Food Rescue Forum: Monday, August 12th, Valhalla

Food Rescue Forum (for all Food Industries)

Westchester County's Department of Environmental Facilities (DEF) invites representatives from all food-related industries to attend its Food Rescue Forum on August 12, 2013. Please note that this date has been revised from previous postings.

The Food Rescue Forum, a cooperative effort with the Food Bank for Westchester and Rock & Wrap It Up!, Inc., will be hosted at the county’s Household Material Recovery Facility (H-MRF), located on the Grasslands Campus, 15 Woods Road, Valhalla. Attendees will learn about ways that businesses can reduce waste, conserve resources and alleviate hunger simply by reducing the amount of food thrown in the garbage. The program will focus primarily on “food rescue,” i.e. efforts to support the distribution of untouched, fresh or packaged food to local houses of worship, food pantries and soup kitchens to feed the hungry.

Discussions will also touch upon systems and technologies available for dealing with spoiled or leftover food scraps, such as the Ecovim™ technology, which has been part of a summer 2013 food waste pilot program at the H-MRF. The Ecovim unit, on loan to the county from OWARECO, LLC, is being utilized to demonstrate alternative methods of waste management to Westchester's local businesses, schools, and other institutions. The Ecovim dehydrates up to 250 pounds of food scraps 24 hours, producing a product that is reduced by 80 to 90 percent of its original volume, and can be used as a soil amendment or animal feed stock.

This event builds upon the Food Rescue Forum hosted by the county in April targeted at schools and colleges. The August 12th forum will broaden its scope to include all food-related and hospitality industries. Representatives from hotels, conference centers, schools, restaurants, supermarkets, hospitals, institutions, and any other interested parties are encouraged to come.

To RSVP click here

Monday, August 12th
10AM - 12 PM
County's Household Material Recovery Facility (H-MRF)
on Grasslands Campus:
15 Woods Road, Valhalla, NY

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Hudson Clearwater Revival Festival: Saturday/Sunday June 15/16, Croton-on-Hudson

Hudson Clearwater Revival Festival

The 2013 Clearwater Festival will take place on Saturday and Sunday, June 15 and 16 at Croton Point Park in Croton-on-Hudson, Westchester County, NY.  Festival gates open to attendees at 9AM.

  Come visit Katonah Green's founder, Heather Flournoy, at the Green Cities Expo Tent at the revival. Besides a great music line up (my favorites this year are: Judy Collins, Hot Tuna, Buffy Sainte-Marie and Westchester's own Matt Turk. But there are so many more!) this festival is a unifying and rejuvenating event for people who care about environmental sustainability.


  Join thousands of people as they spend a weekend enjoying the music and beautiful park.

  About the festival: The 2013 Clearwater Festival will take place on Saturday and Sunday, June 15 and 16 at Croton Point Park in Croton-on-Hudson, Westchester County, NY.  Festival gates open to attendees at 9AM.

Clearwater’s Great Hudson River Revival (aka “the Clearwater Festival” or “Revival”) features seven sustainably powered stages with diverse music, dance, storytelling and family-oriented programming as well as juried crafts, the Green Living Expo, the Working Waterfront with small boat exhibits and rides, an artisanal food & farm market, environmental education displays and exhibits, and the Circle of Song where audience participation is the focus. The festival is wheelchair accessible and most stage programming is staffed with American Sign Language interpreters.

Inspired by Pete Seeger’s desire to clean up the river over forty years ago, Clearwater’s Great Hudson River Revival initially helped raise the funds to build the sloop Clearwater, which has since become a world-renowned floating classroom and a symbol of effective grassroots action. Today, Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc. is a non-profit organization that sails at the forefront of the nation’s environmental challenges. The revenue raised by the Revival goes to support Clearwater’s numerous educational programs and its work toward environmental and social justice—as well as keeping the sloop Clearwater afloat. - See more at: http://www.clearwaterfestival.org/festival-info/about-the-festival/#sthash.8LwISBwJ.dpuf

For more information, visit https://www.clearwaterfestival.org/festival-info/about-the-festival/
To purchase please visit https://www.clearwaterfestival.org/tickets/

Saturday/Sunday, June 15th/16th
Gates open at 9AM
Croton Point Park   Croton-on-Hudson, NY

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Earth Day Westchester 2013: Sunday, April 21, Valhalla, NY

Would you like to share information at an Earth Day event?

Contact Westchester County for a table at the Earth Day Westchester 2013 event at Kensico Dam Plaza.

