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!


bit.ly/410SCR

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.