Develop sustainable food+tech businesses and support local food system change

Thank you to the Beecher's Flagship Foundation for honoring me with their Pure Food Hero Prize (Winter 2012-13)

Current and recent events...
  • Slow Money NYC Financing for Food Workshop, Mon June 10 5:30-7:30p @ The Moderns (900 Bway): Need dough to knead dough? Food entrepreneurs face persistent challenges accessing appropriate and adequate capital. RSVP now for this informative, interactive session facilitated by Elizabeth Ü, author of the soon-to-be-released: Raising Dough: The Complete Guide to Financing a Socially Responsible Food Business.
  • New York Crossroads: Rally and March to Stop Fracking and Say Yes to Renewable Energy, Mon June 17 12:00-3:00p @ Albany, New York: we need your support to tell Gov. Cuomo what to do
  • Hack//Meat Silicon Valley, Fri June 21 – Sun June 23 @ Institute of Design at Stanford University: Food+Tech Connect, GRACE Communications Foundation, and Applegate are bringing together industry “steakholders” (farmers, butchers, processors, artisans, restaurateurs, retailers, policy advocates and non-profit leaders) with technologists, entrepreneurs and creatives to develop technologies and tools that help create a better future for meat. Sign up to be part of it now.
  • Slow Food NYC Second Annual Spirits of New York, Wed July 10 7:00-9:00p @ Astor Culinary Center (399 Lafayette): this is an ALL-NYS spirits event that is not to be missed, a fun party - come out to support the work of Slow Food NYC. Tickets here.

Below is a mashup of upcoming events by people doing great work in NYC. Excuse duplicates, as we all support each other with cross-posts. Scroll down the page for a listing of past events...

Past events...


