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10/15/13: Food, Fracking and You

October 8, 2013 / Laura Niederhofer / Event

Food, Fracking, and You: How extreme energy projects affect our food, our local businesses, and our communities

Co-hosts: Brooklyn Food Coalition, Chefs for the Marcellus, and Food & Water Watch

Tuesday, October 15, 6:30pm

61 Local, 61 Bergen Street, Brooklyn, NY

Sign-up here to RSVP (space is limited)

The event will feature a cross section of activists, entrepreneurs, and policymakers impacted by and engaged in advocacy and policy-making efforts around extreme energy projects at the local, regional, and state level.  We’ll be demystifying technical jargon and answering the questions: how do these extreme energy projects impact me and the food my family eats, and what can I do to keep NY’s food and economy safe?

Potential speakers include: local NYC food businesses; regional advocacy efforts in Minisink NY, a small town an hour north of New York City located in the heart of NY’s black-dirt region and our dairy-belt where the Millenium Pipeline travels through; and statewide efforts to ban hydrofracking in New York State.

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Look who has recently urged Gov. Cuomo to say no to fracking and yes to a renewable energy driven economy:

Tom Valenti, Executive Chef Quest NYC • Casey Sheahan, CEO of Patagonia • Eileen Fisher, Founder and CEO of Eileen Fisher Inc • Dolly Lenz, Vice Chairman of Prudential Douglas Elliman New York • Ben Cohen, Co-Founder, Ben & Jerry’s • Paulette Cole, CEO & Creative Director, ABC Carpet & Home; partner, ABC Kitchen and ABC Cocina • Jean Georges Vongerichen, Chef and Restaurateur • Tom Szaky, CEO, TerraCycle • Horst M. Rechelbacer, Founder of Aveda and Intelligent Nutrients • Deepak Chopra, Founder, The Chopra Foundation; Adjunct Professor, Northwestern and Columbia Universities’ Business Schools • Phil Suarez, President & CEO, Suarez Restaurant Group, LLC • Gary Hirshberg, Co-founder & Chairman, Stonyfield Farm • Linda Goldstein, CEO, Original Artists • Steve Hindy, Founder of Brooklyn Brewery • David Fenton, CEO of Fenton Communications • Andrew Appel, Creative Director at Beyond Success Consulting • Mitchell Rabin, Founder and President of A Better World Radio, TV & Media • Sean Barlow, President and Executive Producer of Afropop Worldwide • Christina Vircillo, CEO of Three One NYC • James Maskell, CEO of Revive Primary Care • Peter Saltonstall, King Ferry Winery • Judith R. King, Partner at Morris + King Company • Edward Baum, CMO at Rock Paper Photo • Donna Frankel, Board of Directors at Justtell.org • Wendy Brawer, Greenmap.org • David Levine, CEO American Sustainable Business Council • Shellie Goldstein, President of Shellie Goldstein Acupuncture • Claire Marin, COO Catskill Provisions • Sheila Brown, Founder Water Talk • Catherine Walsh, Co-Founder of New York Superfoods • Anna Pavlakis, Owner, Integrated Soul Healing at Wood Dragon Feng Shui • Jodie Evans, Founder of CodePink • Will Blunt, Managing Editor at StarChefs.com • Susan Van Dolsen, Co-Founder of Westchester for Change • Larry Bennett, Operator of Brewery Ommegang • Richard Perl, CAO TerraCycle

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