Here is the description from the Museum:

When it comes to eating sustainably the question of locally sourced agriculture versus importing food is far from settled. Are New Yorkers willing to eat in season only and only what New York has the comparative advantage to produce? New Yorkers penchant for eating out adds for an additional complication. What does that mean for the city’s carbon footprint, given that restaurants are often more wasteful than home kitchens – even those committed to the new ideal of “farm-to-table” production? What are the real environmental costs associated with New York’s food system? Peter Hoffman, chef and owner of Savoy; Gabrielle Langholtz, editor, Edible Manhattan; James E. McWilliams, author of Just Food: Where Locavores Get It Wrong and How We Can Truly Eat Responsibly (Little, Brown, 2009); David Owen, author of Green Metropolis: Why Living Smaller, Living Closer, and Driving Less Are the Keys to Sustainability (Riverhead, 2009); and Jennifer Small, owner and farmer from Flying Pigs Farm evaluate the environmental and social costs and benefits of the city’s food infrastructure. Presented in conjunction with Moveable Feast: Fresh Produce and the NYC Green Cart Program.

The Mesuem’s link for this event is http://www.mcny.org/public-programs/all/Local-Agriculture.html.

Electronics Recycling
The Lower East Side Ecology Center will host five e-waste collections in January. Don’t miss your chance to keep old monitors, TVs, game consoles and more out of the landfill!

Sunday, January 3, 10am-4pm + Union Square (17th St. and Broadway)
Saturday, January 9, 10am-4pm + Riverside Drive at Dyckman St.
*** Sunday, January 10, 10am-4pm + 331 East 70th St. (b/t 1st and 2nd)
Saturday, January 16, 10am-4pm + Tekserve, 119 W 23rd St.
Sunday, January 17, 10am-4pm + Prospect Park West and 3rd St, Brooklyn

Visit www.lesecologycenter.org for more info.

Recycle Your Tree at MulchFest
Saturday and Sunday, January 9 & 10, 10am-2pm
Carl Shurz Park  - East 86th Street and East End Avenue

Holiday trees cleaned of ornaments and lights will be chipped into mulch at sites around the city. Bring your own bag if you would like to take home fresh mulch for your yard, garden or street tree.

The market gathers on South Street, between Beekman Street and Peck Slip in Manhattan between 11:00am – 4:00pm.

To mark the event, Hot Bread Kitchen offering seasonal, delectable breads.
Here are some highlights:

Fresh Masa:  For the first time ever, Hot Bread Kitchen is offering our stone-ground corn masa– the dough that we use to make our famous tortillas.  Pick up some masa and make your own tortillas, gorditas, tamales, and even papusas.  We will have a limited quantity, so stop by early. Prepared tortillas will also be available.

Trio of Challahs:  Just in time for Rosh Hashana, Hot Bread Kitchen is offering three types of challahs shaped in the traditional year-end crown shape.  We’ll have a sephardic challah with sesame and caraway, a traditional egg challah made with local whole wheat flour from the Finger Lakes, and a honey-sweet raisin challah.  You can pick them up Sunday and eat them this week or they’ll freeze beautifully for Rosh Hashana celebrations next weekend.

We’ll also have asiago and cherry tomato focaccia and lavash for snacking.

To learn about Hot Bread Kitchen, visit www.HotBreadKitchen.org

New York City’s own Calpulli Mexican Dance Co. returns to Queens Theatre
after a sold out run in 2008. With the flowing feathers of the
Aztecs, signature rhythms of the Mariachi, and elegant dresses from the
Gulf Coast, Calpulli brings vibrancy to these rich traditions in Queens.
For only two performances, the company will showcase its live music with
dance repertoire and new pieces developed for its recent spring tour.

Visit http://www.queenstheatre.org/web/frontends/event/1/0/77?CAKEPHP=f721666c4637c7200d216a5783769f36 for ticket information.

This has become a popular annual event, and we always collect a huge amount.  Please save your unwanted, unused or nonworking electronics, and get them to the church on time.  Businesses aren’t allowed to drop off electronics, but household items like TVs, cell phones, computers and computer components, printers, etc. are accepted.  Tell your friends and co-workers.