  • Slow Money 4th National Gathering, Boulder, CO - Sunday April 29-Tuesday April 30, 2013 - Slow Money’s National Gathering has emerged as a significant new venue for field building, investing, and social change. The event features dozens of food entrepreneurs who are leading the way rebuilding local food systems around the country, along with many renowned thought leaders in agriculture, investing and philanthropy.
  • Chefs Collaborative Cookbook Launch, Monday April 29
  • Food Book Fair Friday May 2-Sunday May 4, 2013 @ Wythe Hotel, Brooklyn - 3 Days, 200+ Books, 60 Visionaries, 30 Foodieodicals, 10 Cooking Demos, 6 Panel Discussions, 1 Tasting Event, 1 Resource Fair and an Epic Pitch Competition! (I'll be judging that last - come out!)
  • Slow Food USA National Leadership Conference, New Orleans - May 17-19, 2013
  • food+tech Meetup Tuesday, April 16 7pm Happy Hour
  • Slow Food NYC "(S)low Down" Annual Party - On Thursday April 11, 2013 we honored Chef Bill Telepan with the 2013 Snailblazer Award. It's never too late to contribute to support our work with NYC school kids.
  • Entrepreneurship & Food: The Next Big Thing @ Institute for Culinary Education Tuesday March 19, 2013 @ Brown Club in NYC
  • Just Food Conference, "Eat - Work - Grow the Movement" Friday March 29-Saturday March 30, 2013 - Food & Finance High School, NYC
  • Join the fight to ban hydrofracking in New York State: Chefs for the Marcellus hosted Food Not Frack On Film Monday Feb 4 6:30p @ Anthology Film Archives, and Mardi Gras Gumbo Cookoff Sunday Feb 10 1:00-3:00pm @ Jimmy's No. 43
  • Not Just Talk: Food in the South Bronx - Sat Feb 16, 2013 10:00a-5:00p @ The Point CDC - From conflict can come progress, and a platform of inclusion, celebration, discussion and action. A multidisciplinary approach to discuss food and its effect on the South Bronx (and abroad).
  • TEDxManhattan 2013 - "Changing the Way We Eat" Sat Feb 16, 2013 @ Times Center
  • Hack // Meat - Food+Tech Connect, GRACE Communications Foundation and Applegate brought together technologists, entrepreneurs, creatives, policy experts, non-profit leaders and industry executives to develop technologies and tools that help democratize meat during a weekend hackathon Fri Dec 7-Sun Dec 9
  • "The Future of Cookbooks" Tues Dec 4 6:30p - Celebrating the launch of Kinetic Art's new recipe platform, co-hosted by Food Book Fair
  • Slow Food NYC Annual Members Meeting - Join the Board of Slow Food NYC! Wed Dec 5 7:00p Every year, the board of Slow Food NYC holds an open meeting to connect with the membership and keep our communication as open as possible.
  • Our Global Kitchen: Food, Nature, Culture @ American Museum of Natural History Fri Dec 7 4:00p Educator Evening - an opportunity for teachers to interact with educators, food experts, nutritionists and chefs will give teachers new ideas on how to engage their students in the topic of food.
  • TEDxSilicon Alley Mon Dec 3 9:30a-9:30p "Rise of the Machines" - Headliner Ray Kurzweil, plus talks by the founders of NYC mobile and geo-location based tech startups.
  • Culinary Historians of New York - "Armagnac, from Ancient Egypt to Gascony" Mon Dec 3 6:30p @ Astor Center, with David Lincoln Ross
  • FSNYC Open Networking Meeting Wed Nov 28, 6:30p @ Brooklyn Winery: "Sustainable Meat Distribution - Channels & Challenges"
    SLOW U: Sustainable Seafood Tues Oct 16 6-8p @ Haven’s Kitchen:  Sean Dimin of Sea to Table on sustainable New England fisheries
  • food+tech Meetup Wed Oct 17 @ 4food - The Business of Food E-Commerce
  • JBF Food Conference October 17 and 18, 2012 A Crisis in Confidence: Creating a Better, More Sustainable Food World We Can Trust. To receive updates and registration information, please send a note to: foodconference@jamesbeard.org
  • Spirits of New York: First Annual Slow Food NYC Cocktail Event Mon Sept 24 @ Haven's Kitchen: Local, artisanal spirits producers are at the forefront of an exciting revolution — re-invigorating small scale, regional, spirits production and helping build vibrant, local economies by supporting local farmers and creating local jobs... deliciously.
  • Each year, A Better World by Design brings a global community of innovators to Providence to reach across disciplines and unite under a common goal: building a better world. This year’s conference, the fifth annual, was Fri-Sun Sept 28-30 in Providence, RI.
  • Slow Food NYC - SLOW U: REALLY Local Beer July 22, 2011 6:00p - tickets for all SFNYC events here
  • "Art & Agriculture" w/farmer Peter Nadin et al - Tues July 19 6:30p Old Field Farm and Gavin Brown’s Enterprise gallery talks in July 2011 on subjects related to agriculture, land and water rights, art, community and production.
  • food+tech Meetup/Ideastorm - Wed July 20, 6:30-8:30p - At this meetup we conducted group brainstorms - products, features, development ideas - with two startups from the group:
    Windowfarms (http://www.windowfarms.org/)
    Feast Upon (http://www.feastupon.com/)
  • Slow Money NYC - series of great July 21, 2011 events with Will Allen - please join us
  • Slow Food NYC - Prospect Park Foraging (May 22 2p), Chasing Chilies (May 22 6p), Pickling with Rick (June 22 8a and 6p): buy tickets here
  • Slow Money NYC - Entrepreneur Showcase Sat May 14 - was standing room only
  • "Water Fight! Fracking, Food, Art & Economy" - Monday May 16, afternoon symposium at The New School. Hydrofracking is dangerous to all New Yorkers who drink water, or eat food. The objective of this action-oriented conference was to inform, intensify, and energize current efforts to stop industrial hydrofracking in our watersheds and regional foodshed and replace it with tools to build a green economy and protect our ecosystem. The program was moderated by Anna Lappé, author of Diet for a Hot Planet.
