The One-Mile Urban Harvest
The Chefs Consortium has another event coming up -- this time it's a cocktail party featuring food grown within a one-mile radius of Albany's Mansion neighborhood. From the blurbage:
The Chefs Consortium, an organization dedicated to promoting local sustainable food, Youth Organics, and Harmony House Marketplace will host a cocktail party at the Grand Street Community Arts in Albany on August 25, 6-8pm that will feature local food harvested within a one mile radius, wine, music and art. The collaboration of artists, gardeners and chefs in the historic Grand Street location will bring together the individual talents and mediums of different Albany artists while chefs prepare clean and inspiring food with the freshest, local, seasonal, and organic foods that the Mansion Neighborhood has to offer. Locally renowned artist Chip Fasciana, founder of the Albany Underground Artists, will co-host the event with the Chefs Consortium and Harmony House Marketplace while enlisting the participation of fellow artists, food artisans and musicians, including Swamp Baby, Dan Johnson and His Expert Side Men, and Andy Sink.
The event is August 25 from 6-8 pm. Tickets are available online for $20 (and it looks like you will need a reservation). Email Noah Sheetz for more info: noahsheetz@yahoo.com.
By the way: The Grand Street Arts' "BoardedUP" auction is September 2.
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Grand Street Community Arts
68 Grand Street
Albany, NY 12202
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Capital District Community Gardens' Produce Project, a year round youth training program similar to GSCA's Youth Organics, enjoyed visiting the Governor's mansion with Yo! last week. The Produce Project would like to congratulate Yo! on being featured in such an important, local event and would like to thank Noah Sheetz for his dedication to these types of programs and events.
... said Katherine Rasmussen on Aug 10, 2011 at 4:40 PM | link
Not to sound pessimistic, but I'm interested what food producers within a 1 mile radius they are talking about. They mention wine, but there's no wineries. I can't think of any meat options except maybe fish.
... said Jessica R on Aug 10, 2011 at 5:56 PM | link