Upcoming Events

May 27, 2012

Permaculture Design Course – Session 2

The Cutting Garden is pleased to announce that NOFA-NY (The Northeast Organic Farming Association) is sponsoring a second four session course centered on a step by step approach to creating and maintaining a permanent, low maintenance system of production for food, flowers and trees based on the natural system of the forest.  This will be a hands-on course with emphasis on individual attention.

The course will take place on Sundays between 1 pm and 3:30 pm.  It will be taught by Certified Permaculture Educator Maria Grimaldi assisted by Anne Hart.  The fee for the course is $125.00 or $100.00 for NOFA NY Members.  The dates are as follows:

April 29 will center on DESIGN

Design the garden based on contour, climate and orientation to the sun. Soil and water, access and other elements of design will be discussed for your site.  Bring a rough sketch, photos and or survey of your property.

MAY 27 Propagation

Learn about the physiology of plants and how they function as well as the morphology of the reproductive structures of plants. Start seeds in our greenhouse. Materials provided. Bring your own seeds to start. Seedlings will be grown in the greenhouse and will be taken home at the end of the course.

JUNE 10 Soil

Build soil and maintain fertility based on nature. Learn about soil, compost, cover-crops, composting techniques and application. Work hands on in the garden. Wear work clothes. Tools provided. Bring a soil sample from your garden to be evaluated and tested.

JULY 8 Maintain and Enjoy!

Plant and maintain annuals and perennials. Learn to address problems of “weeds”, insects, and disease with natural controls. Transplant seedlings, direct seed, and propagate by division of perennials. Hands-on. Wear work clothes. For more information or to register, call845-483-3333, 845-482-4164 or email cuttinggarden@hotmail.com.

Start: May 27, 2012 1:00 pm
End: May 27, 2012 3:30 pm
Venue: The Cutting Garden
Address:
Youngsville, NY, United States

June 2, 2012

A People’s Hearing on Fracking

Saturday June 2, 2012

Burchfield Penny Art Center, and

Buffalo State College, Buffalo New York

www.peopleshearing.com

 

A People’s Hearing on Fracking will give Western New Yorkers a chance to publicly state their views in a way that was denied to this region by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) during the DEC’s Fall 2011 draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement on fracking.  The DEC held four public Hearings downstate, but none were held in Western New York (WNY).

 

Although this People’s Hearing is being held in Western New York, we are reaching out to a much broader national and international region.  Our regional and global ecosystems are at risk.

 

The event will have several purposes. They include:

 

  1. Direct engagement with local, state, and national governments, agencies, and elected officials. Testimony collected at the event will be recorded and delivered in the forms of letters, petitions, transcripts, and video tape to appropriate officials.
  2. Information sharing through scheduled presentations by health, environmental, and economic experts.
  3. In conjunction with A People’s Hearing, A Peoples Congress will be convened as we attempt to find ways to design and implement regional collaboration and leadership strategies. This Congress will include presentations, discussions, creative problem solving, and planning discussions so that we all may find ways to work more effectively and collectively toward a goal of banning fracking in New York, in the United States, and around the world.
  4. Engagement. We are working with diverse communities on this event including anti fracking and other environmental activists, occupy movements, the Arts and Cultural Communities, schools and teachers, entertainment and popular culture communities, small and local business communities, LGBT communities, environmental justice communities, and media activists to help get the message on anti-fracking to become widely shared knowledge.

 

We invite you to join us.  You may find more information at our website:

 

On our facebook page:

 

https://www.facebook.com/pages/NowHearThis-A-Peoples-Public-Hearing/356109087746863

 

 

 

Events

 

-You can sign up to speak at A Peoples Public Hearing

 

-If you wish to participate in the Peoples Congress, please send us a message in response to this email

 

(peoples congress @Peopleshearing.com will be activated shortly)

 

and if we have not already communicated with you we will get back to you.

 

Start: June 2, 2012 12:00 pm
End: June 2, 2012 5:00 pm
Venue: Buffalo State College

June 3, 2012

Binghamton Big Splash Concert

 The Finger Lakes CleanWaters Initiative Presents

The Binghamton Big Splash

2012 Big Splash Concert Series Kick-off

THE WORD, John Medeski, Robert Randolph, and the North Mississippi All-Stars

DRIFTWOOD, THOUSANDS OF ONE, CONEHEAD BUDDA, DUTCH BUCKET SYSTEM, BABY GRAMPS, AUDIO INFLUX, THE GREEN DEEPS, MONKEYS TYPING, AND THE BAND OF STRINGS.

Sunday, June 3rd, Binghamton, New York

Recreation Park.  11am-9pm.

