how to make Grilled Chili-Lime Corn on the Cob, and a market-fresh veggie-fruit salad.

Gossett's Farm Market is located at Gossett's Brother's Nursery: 1202 Rte 35, South Salem, NY.

Find out more about Deborah on http://www.Deborah-Nelson.com

Check out www.GossettsFarmMarket.com for videos of the chef demos, market and farmer news and more!

KatonahGreen will be there every weekend from 10:30-1. Check back for events!

Cooking Demo with Heather Flournoy! Saturday, Aug 8, 11am at Gossetts Farm Market

Come out this Saturday at 11 and I'll show you how to make a fresh raw green soup that will convert you into a raw soup lover! (trust me, it took some convincing to convince myself!)

Saturday from 11-1 at Gossett's Farm Market, 1202 Rte 35, South Salem, NY

Hunt for Wild Water Mint on the Appalachian Trail, Sunday, Aug 23rd

Hunt for Wild Water Mint on the Appalachian Trail

with naturalist/author "Wildman" Steve Brill

On Sunday, August 23, naturalist/author "Wildman" Steve Brill will give a free talk and presentation at Native Landscaping in Pawling, and lead one of his world-famous Wild Food and Ecology Tours of the adjacent Appalachian Trail in Pawling, NY. The subject matter: foraging—the ecological harvesting and uses of common edible wild plants and mushrooms.

The free 60-minute presentation, followed by a 4-hour walking tour begins at 10:30 AM, Sunday, August 23, at Native Landscapes, 991 Route 22, in Pawling, NY. The suggested donation for the tour is $15 for adults, $10 for children under 12. (Bring exact change). Nobody is ever turned away due to lack of funds.

To attend, call (914) 835-2153 at least 24 hours beforehand and reserve a place. For the 2008 tour calendar and additional info, visit http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com,

The Appalachian Trail is America's most famous hiking trail, running for hundreds of miles from Maine to Georgia. Our stretch is loaded with wild foods.

As soon as we depart from the railroad station where we meet, we'll find the huge leaves of burdock, with an edible root that tastes like potatoes. Nearby, we'll find loads of wild parsnips, garden escapees that taste even better than their commercial forerunners, plus lots of wild carrots, a.k.a. Queen Anne's Lace.

Other common herbs and greens we can expect include water mint and wild mint, lamb's-quarters, yarrow, purslane, sheep sorrel, wood sorrel, poor man's pepper, sassafras, water mint, various wild mustards, and black birch.

Water Mint

This common wetland species imparts a remarkably complex and satisfying flavor to any dish where mint is normally used.

We'll also find lots of jewelweed, a major medicinal herb with juice that relieves a variety of skin irritations, from insect bites to preventing poison ivy rash. In addition to the common species, spotted jewelweed, which has an orange flower, this is the only tour where we'll also find pale jewelweed, with its yellow flower.

If it has rained beforehand, the mushrooming should be as great as it was in past years. We may find large quantities of delectable parasol mushrooms, gourmet boletes, brittle russulas, smoky-flavored black trumpets, luscious meadow mushrooms, mild-flavored coral mushrooms, meaty hygrophorus milky mushrooms, and gigantic chicken mushrooms. Other unexpected species could easily surprise us.

The free 60-minute presentation, followed by a 4-hour walking tour begins at 10:30 AM, Sunday, August 23, at Native Landscapes, 991 Route 22, in Pawling, NY. The suggested donation for the tour is $15 for adults, $10 for children under 12. (Bring exact change). Nobody is ever turned away due to lack of funds.

To attend, call (914) 835-2153 at least 24 hours beforehand and reserve a place. For the 2008 tour calendar and additional info, visit http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com,

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Contact: "Wildman" Steve Brill, (914) 835-2153, wildman@wildmanstevebrill.com, http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com

Native Landscapes, (845) 855-7050,

http://www.nativelandscaping.net,

pete@nativelandscaping.net

Special Announcement: GreenDrinks and Food Inc, This Week

We're starting a GreenDrinks for Northern Westchester! Apologies for the late notice, I've been away. More on that in a minute.

FIRST: come out and join Seth Leitman and GreenDrinks Westchester, and KatonahGreen on Wednesday July 29th at the Flying Pig on Lexington Restaurant in Mt Kisco, NY. Get to know people who are working to build a greener future for Northern Westchester!

