The annual Food for Thought Film Festival is coming up on April 11th and 18th. The 2009 festival focuses on several crucial issues: access to clean food and water, human rights, local and sustainable agriculture, and the effects of policy on small American farmers. Featured Films Asparagus: Stalking the American Life Eating Alaska FLOW Shorts […]
The Prospect Lefferts Gardens Neighborhood Association will be holding their annual meeting on Friday, March 6th at 7:30 pm. The meeting will be at the Church of the Evangel, located at 1950 Bedford Ave, at the corner of Bedford and Hawthorne. The election for the Board of Directors will take place at this meeting, so […]
HALLOWEEN HARVEST FESTIVAL SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2008 / 11AM-2PM THE RED DOOR THEATRE PERFORMANCE OF “THE WITCHES” AT 2PM FREE / RAIN OR SHINE AT SOCRATES SCULPTURE PARK 32-01 VERNON BOULEVARD @ BROADWAY IN LONG ISLAND CITY TAKE N/W TRAIN TO BROADWAY IN QUEENS On Saturday, October 18, 2008 from 11AM until 2PM, Socrates Sculpture Park […]
From Flavorpill: October 11 The Yard (400 Carroll St) 11 a.m.-9 p.m. $12 The Gowanus Harvest Festival brings the farm to Brooklyn’s famously industrial canal. Besides locally produced apples, pickles, cheeses (from Saxelby!), breads, and brews (Sixpoint), you can sate your inner child with pumpkin carving, a pie-baking contest, and pony rides. Toss in some […]
Just in case your CSA produce isn’t fresh and local enough for ya, Slow Food NYC is planning an urban foraging expedition in Central Park next Saturday, led by ethnobotanist Nat Bletter. Come taste red-fleshed apples, rosehips, sassafras, mustard greens, lamb’s quarters, epazote, mugwort, burdock, cornelian cherries, and more. Bring bags for collecting food and […]
East New York Farms is a really cool program in a neighboring neighborhood. It’s a community-based group that brings together neighborhood gardeners, local entrepreneurs, youth leaders, and regional farmers to create a vibrant public market. The ENY Farmers’ Market will be celebrating its 10th Anniversary with a street fair today on New Lots Avenue, between […]
The 4th Annual Green Brooklyn…Green City Conference, coordinated by the Center for the Urban Environment, is New York City’s largest showcase of green and sustainability issues, programs, and products. A full day fair and symposium, Green Brooklyn…Green City brings together the community, businesses, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies to share ideas with the public about […]
Member tip: pickle workshop and festival on Sept 14th . Thanks Gabby! Throughout history, on every continent, humans have been pickling as a way to preserve food in times of plenty and to ensure proper nourishment long after harvests have been exhausted. Today, refrigeration and a global food system have made pickling all but disappear […]
Lots of local food events this weekend! Skip the Fancy Food Show in Manhattan and check out Brooklyn’s own UnFancy Food Show instead. This event was started last year by a couple of food industry veterans as an organic response to the expensive, marketing-driven show at the Javits Center. This year nearly 20 producers will […]
Check out this film shot by local cinematographer (and PLG CSA member) Liz Dory. If you can’t make it to the screening tomorrow afternoon, the documentary will have its broadcast premiere on HBO later this summer, so you can catch it on July 28th at 8pm. “The Recruiter” Cinema Village 22 East 12th Street (212) […]
