Monday, November 2, 2009
Wednesday, November 4, 2009Ithaca Beer Tasting 6:00PM Food/Catering Statler Jeff O'Neil Restaurant Management Course and Taverna Banfi Restaurant Present: Great Food and an Intimate Conversation with Master Brewer Jeff O’Neil. Reception and 3-course dinner; learn all you wanted to know about Ithaca Beer co., as well as how to pair your favorite beer with food. Reception at 6:00pm with hors d’oeuvres and beer pairing, followed by dinner at 6:30pm
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Split Estate movie at Cornell Cinema, WSH, 7pm with an introduction by Shaleshock representative Helen Slottje. The natural gas drilling boom hit the midwest with promised of big money and promises of a clean alternative to fossil fuels. The reality has been far more complicated, with landowners forced to accept drilling rigs right outside ther front doors, groundwater becoming contaminated, and public health issues, especially among children. Split Estate focuses on Garfield County, Colorado, where the breathtaking panoramas and clear mountain water are threatened by an industry that is exempt from federal protections like the Clean Water Act and where one resident demonstrates the degree of benzene contamination by setting a stream alight with a match. A cautionary tale, and one that is all the more important to hear now, and in the Finger Lakes, as gas companies prepare for a massive hydro-fracking push throughout our area. “This film is of value to anyone wrestling with rational, sustainable energy policy while preserving the priceless elements of cultural heritage, private enterprise above-ground, and the precious health not only of people but the land itself.” (Gov. Bill Richardson, New Mexico) More at www.splitestate.com 2009, color, 1 hour 16 minutes, USA
Seeking Justice in Sustainable Food Systems: Alternatives in Theory and Practice, From 11:15AM to 12:00PM, Dr. Patricia Allen is a leading scholar on the social aspects of sustainable food systems. Her work addresses issues such as labor, gender, and access to food issues in food systems. Seminar co-sponsored by: Community Nutrition Program, Division of Nutritional Sciences, and Cornell Center for a Sustainable Future (CCSF), LOCATION:Savage Hall 100.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Farmingville: Film Screening, Dinner, and Discussion on November 6, 2009 - 5:30PM. This film explores the hate-based attempted murders of two Mexican day laborers that catapult a small Long Island town into national headlines. Hailed by the New York Times as a “primer” on the explosive issue of illegal immigration this is an event you won’t want to miss!
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Thursday, November 12, 2009
No impact man at 9:30 at Cornell Cinema, WSH Author Colin Beavan and his family are pictures of liberal complacencyosophisticated, takeout-addicted New Yorkers who refuse to let moral qualms interfere with good old-fashioned American consumerism. Then Colin turns things upside down. For his next book, he announces he's becoming No Impact Man, testing whether making zero environmental impact adversely affects happiness. The hitch is he needs his wife, Michelle, an espresso-guzzling, Prada-worshipping Business Week writer, and their toddler to join the experiment. A year without electricity, cars, toilet paper, and nonlocal food isn’t going to be a walk in the park. Or is it?
Friday, November 6, 2009
No impact man at 9:45, at Cornell Cinema, WSH Author Colin Beavan and his family are pictures of liberal complacencyosophisticated, takeout-addicted New Yorkers who refuse to let moral qualms interfere with good old-fashioned American consumerism. Then Colin turns things upside down. For his next book, he announces he's becoming No Impact Man, testing whether making zero environmental impact adversely affects happiness. The hitch is he needs his wife, Michelle, an espresso-guzzling, Prada-worshipping Business Week writer, and their toddler to join the experiment. A year without electricity, cars, toilet paper, and nonlocal food isn’t going to be a walk in the park. Or is it?
Friday, November 6, 2009
Farmingville: Film Screening, Dinner, and Discussion on November 6, 2009 - 5:30PM. This film explores the hate-based attempted murders of two Mexican day laborers that catapult a small Long Island town into national headlines. Hailed by the New York Times as a “primer” on the explosive issue of illegal immigration this is an event you won’t want to miss!