  • Culinary Historians of New York - "Starving the South: How the North Won the Civil War" Tues April 12 6:30p @ 61 Local
  • Lamb Butchery, Nose to Tail Demo, Tasting, and Auction @ ICE Sun April 10 2:00p
    Urban Gardening Class and Dinner: Everything Comes From Dirt @ iCi Restaurant Sun April 17 5:00p - fabulous food growing class and amazing dinner, plus plantables to take home
  • Slow Food NYC Slow U: Tasting the Local Cheese Renaissance Wed March 16
  • Culinary Historians of NY: History of the Bloody Mary Mon March 14 - you missed delicious, kitschy '40s and '50s food...
  • IACP NY Regional Conference - programmed by The Culinary Trust - Fri Feb 18-Sat Feb 19 - Sam Kass keynoted Program details here
  • TEDxManhattan "Changing the Way We Eat" - Sat Feb 12, 2011 @ Prince George Ballroom - videos now available online... worth a look
  • Social Media Week New York Feb 7-11, 2011- Food Fighters panel at iCi Thurs Feb 10 food+tech Eats & Apps - A Food (App) Lovers’ Roundtable Dinner @4food Tues Feb 8 sold out!
  • Chautauqua at 61 Local - Press Launch Party, Fri Jan 28 6:00pm at 61 Local
  • food+tech Meetup with ThisBatch.com et al, Tues Jan 25 at Court Street Foods
  • 3rd Annual Cassoulet Cookoff 1-5pm @ Jimmy's Sat Jan 22
  • Culinary Historians of NY - "97 Orchard: The Edible History of an Immigrant Ghetto" with Jane Ziegelman Wed Jan 19: tickets here
  • Slow Food NYC board elections - member voting ended Mon Jan 17 - Rachael Mamane of Brooklyn Bouillon and Judy Goldberg of Parents Mag among others voted to the Board for 2012
  • Tuesday Dec 14 food+tech Meetup holiday hang at Jimmy's No. 43...
  • Monday Dec 13 Culinary Historians of New York with Diana Pittet and Kara Newman on Monastic Cheeses and Spirits at the National Arts Club...
  • Wed Dec 8th was Slow Food NYC's blowout cocktail party to raise funds for our Urban Harvest programs - Mark Bittman represented and raised the most @ auction
  • Food+Tech Connect, Open Source Cities, & Gojee sponsored the inaugural Food+Tech Hackathon Dec 4 as part of the International Open Data Hackathon. This open-source hacking event brought together developers from all over the state to hack on real-world problems relating to how we grow, prepare, and interact with food.
  • Tuesday Nov 16 6:30 - another installment of Five on Food at the food+tech Meetup, generously hosted by Windowfarms
  • TEDxBrooklyn "One Moves Many" Saturday, November 13 @ Pratt Institute
  • Locavores' Dilemmas: Melanie Rehak discusses her new book "Eating For Beginners" with Steve Jenkins and David Shea Thursday Oct 21, 2010 7:30p @ NYPL (free, but you must RSVP)
  • Culinary Historians of New York honor Betty Fussell - Tuesday Oct 19, 2010 at Astor Center: tickets here!
  • Farm Camp at Flying Pigs Farm - a one-of-a-kind educational opportunity for professionals working in food service, food media, and farm and food advocacy to learn about the challenges and opportunities associated with agricultural production and distribution in the Northeast - next session is Sun-Mon Oct 17-18, 2010
  • A Better World By Design Conference - to develop innovations for global issues; this year's challenge - propose solutions to the problem of food deserts - this event is entirely student-run @ Brown/RISD Oct 1-3, 2010
  • Culinary Historians of NY Season Opener - A Celebration of our Members IV - Wed Sept 22, 2010
  • food+tech Meetup "idea storm" - Tues Oct 19, 2010
  • "Counter Space: Design and the Modern Kitchen" @ MoMA - Runs Sept 15-March 21, 2011
  • Agriculture 2.0 Global Markets Conference NYC Tues Sept 14
  • Slow Money NYC Meetup Wed August 4th 7pm (join now to get future meeting details)
  • Ittleson Networking Reception co-host of the panel on hi-tech/new media careers and career paths @ Cornell Club - Wed July 21 6:30-8:30pm
  • food+tech Meetup - 3rd installment of "five on food" - Tues July 20, 6:30p @ Windowfarms (156 William Street)!
  • Inaugural Slow Money NYC Meetup - Wed July 14 7:00 (potluck)
  • Digital Cocktails: GreenTECH NYC - panel discussion on "The Business of Green in NYC" (free event, but seats are limited) - Tues July 13 6:00-8:30pm
  • Meatopia:BBQ on Governors Island - celebrating Good Beer Month and to benefit Slow Food NYC and Just Food - Sun July 11 11:30-4:30
  • Summer Crab Boils at Back Forty - every Tuesday this summer - don't miss them!
  • Film release week for Shelley Rogers' What's Organic (About Organic)? - June 21-27
  • Travel to Copenhagen provided by Smith St Brooklyn travel boutique Flight 001 (June 17-20)
  • food+tech Meetup with the next installment of "five on food" @ Jimmy's No. 43 - Tues June 15 7:00 (doors at 6:30)
  • Culinary Historians of New York - Damian Mosley on food in early 20thC Harlem - Thurs June 10 6:30 @ NYU Steinhardt Food Studies Program - buy tickets here
  • Slow Money National Gathering in Shelburne Farms, VT - June 9-11
  • Webinar - Landing Your Dream Job: Step-by-Step Strategies Toward a Career in Sustainable Agriculture - a great line-up of presenters from Annie's, Earthbound Farm, BrightFarm Systems, and more - Tues June 8 1:00-2:15 ET
  • Brooklyn Food Coalition's Brooklyn Bicycle Garden Tour - Sat June 5 11:00-4:00
  • Farm Camp "Room to Grow: Real Roles for City Residents & Food Professionals in Urban Agriculture" - Mon May 24 6:30 @ Astor Center
  • Hungry Filmmakers I / II / III @ Anthology Film Archives - food and sustainability documentary film festival series - Mon May 24 6:30p
  • Culinary Historians of New York - Jeri Quinzio on the history of ice cream making @ Mount Vernon Hotel Museum - Wed May 19 6:00
  • The first food+tech Meetup with "five on food" @ Jimmy's No 43 - Tues May 18
  • Brooklyn Farmacy's "reveal" taping for the Discovery Channel's "Construction Intervention" - Tues May 4, 2010
  • Saveur Languedoc Ateliers de Cuisine Kitchen Assistant - April 18-24, 2010
  • ...