Westchester County anticipates that as many as a few thousand people will stop by this year for live entertainment, a “green” vendor exhibit, a small farmers market, a free “Green Raffle”, children’s activities and Sustainability/Recycling Awards presented by Westchester County and more.

Cost to exhibit under the big tent is the same: FREE – with table & chairs provided.

Please let them know of your interest as soon as possible. There is no charge for exhibitors however, registration is due by Monday, April 8, 2013.  Please contact Adam Kwan at akk4@westchestergov.com or 914-813-5964 to learn how to register.

Sunday, April 21

10AM - 3PM

Kensico Dam Plaza, at the north end of the Bronx River Parkway, Valhalla, NY

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Lewisboro Earth Day Events

Lewisboro Earth Day Events

• If you haven't already registered, head over to Meetup.com http://www.meetup.com/Katonah-Green-and-Beyond/events/57329672/ and sign up for the Lewisboro Sustainability Committee's Earth Day Community Gathering at Cyrus Russell House. This is a great chance to kindle your eco-loving soul with friends, meet more like-minded people in the community, share good food, play and hear some music. Totally family-friendly, participatory, free and heart-warming. 
• Friday night Earth-Day concert by EarthTones, South Salem Presbyterian Church, April 20th
  
• Sunday, April 22, 1pm: Leon Levy Preserve Earth Day Celebration, Leon Levy Preserve  http://www.westchesterlandtrust.org/  Noted local naturalist Jim Nordgren will lead participants alongside vernal pools to see and hear breeding frogs and other amphibians, past thickets and through woodlands to listen and look for migrating birds, and over ledges and rock outcrops that show the unique geology of Westchester County.

• Saturday, April 28th Katonah-Lewisboro KLSD Sustainability Fair http://bedford.patch.com/articles/k-l-district-announces-annual-wellness-and-sustainability-fair 

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New York Botanical Gardens: Seminar: An Approach to Creative Design, Friday, Feb 25

Seminar: Site Character: An Approach to Creative Design

with Landscape Designer Duncan Brine

Friday, February 25, 10am - 12pm

For more on this seminar go to gardenlarge.com

If you’re able to get to this class, consider following it with lunch on Arthur Ave. or a stroll through the garden (weather permitting).
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Annie Novack "Urban Farms, Upstate Lands & Local Food", Thursday, Jan 20th

WESTCHESTER LAND TRUST'S “Food, Land, Sustainability” Lecture

Farmer-activist Annie Novak, the founder and executive director of Growing Chefs and co-founder of the Eagle Street Rooftop Farm in Brooklyn, will give the “Food, Land, Sustainability” lecture at Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, on Thursday, January 20, 2011.

Annie’s talk will start at 7 p.m. in the Sarah Lawrence’s Heimbold Visual Arts Center.

The co-sponsor of the event is Sarah Lawrence College.

The public is welcome (there's a suggested donation of $15), but space is limited so please RSVP to grace@westchesterlandtrust.org, to make sure we save a seat for you.

Annie's talk is called “Urban Farms, Upstate Lands & Local Food,” and will focus on the connection between growing food in the city and the preservation of farmland in the Hudson Valley; the growth of our local food system; and issues of access to farmland for young farmers.

Her work has been featured on CNN, in New York magazine ("A Guide to the City's Urban Farmers"), on Salon.com and many other news outlets.

A Sarah Lawrence graduate, she founded Growing Chefs in 2005 as a way to connect people to food, from the soil to the kitchen. Growing Chefs offers educational programming in farming, gardening and cooking with simple recipes using seasonal ingredients.
 

Eagle Street Rooftop Farm is a 6,000 square foot green roof organic vegetable farm located atop a warehouse in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. The farmers at Eagle Street supply a community supported agriculture program (CSA) and an onsite farm market, and bicycle fresh produce to area restaurants.
 

Last year’s “Food, Land, Sustainability” talk at Sarah Lawrence was given by Josh Viertel, executive director of Slow Food USA.

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Permaculture Workshop at Hilltop Hanover Farm, July 24, Yorktown

How Permaculture Can Save Our Planet
An Interactive Presentation with Andrew Leslie Phillips

Saturday, July 24th, 2:00-4:00 pm
Hilltop Hanover Farm, 1271 Hanover St, Yorktown NY 10598, Tel: 914 962 2368

Permaculture design may be the only hope we have left for saving our planet! Within a permaculture system, work is minimized, "wastes" become resources, productivity and yields increase and the environment is restored. Permaculture principles can be applied to any environment, at any scale - from dense urban settlements to individual homes, from farms to entire regions. Learn how you can use permaculture principles on your own home garden or property to create a truly sustainable system.

