Party at Wild Hive Farm, Clinton Corners NY, Nov 13th

This announcement just came in from Slow Food Westchester:

"Our friends at Wild Hive Farm are throwing a party on Saturday!  Don Lewis and his team are assembling an awesome afternoon of food, music, raffles, and demonstrations of their mill.  Tickets are just $50 (kids are free!) for a whole day of food, fun, and friendship.  And it's just a short, scenic jaunt up the Taconic Parkway, in Clinton Corners NY.

"The menu will include roast chicken and root vegetables, soups and salads, winter squash, cheeses, and desserts to die for.  All of it locally sourced and lovingly prepared by the Wild Hive kitchen.

• November 13th, from 3pm — 7pm
• Wild Hive Farm, 2465 Salt Point Turnpike, Clinton Corners NY (just off the Taconic Parkway)
• Call 845-266-5863 for details or visit Wild Hive Farm online."

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“A Moment In Time”, Gallery Opening, Gallery in the Park, Ward Pound Ridge Reservation, Nov 6

 On Saturday November 6, 2010, you are cordially invited to attend the opening reception for

“A Moment In Time”, a new art show at the W.P.A Gallery in Ward Pound Ridge Reservation.

The opening reception is 1 – 4 p.m. on that Saturday.  This exhibition will showcase the work of

Raymond J. Silka and his daughter, Valerie Silka Lynch. 

Valerie is a local artist who has created fantastic artwork to support the awareness of solar and wind energy! Check out her website. 

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Transition Westchester presents: Chris Martenson's Crash Course, Ossining, Nov 3, 10, 17

Transition Westchester presents: The Crash Course which explains how our economy, energy systems and environment face increasing challenges, and explores likely implications for the future. The course is presented in three segments of one to one and half hours.  Each segment is followed by a discussion session.  The last meeting is a final discussion and follow-up session.

Three Wednesdays evenings (3rd, 10th and 17th) in November starting at 7:00 P.M. at the Joseph G. Caputo Community Center, 95 Broadway, Ossining, NY 10562.  A graduation session will be held jointly with the Holiday General Meeting and Potluck on Friday, November 19th. 
Visit Chris Martenson's website:

Course is given free of charge.  This will the last time the course will be given in 2010.

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Radical Homemakers: Reclaiming Domesticity From Consumer Culture, Nov 5th, Hudson, NY

Where: St. Mary's School
429 East Allen Street
Hudson, NY 12534
When: 7pm, November 5, 2010
Entrance: Suggested $10.00 donation and a food pantry donation
To Register: http://radicalhomemakers.eventbrite.com

As our economy and environment crumble around us, how can we move into radical adaptation to face the challenges before us?
The Hayes family has a long history of farming, education and activism and Shannon has truly captured this transitional moment in small farming, homesteading, post peak consumerism and the reclamation of the kitchen table. Her message speaks to the work many are doing to recapture the independence of the individual household from the 'To-Go' corporate culture, while restoring community, ecological integrity, social and economic justice and democracy through small but profound measures of individual action. This is the next step in the maturation of a movement that our region is the poster child for.

Radical Homemakers is about men and women across the U.S. who focus on home and hearth as a political and ecological act, and who have centered their lives around family and community for personal fulfillment and cultural change. It explores what domesticity looks like in an era that has benefited from feminism, where domination and oppression are cast aside and where the choice to stay home is no longer equated with mind-numbing drudgery, economic insecurity, or relentless servitude.

Radical Homemakers nationwide speak about empowerment, transformation, happiness, and casting aside the pressures of a consumer culture to live in a world where money loses its power to relationships, independent thought, and creativity. If you ever considered quitting a job to plant tomatoes, read to a child, pursue creative work, can green beans and heal the planet, this is your book.

FarmAssist Productions

We are a small, independent farm and food advocacy, educational and networking organization. We work toward the inter and independence of our farmer, non-farmer and nonprofit organization neighbors as we strive to increase Bioregional Foodshed Security in the Greater Hudson Valley. For the entire Fall 2010 workshop and event schedule go to: http://farmassistproductionsfall2010.eventbrite.com

This promises to be one of the most important small farming and good, safe food events of the year in our area. Shannon will be the keynote speaker at the ACRES, USA conference this year. Aside from her extremely compelling message, the timing is important as the Senate will be voting on the Food Safety Bill (S510) during a lame duck session soon after the election next week (more info: http://farmandranchfreedom.org/food_safety_bills_09).
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