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Sunday, November 8, 2009
No impact man at 4:30 at Cornell Cinema, WSH Author Colin Beavan and his family are pictures of liberal complacencyosophisticated, takeout-addicted New Yorkers who refuse to let moral qualms interfere with good old-fashioned American consumerism. Then Colin turns things upside down. For his next book, he announces he's becoming No Impact Man, testing whether making zero environmental impact adversely affects happiness. The hitch is he needs his wife, Michelle, an espresso-guzzling, Prada-worshipping Business Week writer, and their toddler to join the experiment. A year without electricity, cars, toilet paper, and nonlocal food isn’t going to be a walk in the park. Or is it?
Sunday, November 8, 2009
West Haven Farm Harvest Dinner, 6pm at Eco-Village in Ithaca. Chef Jen Irwin from Just a Taste & Stan Walton from Crystal Lake Cafe with beverages from Ithaca Beer hosted at West Haven Farm & Kestrel Perch Berries. Harvest Dinners are fundraisers for the Healthy Food for All program, which reduces the cost of fresh, locally grown produce for more than 100 low-income families in our community. Tickets are $75.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
No impact man at 7:15 at Cornell Cinema, WSH Author Colin Beavan and his family are pictures of liberal complacencyosophisticated, takeout-addicted New Yorkers who refuse to let moral qualms interfere with good old-fashioned American consumerism. Then Colin turns things upside down. For his next book, he announces he's becoming No Impact Man, testing whether making zero environmental impact adversely affects happiness. The hitch is he needs his wife, Michelle, an espresso-guzzling, Prada-worshipping Business Week writer, and their toddler to join the experiment. A year without electricity, cars, toilet paper, and nonlocal food isn’t going to be a walk in the park. Or is it?
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Farming in Iroquoia: Surprising Comparisons with European Agriculture 7:30PM Lecture at Cornell's Alice Statler Auditorium by Jane Mt. Pleasant. Iroquoian peoples in the northeast were successful farmers for centuries before the arrival of European colonial powers. Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries in central and western New York, they grew large acreages of corn grain and dried beans, in addition to a wide assortment of fruits and vegetables. Many people assume that the Three Sisters, the traditional cropping system of the Iroquois, is a simple and relatively unproductive cropping system. But comparison of this system with European agriculture in the same time period shows that Iroquoian farmers produced two to four times as much grain as their European counterparts and supported many more people per acre of land.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Taste of the Nation Dinner, at Celebrations. Share Our Strength’s Taste of the Nation® is the nation’s premier culinary benefit dedicated to making sure no kid in America grows up hungry. Each year, the chefs and mixologists donate their time, talent and passion at more than 45 Taste of the Nation events across the United States and Canada, with one goal in mind: to raise the critical funds needed to end childhood hunger.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Regional Rountable Discussion: Research with Immigrant Farmworkers in Rural New York, at 11:30am in Warren B32, Cornell.
November 13-14, 2009
Friday, November 13, 2009
Role of Agricultural Ecosystems in the Biogeochemical Cycling of Carbon to Mitigate Climate Change and Advance Food Security 4:00PM Seminar at Corson/Mudd Hall presented by Rattan Lal.
Friday, November 13, 2009
Battle of the Late Night Foods 9:00PM at Willard Straight, Local Ithaca and Collegetown area vendors battle it out to determine who is the best late night eatery around. Admission to the event - where vendors will be serving samples, gift certificates will be raffled as door prizes, and student groups will be providing entertainment - is provided free of charge to the Cornell community. So come on down to the Straight on November 13th, and help determine who is King of Late Night Food in Ithaca.It Takes A Region: A Working Conference to Build our Northeast Food System at the Desmond Hotel and Conference Center, Albany, NY. Food system advocates, policymakers, planners, researchers, educators, farmer groups, food businesses, consumer groups, students, and others will discuss questions like: Why regional? What does a regional food system look like? Who needs to be at the table? What are our realistic milestones? What do we need to know, measure and monitor?
