Honest Weight Food Co-op at New York in Bloom

One of upstate New York’s most anticipated winter events, New York in Bloom features more than 100 spectacular floral arrangements—each one designed to interpret a Museum exhibition—plus informative demonstrations and children’s activities. This year the Honest Weight Food Co-op is participating with a sustainably grown flower display in the warf section of museum.

New York in Bloom is the Museum’s signature fund-raising event to benefit its nationally recognized after-school programs for children and teens from Albany’s urban neighborhoods. The Museum Club and Discovery Squad provide a friendly and nurturing place for students to explore, discover, and challenge themselves through educational enrichment and work-based learning programs. For additional information, call (518) 474-5877.

Admission:
Friday, February 19: 9:30 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.
Cost: $5.00; Children 12 and under free when accompanied by an adult

Saturday & Sunday, February 20-21: 9:30 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.
Cost: $6.00*; Children 12 and under free when accompanied by an adult

* includes admission to the 16th Annual James E. Campbell Gem, Mineral & Fossil Show and Sale, with vendors displaying and selling gems, jewelry, minerals, fossils and much more (10:00 A.M.–5:00 P.M. Saturday and Sunday)

Food for Thought: No Impact Man

Food for Thought: No Impact Man

Co-presented by the Honest Weight Food Co-op and WAMC’s Documentary Film Series, Food For Thought is a monthly evening of food, film and discussion with a focus on films of social, political, environmental and community interest. Held on the third Thursday of each month, the night will feature food samples by Honest Weight Food Co-op, a feature film screening, and an open panel discussion.

$6 at the door/doors open 6pm at The Linda
339 Central Ave Albany NY
For more information or to purchase tickets:
http://www.wamcarts.org/

No Impact Man
Colin Beavan decides to completely eliminate his personal impact on the environment for the next year.It means eating vegetarian, buying only local food, and turning off the refrigerator. It also means no elevators, no television, no cars, busses, or airplanes, no toxic cleaning products, no electricity, no material consumption, and no garbage. No problem – at least for Colin – but he and his family live in Manhattan. So when his espresso-guzzling, retail-worshipping wife Michelle and their two-year-old daughter are dragged into the fray, the No Impact Project has an unforeseen impact of its own.

Laura Gabbert and Justin Schein's film provides an intriguing inside look into the experiment that became a national fascination and media sensation, while examining the familial strains and strengthened bonds that result from Colin and Michelle’s struggle with their radical lifestyle change.

The panelist for the film include Shannon Hayes, Rob Morrell and Mariah Dahl...

Shannon Hayes is the host of grassfedcooking.com, and the author of The
Farmer and the Grill and The Grassfed Gourmet Cookbook. Hayes works with
her family on Sap Bush Hollow Farm in Schoharie County, NY, where they
raise grassfed beef and lamb and pastured pork and poultry. Hayes' newest
book, Radical Homemakers: Reclaiming Domesticity From a Consumer Culture
is due out in April. She holds a ph.d. in sustainable ag and community
development from Cornell University and has written for numerous national
publications, including the New York Times.


Rob Morrell is the Senior Land Surveyor for the New York Dept of Environmental Conservation or D.E.C. Jen and Rob are on long term plans to develop a pick your own Blueberry farm on our 65 acres. Their home was buillt a Energy Star home. The energy star program is overseen by NYSERDA (New York State Energy Research and Development Authority). NYSERDA's also oversees the State's "Net Metering" program. Through this program, we secured a grant to help pay for our 10 kw solar array. This array meets 100% of our home's electrical needs annually. They are able to sell excess electricity back to the utility co. They do not have a battery bank, although have used one in the past. They heat their home and hot water with a indoor , high efficiency wood gasification boiler. This boiler stores it's heat or BTU's in a 800 gallon insulated water tank in our basement. They consume far less wood than the outdoor wood boilers and the exhaust is much cleaner. They are very interested in the use of renewable sources of energy.

Mariah Rose Dahl is currently the Outreach Coordinator at the Honest Weight Food Co-op. She received her bachelors degree from University at Albany in Woman's Studies with a concentration in media justice and community activism. She holds a world music and underground hip-hop radio show called "Rebels With A Cause" on WCDB 90.9 FM. She spends her spare time engaged in community activism, promoting art and music as a tool for social change and traveling the world. Mariah spent most of her childhood living with her mother on a sustainable land trust of 350 rural acres in upstate NY. The cabin she grew up was located on a seasonal road, with solely snow shoe or snowmobile access during the winter. The cabin's water supply was gravity fed, while being heated solely by wood and propane lights. The small refrigerator ran on car batteries that were re-charged by a 350 watt generator.The summers were spent living in a tepee, swimming in the communal pond and working in the community garden. Mariah currently resides in Albany NY although she is member of The Land of Dawes, an earth spirituality community on 38 acres outside of Ithaca, NY.

In Vino Veritas- An Italian Wine and Cheese Tasting

This Friday the Honest Weight Food Co-op's very own cheese aficionado Gustav Ericson will be at The Friends of the Choir benefit fundraiser. The event will take place from 5:30-7:30pm at the Cathedral of All Saints. The event is the first in a series of several events to raise money for the Choir's planned trip to Rome, Italy and other European venues in February of 2011.

The event will be held in the grand nave of the Cathedral and will provide an opportunity to sample extraordinary Italian red and white wines and cheese provided Kinderhook Wine and Spirits (http://www.kinderwine.com/)And the cheese of Course! provided by the Honest Weight Food Co-op.

The boy choristers of the Cathedral Choir will be on hand to sing while patrons enjoy the finery of the offerings and splendor of the surroundings. To round out the experience all attendees will be provided with discounts for dinner at some of Albany's finest downtown restaurants including: Yono's, DP Brasserie; and the Hollywood Brown Derby.

The cost to attend is $50.00 per person in advance and $60.00 at the door. Tickets may be purchased by calling 1-800-838-3006, asking for event 95785 or through the Cathedral of All Saints website www.cathdralofallsaints.org

Hope to see you there!