Food & Water: An Evening Talk and Dinner About Sustainability

Thursday, April 14, 7 - 10 pm

Open to the public

Fresh Company, the Garrison Institute and the Beacon Institute for Rivers & Estuaries invite you to join us on April 14 for a talk and a meal...

Join us for a talk and conversation with John Cronin of the Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries to reflect upon the most fundamental of our human needs. It is said that our environmental future depends upon our ability to live sustainably. Yet as a community we tend to take sustenance for granted. Food and water flow in abundance in some parts of the world, while they trickle in others. Some analysts say we are reaching the limits of our ability to enjoy adequate supplies of these most essential requirements for life.

Where to start? Through the sharing of food, water (and wine), join your friends and neighbors in a celebration of the bounty with which we are blessed, and take the opportunity to reflect positively on our individual and shared roles in helping our region and our planet prosper sustainably. In this most profound season of the year, the season of community and rebirth, the time of Passover, Earth Day and Easter, there is no better time to renew our faith in and duties toward humankind and our home planet.

BUFFET, GARRISON INSTITUTE STYLE
Prepared by Fresh Company
Featuring two of aquaculture's success stories: oysters and Arctic char

House-cured Arctic char gravlax canapés
Deviled egg canapés
Walnut-beet dip with raw vegetables

Oyster, potato & spring onion chowder or
Potato & spring onion chowder

Sprout Creek cheese biscuits
Spinach cakes with pickled red onions
Mixed greens with chive vinaigrette

Lemon curd tarts
Wine & mint tea

As much as possible our ingredients are from local farms.

At the Garrison Institute. $30 per person. Reservations required: reserve online by selecting 'Register Now' to the right or by calling 845.424.4800, and either pay online in advance or pay at the door by check or cash.

John Cronin is director and CEO of Beacon Institute and a senior fellow in environmental affairs at Pace University. Known internationally for his work to protect the Hudson River, Cronin’s long and distinguished career includes work as an advocate, legislative and congressional aide, commercial fisherman, professor, filmmaker and author, in addition to 17 years as the Hudson Riverkeeper. The Wall Street Journal has called Cronin "a unique presence on America's major waterways," and Time Magazine has honored him as a "Hero for the Planet."