Projects

Phoenicia Diner - A new local food eatery in the Catskills, check it out on NY Route 28

Sea to Table - Sustainable seafood, direct to chefs; and now, an all-new direct to home delivery service - order delicious, sustainable, healthy salmon, shrimp, and pollock - fast, easy meals to stock your freezer, it's what's for dinner

food+tech Meetup - We believe tech can do much to address the challenges in our food system - join us (we are @lizzygreene, @dhgisme and @holleya), 2010-present

Chefs for the Marcellus - Food professionals, join Mario Batali and the campaign to fight fracking in New York State, 2011-present

Slow Money NYC - Co-founded the NYC chapter/meetup in 2010; now a strategic supporter of the NYC LION investing project

A Better World By Design - Informal advisor to this annual Brown/RISD student-run conference, 2010-present

Daily reads

Daily food system - my morning Twitter scan
Food + Tech Connect - indispensable go-to
EWG AgMag - food & farming

Connections

New Yorkers Against Fracking - Ban shale gas hydrofracturing ("fracking") in New York State, send your message to Governor Cuomo

350.org - Solve the climate crisis now
61 Local - Brooklyn public house & beer hall
AgSquared - Online farm planning and management software
Alternet - Food - Inspiring action, journalism, and advocacy on the environment and more
Brooklyn Bouillon - Partners with NY farms to deliver sustainably produced stocks and demi-glace to the healthy home cook
Brooklyn Farmacy - Fresh, friendly, local
Brooklyn Food Coalition - Changing the food system in Brooklyn
Chefs Collaborative - A national chef network that's changing the sustainable food landscape
Community Food Security Coalition - Dedicated to building strong, sustainable, local and regional food systems ("comfood")
Crop Mob NYC - Flash mobs help NY farmers
Culinary Historians of New York - Sharing knowledge of how food has affected humans (and humans, food) since earliest times
Experimental Cuisine Collective - A working group of scholars, scientists, chefs, writers, journalists, performance artists, & more
Farm Camp at Flying Pigs Farm - Food service, food media, farm & food advocacy pros study the challenges & opportunities of agricultural production & distribution in the Northeast
Fenugreen - Amazingly simple, sustainable, food storage material that reduces waste
Five Acre Farms - Food grown and prepared <275 miles from where it's sold
foodtechconnect - DAILY READ - Innovators at the intersection of food & information technology
food52 - Food community, recipe search, and cookbook contests
Good Food Jobs - Find yourself one!
Gotham Media Ventures
GreenDrinks.org
GrowNYC
Jimmy's No. 43 - Local beer & food mecca
Just Food - Connects communities & farms w/ resources & support to make fresh, locally grown food accessible to all New Yorkers
Kitchen Gardeners International
Local Dirt - Find a farmers market near you
Local Food Systems - Promoting strong local economies by building business ecosystems rooted in agriculture
The Meat Market (Great Barrington, MA)
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)
New American Tavern - A movement to build restaurant/bar/cafés for people who care about politics, current events and community
NY Tech Meetup - New York's tech community (geeks, investors, entrepreneurs, hackers etc.)
SNAPgardens - Did you know Food Stamps (SNAP) can be used to buy food-producing plants and seeds?!?
Plovgh - A new way to access local, seasonal produce
Real Time Farms - Know where your food comes from
Slow Food NYC - Good, clean, and fair food for all New Yorkers
Slow Money Alliance
Slow Money NYC
Social Media Club NYC
Tasting Table New York City
Urban Ag Elist
Windowfarms - Vertical, hydroponic, modular, low-energy, high-yield edible indoor window gardens built using low-impact or recycled local materials

Voices

A VC - Fred Wilson
Appetite for Profit - Michele Simon
Mark Bittman - new opinion column
Civil Eats - Paula Crossfield
Food+Tech Connect - Danielle Gould
FoodPolitics - Marion Nestle
Food Culturist - Nicole Taylor
Kurt Friese - Chef Kurt Michael Friese
Gastropoda - Regina Schrambling
The Gotham Gal - Joanne Solomon Wilson
Grist - Food - Tom Laskawy
Groundswell - Nicole Reed
Inside Climate News - David Sassoon et al.
Kitchen Gardeners International - Roger Doiron et al.
La Vida Locavore - Jill Richardson
The Locavore Way - Amy Cotler
LucidFood - Louisa Shafia
Not Eating Out In New York - Cathy Erway
Michael Pollan - articles and writings
Take a Bite out of Climate Change - Anna Lappe et al.

Header Photo Credit: Union Square Greenmarket Gourds (C) 2009 Holley Atkinson. All rights reserved.