...strengthening our food eco-system by supporting a wide range of local food & sustainable agriculture initiatives with media, technology, product development, education, marketing, & strategic advisory services...


Upcoming events...
  • SxSW Interactive, March 9-13, 2012 in Austin TX - looking forward to "Better Food Through Open Data Standards" panel Sunday March 11; Made In NY Austin event Sunday at Cedar Door
  • IACP 34th Annual Conference March 29-April 2 @ New York Headquarters Hotel: Millennium Broadway - This year's focus is on "The Fashion of Food" - Come examine, challenge and celebrate the ways in which the food world interacts with other cultural currents, and explore how food both initiates and responds to the never-ending pursuit of "the new."

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Past events...
  • 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
  • ...

 

Worthy ventures


350.org - Solve the climate crisis now
61 Local - a Brooklyn public house & beer hall
A Better World By Design student conference
Agriculture 2.0 & NewSeed Advisors
AgSquared - Online farm planning and management software
Alternet - Food
Association for the Study of Food and Society (ASFS listserv)
Brooklyn Bouillon | Bonhomie Supper Club
Brooklyn Farmacy
Brooklyn Food Coalition - Changing the food system in Brooklyn
Catskills Diner - my newest local food project, stay tuned (chefs, apply here!)
Chef's Collaborative - A national chef network that's changing the sustainable food landscape
Chefs for the Marcellus - Fight natural gas hydrofracturing ("fracking") in New York State
Community Food Security Coalition ("comfood" listserv)
Crop Mob NYC - Flash mobs for farmers
Culinary Historians of New York - Sharing knowledge of how food has affected humans (and humans, food) since earliest times
D'Artagnan
Experimental Cuisine Collective - A working group of scholars, scientists, chefs, writers, journalists, performance artists, and food enthusiasts
Farm Camp at Flying Pigs Farm - Food service, food media, farm & food advocacy professionals study the challenges and opportunities of agricultural production and distribution in the Northeast
FarmBridge
Five Acre Farms - Food grown and prepared <275 miles from where it's sold
foodtechconnect - Innovators at the intersection of food & information tech
food+tech Meetup - We believe tech can do much to address the challenges in our food system
food52 - Food community, recipe search, and cookbook contests
FoodieLink
French Culinary Institute
Good Food Jobs - Find yourself one!
Gotham Media Ventures
GreenDrinks.org
GrowNYC
IACP / The Culinary Trust - Annual conf in 2012 is in NYC, March 29
Jimmy's No. 43
Kitchen Gardeners International
Lion's Tooth Media
Local Dirt
Local Food Systems, Inc.
The Meat Market (Great Barrington MA)
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)
NY Tech Meetup
PeoplesGardenNYC
Plovgh
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

 

Inspiring voices


A VC - Fred Wilson
Appetite for Profit - Michele Simon
Betty Fussell
Mark Bittman - new opinion column
Civil Eats - Paula Crossfield
Comestibles - Kathryn McGowan
The Dairy Show - Michael Crupain
Farm Friendly - Sherri Brooks Vinton
Fed Up With Lunch - "Mrs. Q"
Fertile Ground USA - Melissa Waldron Lehner
Food+Tech Connect - Danielle Gould
FoodPolitics - Marion Nestle
Food Culturist - Nicole Taylor
Kurt Friese - Chef Kurt Michael Friese
Gastropoda - Regina Schrambling
GoodEater Collaborative - Joshua Levin et al.
Grist - Food - Tom Philpott
Groundswell - Nicole Reed
InsideClimate - David Sassoon et al.
Kitchen Gardeners International - Roger Doiron et al.
La Vida Locavore - Jill Richardson
Lighthearted Locavore - Alexa van de Walle
The Locavore Way - Amy Cotler
LucidFood - Louisa Shafia
Not Eating Out In New York - Cathy Erway
Michael Pollan - articles and writings
Saveur Languedoc - Anne de Ravel
Take a Bite out of Climate Change - Anna Lappe et al.


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