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009
Discover which pairings work best with what dessert. Reception at 6:00pm with hors d’oeuvres and wine, followed by 3-course dessert menu at 6:30pm, Reservations suggested, as seating is limited.
Friday, November 13, 2009
Julie and Julia movie at 9:30, URIS Hall, Cornell. This film pays homage to all things culinary follows both cooking legend Julia Child and cooking blogger Julie Powell. Ephron weaves their stories together, as Julia is shown in mid-century France, learning the recipes that made her famous, and Julie attempts to cook every one of those recipes in Mastering the Art of French Cooking. While both women encounter their share of set-backs and obstacles, the film shows that cooking and food are indeed some of life’s greatest pleasures. “Julie & Julia makes deboning a duck a feminist act and cooking a great meal a creative triumph. The stakes may not be as high as the kill-or-be-killed suspense of a summer action movie, but the sauces are way tastier.” (Slate) more at julieandjulia.com 35mm2009, color, 2 hours 3 minutes, USA
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Julie and Julia movie at 7:15, URIS Hall, Cornell. This film pays homage to all things culinary follows both cooking legend Julia Child and cooking blogger Julie Powell. Ephron weaves their stories together, as Julia is shown in mid-century France, learning the recipes that made her famous, and Julie attempts to cook every one of those recipes in Mastering the Art of French Cooking. While both women encounter their share of set-backs and obstacles, the film shows that cooking and food are indeed some of life’s greatest pleasures. “Julie & Julia makes deboning a duck a feminist act and cooking a great meal a creative triumph. The stakes may not be as high as the kill-or-be-killed suspense of a summer action movie, but the sauces are way tastier.” (Slate) more at julieandjulia.com 35mm2009, color, 2 hours 3 minutes, USA
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Re-Thinking Thanksgiving - A Native American Perspective on Monday, Nov. 16, from 6:30-8:00 pm at The History Center, 401 East State Street, Ithaca
The Multicultural Resource Center presents this lively and engaging presentation which will give an overview of the history of this misunderstood holiday with Perry Ground, Turtle Clan member of the Onondaga Nation of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy. Based on the only primary source document that chronicles the “first Thanksgiving” the audience and will learn strategies on how to present accurate and culturally appropriate information about the English settlers at Plymouth and the Wampanoag, the Native people who inhabited that area. FREE, donations gladly accepted at the door. For more information, contact 272-2292, ext. 135.
From 1-4pm on November 16, Organic Grain Production, Explore organic nutrient management with green manures and other amendments at Cornell's Musgrave Research Farm in Aurora, NY (Cayuga County). This Organic Cropping Systems field day is designed for grain farmers preparing for next season and will focus on soil fertility and green manure crops. We will assess red clover stands, winter peas and other cover crop options, discuss nutrient inputs and exports in a corn-alfalfa rotation and review some surprising results on corn and spelt nutrition. A balance of inside and outdoor activities will be adjusted for the weather. Questions? call (607) 351 3313 or email mam233@cornell.edu. Directions: The farm is in southern Cayuga County, half way between the villages of Aurora and Poplar Ridge at 1256 Poplar Ridge Road, Aurora, NY 13068.
