By Brian Halweil
A critical mass of New York celebrities and food luminaries is opposing fracking in the city’s watershed. Mario Batali and Edible hero Bill Telepan recently authored a persuasive op-ed asking the governor to “serve food, not fracking” in a May 30 opinion piece in the Daily News. Gasland 2 will headline the docs category at the Hamptons International Film Festival with renewable energy fan Alec Baldwin moderating the discussion. And, earlier this month, at an event hosted by ABC Kitchen and Home with Deepak Chopra, a new coalition of food and drink businesses was formed to push elected officials to ban fracking in the state.
If you haven’t been privy to the discussion about hydrofracking in New York, you might be living under a rock. It’s as troubling as any environment and food issue going in the Empire State. Read more at Edible East End…