We’ll have flyers at the membership table soon.  You can also check the list of what’s accepted at www.lesecologycenter.org.

By giving schools the resources to serve real food, we can build a strong foundation for our children’s health. We can teach them healthy habits that will last them through life. We can make a down payment on health care reform. We can do all of this–but only if we help our legislators connect the dots.

And we can only do that with your help. That’s why we’re asking people everywhere to:

1. Attend an Eat-In in your community on Labor Day, Sept. 7, 2009. On that day, people across America will come together for public potlucks that send a clear message to legislators: It’s time to provide our children with real food at school.

Right now there are 239 potlucks planned in 49 states! Check out the map on our web site to find one near you (see  www.slowfoodusa.org/timeforlunch).  If you can’t find one in your community, consider gathering your friends and family together for a potluck, taking a photo and sending it along to us in order to show your support. We need to show legislators that there’s a real movement for change, which means we need people from every corner of the country to help out.  Get creative!

2. Sign the Time for Lunch petition at http://slowfoodusa.org/timeforlunch.
Help us get 20,000 signatures by September 7th by telling your friends, family, coworkers, church, groups and everyone else you know to sign it, too.

Post a link to Facebook and share it with blogs, message boards and listservs. Spread the word!
For more information, go to http://slowfoodusa.org/timeforlunch.

3. Tell your legislators in Congress that it ’s time to give schools the resources to serve real food.

• The petition and National Eat-In will build momentum, but we’ll only succeed if the people with the
power to make change hear that this issue is a priority in their districts.
• Contact your legislators by writing them a letter, making a phone call and inviting them to your
Eat-In. Our web site can help you do it.
• The Time for Lunch Platform explains the first steps Congress needs to take in order to get real
food into schools.
With your help, 2009 will mark the year this country takes its first step towards satisfying every child’s
right to real food. It’s time for lunch!
For more information, go to http://slowfoodusa.org/timeforlunch.

]]> http://www.chycsa.org/2009/08/join-slow-food-to-promote-real-food-in-schools/feed/ 0 http://www.chycsa.org/2009/08/sunset-film-festival-in-carl-schurz-park/ http://www.chycsa.org/2009/08/sunset-film-festival-in-carl-schurz-park/#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2009 02:17:10 +0000 Steven http://www.chycsa.org/?p=603 The Carl Schurz Park Conservancy is once again screening movies under the stars.  This year’s theme is dog movies.  Movies and popcorn are free.  The films are shown on the basketball court along the river on the southern end of the park.

Tuesday August 4, 8:30 PM
Best in Show

Tuesday August 11, 8:30 PM
Beverly Hills Chihuahua

Tuesday August 4, 8:30 PM
Lady and the Tramp

Fundraiser, Monday, 7/27/09 from 6-10pm to benefit the American Cancer Society.

There is a $10 cover which includes 1 raffle ticket with lots of really good prizes (dinners at area restaurants, beer, etc.).

Also included in the cover are $3 select draughts, $4 wines, and $5 well drinks and ½ price appetizers will be served from 7-10pm.

Join your fellow CSA’ers to support a good cause!

Due to weather difficulties, the farmers decided to act fast and will be harvesting the garlic NEXT SATURDAY, JULY 18, 11-2. Members are invited to come to the farm and give a hand.  You are instructed to bring your own picnic lunch, plenty of water to drink.  You will be working in the soil, so wear shoes and clothes you don’t mind getting dirty and a hat for the sun. In case of a postponement due to the weather  a notification will be posted on the farm website  under Upcoming Events (here: http://www.stoneledgefarmny.org/events/). Directions to the farm.  Deb says that the garlic is large and looks ready to go and hopefully there will be sunshine for the day.  Questions, e-mail Deb using this form.

There is some talk of carpooling as a group.  If you are interested, speak to one of the volunteers at your pick-up site, or email us at yorkvillecsa@gmail.com.

Church of Heavenly Rest choir member Janine Ullyette will be joined by other musicians for a variety show/concert to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.  Suggested minimum donation: $20. For information visit Janine’s web page at http://www.cff.org/great_strides/JanineUllyette5992.