Julie and Julia movie at 4:30, URIS Hall, Cornell. This film pays homage to all things culinary follows both cooking legend Julia Child and cooking blogger Julie Powell. Ephron weaves their stories together, as Julia is shown in mid-century France, learning the recipes that made her famous, and Julie attempts to cook every one of those recipes in Mastering the Art of French Cooking. While both women encounter their share of set-backs and obstacles, the film shows that cooking and food are indeed some of life’s greatest pleasures. “Julie & Julia makes deboning a duck a feminist act and cooking a great meal a creative triumph. The stakes may not be as high as the kill-or-be-killed suspense of a summer action movie, but the sauces are way tastier.” (Slate) more at julieandjulia.com 35mm2009, color, 2 hours 3 minutes, USA
Monday, November 16, 2009
Re-Thinking Thanksgiving - A Native American Perspective on Monday, Nov. 16, from 6:30-8:00 pm at The History Center, 401 East State Street, Ithaca
The Multicultural Resource Center presents this lively and engaging presentation which will give an overview of the history of this misunderstood holiday with Perry Ground, Turtle Clan member of the Onondaga Nation of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy. Based on the only primary source document that chronicles the “first Thanksgiving” the audience and will learn strategies on how to present accurate and culturally appropriate information about the English settlers at Plymouth and the Wampanoag, the Native people who inhabited that area. FREE, donations gladly accepted at the door. For more information, contact 272-2292, ext. 135.
Monday, November 16, 2009
From 1-4pm on November 16, Organic Grain Production, Explore organic nutrient management with green manures and other amendments at Cornell's Musgrave Research Farm in Aurora, NY (Cayuga County). This Organic Cropping Systems field day is designed for grain farmers preparing for next season and will focus on soil fertility and green manure crops. We will assess red clover stands, winter peas and other cover crop options, discuss nutrient inputs and exports in a corn-alfalfa rotation and review some surprising results on corn and spelt nutrition. A balance of inside and outdoor activities will be adjusted for the weather. Questions? call (607) 351 3313 or email mam233@cornell.edu. Directions: The farm is in southern Cayuga County, half way between the villages of Aurora and Poplar Ridge at 1256 Poplar Ridge Road, Aurora, NY 13068.
Monday, November 16, 2009
Dessert and Wine - How Divine! 6:00PM at the Statler, Cornell. Restaurant Management Course and Taverna Banfi Restaurant Present: Dessert and Wine – How Divine!Join SHA students as they present a tantalizing education event all about dessert and wine.
Discover which pairings work best with what dessert. Reception at 6:00pm with hors d’oeuvres and wine, followed by 3-course dessert menu at 6:30pm, Reservations suggested, as seating is limited.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Great Food and Conversation with Winemaker Fred Merwarth 6:00PM at the Statler, Cornell.
9th Annual Innovations in Agriculture Conference on November 17-18 at the Hilton Garden Inn
235 Hoosick Street, Troy, NY.
Tuesday and Wednesday, November 17th and 18th, 2009
235 Hoosick Street, Troy, NY.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Local Foods Fair 2:00PM at Mann Library, Cornell. In conjunction with Mann's fall exhibit on the resurgent art and practice of heritage chicken husbandry, a local foods fair in the Mann Library lobby will offer information on Cornell and Ithaca-area initiatives to sustain healthy diets and thriving local economies through the production and marketing of locally grown foods. Also featured will be information and goods from Cornell vendors and local area farmers, CSA's and other producers. In the spirit of the Thanksgiving season, the Cornell and Ithaca public are invited to join us for a harvest-time celebration of the benefits and promise of a local foods bounty. Co-sponsored by Cornell Cooperative Extension and the Cornell Small Farms Program.