Free hors douvers & great organic wines, vodka and great scene! The Flying Pig on Lexington is Northern Westchester' s standard bearer for local, natural, farm-to-table foods. With a menu that showcases farm-fresh foods from the Hudson Valley and beyond, we capture the vibrancy of seasonal flavors.

SECOND: If you still haven't seen Food, Inc- here's your chance:

Food, Inc.

In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner talks to best-selling authors Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation) and Michael Pollan (Omnivore's Dilemma) to lift the veil on our nation's food industry—a nexus of mechanized farms, engineered food, and unhealthy practices that's been effectively hidden from American consumers by slick public relations and slack government regulation. This eye-opening documentary explains how unfettered corporations exploited laws and subsidies to create wholesale monopolies, and explores how modern developments in food production pose grave risks to our health and environment.

Robert Kenner. 2008. 94 m. NR. US. Magnolia Pictures.

Official Website / Trailer | Entertainment Weekly review

Tue, July 28 9:15
Sat, August 1 12:05
Sun, August 2 12:00

LASTLY:
The reason I've been away is that my grandmother Marion passed away on July 20th. I am so very lucky to have spent her last afternoon with her looking at flowers and singing and left her having her last cup of green tea. She passed in her sleep that evening. Her name is Marion von Geldern, and to her I owe my love of gardening, organic food, caring about the welfare of animals and my love of cooking. Marion was one of the most loving, non-judgemental, optimistic and caring people I've ever met. This is a bit personal, but here is short video that I was able to make on that last afternoon. If I had known she would pass on that evening, I would have stayed with her for her last 2 hours, but am deeply grateful that I had what I had. Marion, I'll be loving you, always. Here's the link.

Raw Foodies Gone Wild, July 25th, 26th

Gathering of the Raw Foodies II
"Raw Foodies Gone Wild"
Is set & ready to RAWK!
July 25th &/or 26th
at the beautiful CLEARPOINT CENTER
in Stafford Springs CT
Glen Colello Lisa Storch, Del Orloske,
Gina & Steven Law and featured guest DANIEL VITALIS

More details visit www.clearpointadvantage.com

Overnight indoor & tenting available
Sunday only includes a Raw Lunch & Dinner and a wild walk
with Daniel & Del on spring water, mushrooms and wild edibles.

Nature Hike at Bylane With Tait Johansson, Wed, July 22nd

Nature Hike at Bylane With Tait Johansson
Wednesday, July 22, 10 a.m.–noon
Our eminent resident naturalist will focus his walk on birds, butterflies, dragonflies and damselflies, all abundant in Bylane’s meadows and woods in mid summer. Wildflowers will be present as well. Bring insect repellent, a sun hat, and plenty of water. Degree of Difficulty: Easy
Register with Joan E. Becker by e-mail or by telephone at (914) 232-4806.

Seeds of Solidarity School Gardens, Aug 14th, Orange, MA

Grow Food Everywhere! School Gardens and Greenhouses Thursday August 14, 3-6 PM Seeds of Solidarity Farm
This popular back to school workshop features school garden and greenhouse techniques, curriculum connections, and community partnerships. Geared toward educators, all are welcome. PDPs available. $15 covers materials and refreshments. Call or email to reserve your spot.

This event is in Massachussetts, a little outside our area, but is run by Ricky Baruc, son John Baruc who founded the Westchester Horse Council. The Fall Garlic Festival at the Seeds of Solidarity Farm is the largest in the country! It will be a beautiful drive and promises to be a great opportunity to learn from people who have implemented really successful school garden projects. Email editor [@] katonahgreen.com if you want to arrange carpooling.

165 Chestnut Hill Road Orange, MA 01364 • 978-544-9023

http://www.seedsofsolidarity.org/about.html

Mark your calendar for this fall event!

11h Annual North Quabbin Garlic and Arts Festival ‘The Festival that Stinks’ Saturday and Sunday October 3 and 4 10 AM to 5PM Forster’s Farm, Orange Orange is the new Green!
Over 100 amazing art, regional agriculture, and glorious garlic food vendors, renewable energy workshops, and great entertainment on two solar powered stages. At our booths, enjoy garlic-growing workshops then choose from 16 varieties to plant or eat. Savor farm fresh cuisine served by our SOL Garden teens. Festival composting results in only 3 bags of trash for 12,000 folks! Admission: Adults $5/day or $8 for the weekend, kids under 12 free. Hike, bike, or ride the shuttle for great raffle prizes. www.garlicandarts.org

MEETUP! Friday Night Green, July 10th, 7pm

FRIDAY NIGHT GREEN is intended to provide a social setting for you to hang out with like-minded people and have fun!