Andrew Leslie Phillips is the founder of Hancock Permaculture Center located in Delaware County, New York

Fee: $10
Information Cameron Kelly 914.589.6744

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Wolf Conservation Center House Tour, Thursday, June 10

The first-ever Wolf Conservation Center House Tour! 
An event not to be missed! Explore 8 homes spanning 4 centuries, and some have never been open to the public!
Thursday, June 10, 2010
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Guests will have an opportunity to preview plans for our new home(see photo) - WCC's New Education Center!

Tour spaces limited! Tickets are $75 (100% tax deductible) and an optional box lunch from the Bedford Post can be pre-ordered.Click here to register today or call 914-763-2373! Tell them you saw it on Katonah Green!

Guests will visit the following homes:

BIRDSTONE FARM/HONEY HOLLOW
A wonderful working farm and charming hill-top home

CAMP RUNAMUK
A 68-acre estate and Adirondack-style home

PATRIOT'S WAY
A gracious Georgian brick mansion in the heart of Ridgefield

STONECREST
A 19th C Queen Anne style home on the National Registry

THE OCTAGON
A 21st C, award-winning "green" home on Lake Truesdale

THE BELFRY
A Classic 1915 Tudor Revival with panoramic reservoir views
Plus, the two historic buildings and land being donated to the WCC:

THE KEELER HOUSE
An 18th C stone farmhouse

THE CARRIAGE HOUSE
The 19th C building that will be the new WCC home!

Sponsored by
Ginnel Real Estate Vincent & Whittemore Real Estate
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Leon Levy Environmental Symposium: How the Greenmarket Saved the Hudson Valley, Sunday, March 7, South Salem

Food, Land, Sustainability: 
Part of a series of 5 cutting edge lectures about the environment, the way we live today, 
and the way we'll need to live in the future

Sunday, March 7, 2010, 3 p.m.

The Annual Leon Levy Environmental Symposium
How the Greenmarket Saved the Hudson Valley
Barry Benepe, co-founder of the New York City Greenmarkets
Jewish Family Congregation, South Salem

Benepe, an architect and planner, started the Greenmarket program in 1975 with an $800 grant from the America the Beautiful Fund to demonstrate how temporary markets could bring life to streets and create community gathering places on empty lots and underused parks. The program now sponsors farmers markets in more than 30 neighborhoods across all five boroughs.Benepe also helped found Transportation Alternatives more info here

The suggested donation is $15 per lecture, or $50 for all five. All proceeds will go to support our land preservation work throughout the county.

Visit the WLT website here, follow them on Twitter, join their conversation on Facebook.

Email Grace Buck to reserve a spot at any of the lectures: Grace@westchesterlandtrust.org.

Or call for more information: 914 241-6346 x24.

If this topic interests you, see the KatonahGreen article on Farmer's Markets as a sign of a vital community
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Westchester County Winter Farmer's Markets

Gossett’s Indoor Winter Farmer’s Market, Every Saturday, 9-1, 1202 Rte 35, South Salem, NY. • fresh produce • grass-fed meats • artisan bread • organic coffee •  baked goods • pickles • wine • seafood • handcrafts • local honey and jams • weekly foodie and educational events sponsored by Slow Food Westchester and Katonah Green

Westchester County Center Farmer’s Market on Sunday, Jan. 3, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., in White Plains. Additional Farmers Market dates are Sundays:  February 7,  March 14 Parking at the County Center lot is $4. Click for parking coupon . The Westchester County Center is located at 198 Central Park Avenue in White Plains, at the junction of the Bronx River Parkway and Tarrytown Road (Route 119)

Cold Spring Farmers Market: Saturday, 8:30am – 1:30pm Philipstown Community Center, 107 Glenclyffe Dr. @ Rte 9D, Cold Spring. December – May

Community Market’s Indoor Farmer’s Markets opening Jan. 9th:

Mt Kisco: The Boys and Girls Club of Northern Westchester, 351 Main St., Mt. Kisco, NY 10549
Grand Opening: Saturday, January 9th 9am-1pm

Briarcliff: Briarcliff Congregational Church, 30 S State Rd., Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510
Grand Opening: Saturday, January 9th 9am-1pm

Mamaroneck: St Thomas’ Episcopal Church, 168 W Boston Post Rd., Mamaroneck, NY 10543
Grand Opening: Saturday, January 9th 9am-1pm