Friday, November 20, 2009 Food, Finance and Climate Crises: Finding Common Roots, Searching For Solutions at 7:30PM Lecture by Frances Moore Lappé at Hobart and William Smith in Geneva, NY. Co-founder of Food First: The Institute for Food and Development Policy and most recently of the Small Planet Institute, Frances Moore Lappé, democracy advocate and world food and hunger expert, will be speaking at Hobart and William Smiths Colleges' Albright Auditorium on the interconnectedness of our food, finance and climate systems.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Local Foods Fair 2:00PM at Mann Library, Cornell. In conjunction with Mann's fall exhibit on the resurgent art and practice of heritage chicken husbandry, a local foods fair in the Mann Library lobby will offer information on Cornell and Ithaca-area initiatives to sustain healthy diets and thriving local economies through the production and marketing of locally grown foods. Also featured will be information and goods from Cornell vendors and local area farmers, CSA's and other producers. In the spirit of the Thanksgiving season, the Cornell and Ithaca public are invited to join us for a harvest-time celebration of the benefits and promise of a local foods bounty. Co-sponsored by Cornell Cooperative Extension and the Cornell Small Farms Program.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Connecting Low-Income Smallholder Farmers to Markets: The Purchase for Progress Initiative, a lecture by Ken Davies at 4:30PM in Plant Sciences 233, Cornell. Ken Davies is the Coordinator of the World Food Programme (WFP) Purchase for Progress Initiative. Most recently he has been WFP Representative and Country Director in Mozambique (2006-2009), Uganda (2001-2006), Cambodia (1996-2000), Swaziland (1993-1996) and India (Advisor 1989-1993).Prior to joining WFP, Mr. Davies was Band Aid Live Aid Representative for Sudan, Tigray and Eritrea based in Khartoum; Agricultural Coordinator for Save the Children in western Sudan; Director of the NYC GreenThumb and Open Space Reclamation programs; an Agricultural Extension agent for Cornell Cooperative Extension; and a farmer.
Julie and Julia movie at 7:10, URIS Hall, Cornell. This film pays homage to all things culinary follows both cooking legend Julia Child and cooking blogger Julie Powell. Ephron weaves their stories together, as Julia is shown in mid-century France, learning the recipes that made her famous, and Julie attempts to cook every one of those recipes in Mastering the Art of French Cooking. While both women encounter their share of set-backs and obstacles, the film shows that cooking and food are indeed some of life’s greatest pleasures. “Julie & Julia makes deboning a duck a feminist act and cooking a great meal a creative triumph. The stakes may not be as high as the kill-or-be-killed suspense of a summer action movie, but the sauces are way tastier.” (Slate) more at julieandjulia.com 35mm2009, color, 2 hours 3 minutes, USA
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Fall Worm Composting Class Saturday, November 21, 10:00 am- 12 Noon
Go home with a starter bin and worms after learning everything you will need to know about how to manage a worm compost bin. Children welcome with an accompanying adult. Fee: $10. Register early because space is limited! Call 607-272-2292.
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Julie and Julia movie at 9:30, URIS Hall, Cornell. This film pays homage to all things culinary follows both cooking legend Julia Child and cooking blogger Julie Powell. Ephron weaves their stories together, as Julia is shown in mid-century France, learning the recipes that made her famous, and Julie attempts to cook every one of those recipes in Mastering the Art of French Cooking. While both women encounter their share of set-backs and obstacles, the film shows that cooking and food are indeed some of life’s greatest pleasures. “Julie & Julia makes deboning a duck a feminist act and cooking a great meal a creative triumph. The stakes may not be as high as the kill-or-be-killed suspense of a summer action movie, but the sauces are way tastier.” (Slate) more at julieandjulia.com 35mm2009, color, 2 hours 3 minutes, USA
Future Events
Harvest Dinners on the Farm Sunday, December 12, 6:00 pm at Red Newt Wine Cellars & Bistro along Seneca Lake, Experience an elegant 4-course dinner prepared by Chef Deb Whiting with wines by Dave Whiting of Red New Wine Cellars. Dinner is prepared entirely from locally produced foods from CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) farms including: West Haven Farm, Stick & Stone Farm, Sweet Land Farm, Three Sisters Farm, Early Morning Farm, Kestrel Perch Berries, Cayuga Pure Organics, and The Piggery. All proceeds benefit the Healthy Food for All Program, a collaborative effort of local farms and Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County to provide subsidized CSA shares to low-income families in our community. Tickets are $75/person and may be purchased using PayPal at www.healthyfoodforall.org. Reservations are required and seating is limited so don't delay. For more information, call 607-272-2292.
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