We'll be meeting at Valerie and Peter Lynch's place an organic potluck dinner and drinks in South Salem. Valerie is a local artist who has created fantastic artwork to support the awareness of solar energy! We'll see some art, and see the home that was featured in several news sources last year for it's awesome green renovation.

There isn't much parking there, so we'll need to organize carpools. Email me at editor[@]katonahgreen.com if you want to organize a carpool. (the brackets help protect me from spambots, so please remove them before trying to email me!)

Here's an excerpt from the local paper on the Lynch's solar installation: "Peter and Valerie Lynch of South Salem recently completed a project that should take them entirely off the grid: a 5.46-kilowatt photovoltaic solar panel system that is expected to supply close to 100% of the electricity to their house, one of the first of its kind in Lewisboro..."

Note: since I've had reports of the paypal or amazon payments thing being a little difficult to use, I'm going to ask for a $3 donation for potlucks to cover costs of printing flyers, and buying extra supplies for those who forget to bring their own!

RSVP REQUIRED: please follow this link:
http://www.meetup.com/Katonah-Green-and-Beyond/calendar/10792165/

Hunt for Wild Wineberries at Ryder Farm

with naturalist/author "Wildman" Steve Brill


At 10 AM, Tuesday, July 21, naturalist/author "Wildman" Steve Brill will give a talk and lead one of his world-famous foraging tours of Ryder Farm, in Brewster, NY. The grounds of this long-standing organic farm are loaded with wild foods, and on this tour of this beautiful locale, we could be finding anything.

Fruit and berries are spectacular at this time of year. Wineberries will be at their peak. These Asian raspberries, which are easy to collect in quantity, are much more flavorful than their wimpy commercial counterparts. These juicy, sweet-and-sour berries are in season from mid-July to mid-August, and they grow in abundance in thickets throughout the northeast.

Blackberries are just coming into season. One of the most flavorful is the dewberry, an early-season species that trails the ground. We may also find the first ripe elderberries of the summer. They're not sweet, and they must be cooked, but they're great, sweetened, in pancakes, muffins, and breads.

Black cherries will also be in season. These native bittersweet fruits, with the flavors of cherry and grapefruit, are great raw, and superb cooked with a thickener and sweetener in all the standard puréed fruit desserts.

Plenty of herbs and greens are in season all summer. On this tour, we'll be looking for lamb's-quarters, purslane, wood sorrel, sheep sorrel, poor man's pepper, burdock, sassafras, jewelweed, and Asiatic dayflower, among others.

With lots of rain and a bit of luck, we could find gourmet mushroom species such as chicken mushrooms, chanterelles, boletes, and russulas.

The 30-minute talk followed by a 60-minute walking tour begins at 10 AM, Tuesday, July 21, at Ryder Farm, 400 Starr Ridge Rd., in Brewster, NY. The suggested donation is $15/adult, $10/child under 12. Please call (914) 835-2153 at least 24 hours in advance to reserve a place.

For "Wildman's" 2009 tour calendar and additional info, visit http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com

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Contact: "Wildman" Steve Brill, (914) 835-2153 wildman@wildmanstevebrill.com, http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com

GreenDrinks Westchester, Tarrytown, June 30th

GreenDrinks Westchester County will be held at the Sunset Cove in Tarrytown, NY on June 30th.

Check out their homepage:
Yahoo page http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GreendrinksWestchester/?yguid=385500762


If you would like to be on the list just email GreendrinksWestchester-subscribe@ yahoogroups.com

The next event will be at 6:00 pm on Tuesday, June 30th at the Sunset Cove Restaurant in Tarrytown, NY. This restaurant is right off the Tarrytown Train Station!!!

The next guests to the event will be:

Eco Cab from Ossining, NY. They ARE Westchester County's First Environmentally Friendly Cab Service. Come see the Toyota Prius and Jay from Eco Cab.

Also, come see the SMART Car from Print Responsibly.

www.printresponsibly.com