Katonah-Lewisboro: John Jay High School, 60 N Salem Rd., Cross River, NY 10518
Grand Opening: Saturday, January 9th 9am-1pm

SURROUNDING AREAS

Fairfield County: Norwalk Farmers’ Market, Saturdays, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., All winter, 147 Main Street, Norwalk, CT






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BE THE MEDIA: A How-To for Building an Audience, Saturday, Jan 23, Katonah

Special Announcement: On January 23rd take advantage of a very special opportunity to learn directly from David Mathison, renowned new media consultant, former VP of Reuter’s News Agency and author of Be The Media in a special seminar arranged by Katonah Green and Really Social Strategies at the Katonah Library. Environmental activists need to learn how to REALLY leverage social media to spread the message and create behavioral change. We have the power in our hands. Register now.

ABOUT THE EVENT
If you have a business, a non-profit organization, a blog, a book or are in the arts, are a filmmaker, entrepreneur, activist, or politician, this is your opportunity to learn essential tools from a leader in independent media.

Learn how David Mathison got 5,000 Facebook friends, 30,000 Twitter followers in under a year, how he utilizes LinkedIn professionally, and how he builds actual relationships with his audience that translate into sales, international speaking engagements, interviews and more.
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ABOUT DAVID
DAVID MATHISON is a media consultant, speaker, author, publisher, and hi-tech entrepreneur. He an internationally recognized media expert with more than 20 years experience in content distribution and management.

for more, go to the Meetup Page for this event.

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ABOUT THE BOOK
*note* I strongly recommend getting the book before the event so you can really maximize your time with David.

"David Mathison's BE THE MEDIA is a text and bible on how modern methods permit every person and organization to reach an audience that only a few years ago was reserved for the multi-billion dollar media conglomerates. It is a reference for uninhibited and unlimited methods that use print, computers, and the whole spectrum of devices right at hand in almost every community and household. It shows how to spread ideas without the traditional massive presses, major networks and commercial studios."

- Ben H. Bagdikian, Author, The New Media Monopoly; Pulitzer prize-winning journalist; Dean Emeritus, Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley
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GreenDrinks Westchester, Tuesday, Jan 26th, Mt. Kisco

GreenDrinks Westchester, Tuesday, January 26th, at The Flying Pig on Lexington, Mt. Kisco. 6-9pm


Come meet local people working in the environmental field and local green activists.

Speaker: Seth Leitman will speak about NYSERDA programs for people to get energy efficienct in their homes.

What is GreenDrinks??
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."

Join the GreenDrinks Westchester Facebook Group:
Click here to Join Westchester GreenDrinks Yahoo Group!
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Hudson Valley Food for Thought Chat N Chew, Sunday, Jan 17, Dobbs Ferry

Hudson Valley Food for Thought Chat N Chew at Tomatillo restauarant in Dobbs Ferry: Come with a wish list of activities for the year, any info you have about CSAs that you would like to share, and get ready to swap winter local shopping/eating strategies!

Please RSVP and join the Hudson Valley Food for Thought group here:

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TABLE Local Market and Slow Food Westchester: The Farmer's Dinner and Olive Oil Tasting, Monday, Jan 18

The Farmer's Dinner
Caponetti's Olive Oil Tasting
Monday, January 18th at 7pm
TABLE Local Market with Slow Food Westchester, Welcomes Lorenzo Caponetti from Tuscania.

Tasting menu under the direction of our guest chef, Ed Giobbi.

This event is for members of Slow Food and Table's members.
$45, includes a $10 contribution to Slow Food
$10 for wine samplings (paid directly to Fountainhead)
Space is limited.  Call Table at 241-0269 for reservations.

Lorenzo Caponetti is a Renaissance man... an architect, forester and rural planner, agricultural historian, and organic farmer.  On his 125 acre farm near the village of Tuscania in Lazio, he produces organic extra virgin olive oil from 430 olive trees bearing exclusively Canino olives.  Lorenzo practices sustainable agriculture relying on hydraulic irrigation methods inspired by ancient Etruscan methods suitable for the arid climes of the Mediterranean.  Lorenzo will talk about his region, his farm, his methods, and his olive oil and invite you to try his product.
 
Ed Giobbi is another Renaissance man....painter, sculptor, cook, author and gardener.  With his wife Ellie, Ed is a long time residence of Katonah and an expert on art and culture of Italy.
RSVP: 914-241-0269 


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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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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.

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!