Environmental Food Team Begins Tuesday, February 16th! Click link for full schedule.
All start at 3:00 p.m. unless otherwise noted.
FEBRUARY
16 – Food and Love: From Gifts of Chocolate to Deadly Fish
23 – Beyond Wood: The Edible Tree – a survey of trees and what they’re used for
MARCH
2 – The Spices of Life: The ingredients that mobilized a world
9 – How Food Influenced Art: A slide show on food art from still life to soup cans
16 – FILM SHOWING: The Garden (Award winning documentary on community gardens)
23 – VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY (at Riverside H.S.). Rethinking Food With Youth (10:22 – 11:09 a.m.)
30 – Marketing and Food: How Park Avenue and Wall Street shaped what we eat.
APRIL
6 – Tea: From Religion to Revolution
13 – The Diet Wars: How conversations about what we should eat have changed our culinary habits
20 – TOUR: Organic Farming Techniques (12:00 – 4:00) – Sister Hill Farm. 2:00 p.m.
24 – SATURDAY VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY: – Kick off Festivities at the Science Barge (12-2 p.m.)
27 – The Invention of Sauce: The Four Mother Sauces, and a few others.
MAY
4 – Canceled (Green Jobs Conference in Washington)
11 – What Mother Made: Home Inventions, Julia Child, and TV Dinners
18 – Seafood and the History of the Fishmongers
25 – FILM SHOWING: “The Power of Community – How Cuba Survived Peak Oil”
JUNE
1 – Pesto Making Class: Learn traditional and adapted recipes (including sage) – Free Basil!
8 – TOUR: Plant and Human Nutrition Aboard the Science Barge (free lettuce!)
12 – VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY: Booth at the Science Barge Floating Sculpture Event 12 – 2 p.m.
15 – Sugar at Any Price?: Why we crave sugar, and how it ends up in all of our food
All these activities are free. To insure a seat on the bus, please sign up for the trips in advance. Philipse Manor Hall has graciously offered meeting space, but during their remodeling the room is under-heated. Please be sure to dress warmly on cold days. NOTE: IF THE DAY’S FORECAST PREDICTS MORE THAN A DUSTING OF SNOW THE EVENT IS CANCELED. All events and activities are free and open to all adults 55+ years. For more information contact Curt Collier at (914) 375-2151, or curt@groundworkhv.org.