Tickets: 607.229.0853

Cyber-Café, Binghamton: Gimme! Coffee, Ithaca State St.: Las Chicas Taqueria, Owego

On June 3rd the Finger Lakes Clean Waters Initiative kicks off its 2012 “Big Splash” concert series at Recreation Park with ten bands on two stages including the GrassRoots Festival Dance Tent. The Roots Rock supergroup The Word, featuring Jon Medeski, Robert Randolph, and The North Mississippi All-Stars will headline the show. Through the power of music we strive to raise awareness and objecitvely inform our communities about the public health perils of hydro-fracking. The event is a celebration of New York’s number one economic resource and, our most precious of natural resources.  This community venue will also host educational outreach groups and expert speakers on the threatening process of fracking.  We call it event based education, simply put it’s music with a message.

While music provides the impetus for a large community gathering,  we also provide a platform for New York’s anti-fracking voices to inform citizens of the dangers posed by this aggressive form of natural gas extraction. Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D., biologist , and author of Raising Elijah: Protecting Our Children in an Age of Environmental Crisiswill present an ecological perspective of fracking’s toxic effect on our ground water, air, and natural environment as a whole. 

Good, wholesome New York State produced food and beverages will be available throughout the day as we gather to dance, learn, and celebrate New York’s clean water.

The shows sponsors include the Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival, Community Energy, the Ithaca Beer Company, and of course the City of Binghamton.

Gospel/Blues/Rock supergroup The Word features John Medeski (Medeski Martin & Wood), Robert Randolph (Robert Randolph & the Family Band), Chris Chew, and brothers Luther & Cody Dickinson (North Mississippi Allstars). The idea for the supergroup originated nearly a decade and a half ago when the North Mississippi Allstars went on tour with Medeski Martin & Wood. In 2000, The Word became a reality when Medeski and NMA were joined in the studio by pedal-steel guitar phenomenon Robert Randolph, and the quintet recorded their self-titled debut. The album was highly acclaimed for its fusion of gospel, blues and rock and was widely considered one of the best releases of 2001.  The Word toured briefly behind the release before resuming their respective careers.  The band reunited in the summer of 2005 at Bonnaroo and again in 2009 for a string of dates.  With multiple Grammy nominations amongst them and a legion of fans across the country, The Word are reuniting again in 2012 for a few select shows and have plans to release the highly anticipated follow up to their debut album.

Avant-jazz keyboardist John Medeski devoted much of 2011 marking the 20th anniversary of MMW.   To celebrate their 20 years together the trio released ‘20’, a series of new, never-released tracks each month of 2011.  In addition to reuniting with The Word in 2012, Medeski plans to record a solo piano record. 

 The North Mississippi Allstars spent 2011 touring behind the release of their latest album Keys to the Kingdom.  The album was hailed by both fans and critics and secured the trio’s legacy as the most intriguing groups to emerge from the Mississippi music scene.

Robert Randolph & The Family Band recently teamed up with T Bone Burnett and released We Walk This Road.  The record is a celebration of African-American music over the past one hundred years and its social messages from the last thirty.

Contact

For Comment on The Big Splash

Jon McNamara: jonemac24@yahoo.com 607 761-1572

Chris Tate: ctate@lightlink.com  607 351-3768

For the Word: Elizabeth Penta , Liz Penta liz@emceeartist.com 212.925.6458

Sandra Steingraber 607.351.0719, 607.387.3013  ssteingraber@ithaca.edu

General Inquiries: Hillary Davis, Event Coordinator, hilaryelizabethdavis@gmail.com

                                 607 351-6291                                    www.FingerLakesCleanWaters.org

Start: June 3, 2012 11:00 am
End: June 3, 2012 9:00 pm
Venue: Recreation Park
Address:
Binghamton, United States

June 10, 2012

Permaculture Design Course – Session 3

The Cutting Garden is pleased to announce that NOFA-NY (The Northeast Organic Farming Association) is sponsoring a second four session course centered on a step by step approach to creating and maintaining a permanent, low maintenance system of production for food, flowers and trees based on the natural system of the forest.  This will be a hands-on course with emphasis on individual attention.

The course will take place on Sundays between 1 pm and 3:30 pm.  It will be taught by Certified Permaculture Educator Maria Grimaldi assisted by Anne Hart.  The fee for the course is $125.00 or $100.00 for NOFA NY Members.  The dates are as follows:

April 29 will center on DESIGN

Design the garden based on contour, climate and orientation to the sun. Soil and water, access and other elements of design will be discussed for your site.  Bring a rough sketch, photos and or survey of your property.

MAY 27 Propagation

Learn about the physiology of plants and how they function as well as the morphology of the reproductive structures of plants. Start seeds in our greenhouse. Materials provided. Bring your own seeds to start. Seedlings will be grown in the greenhouse and will be taken home at the end of the course.

JUNE 10 Soil

Build soil and maintain fertility based on nature. Learn about soil, compost, cover-crops, composting techniques and application. Work hands on in the garden. Wear work clothes. Tools provided. Bring a soil sample from your garden to be evaluated and tested.

JULY 8 Maintain and Enjoy!

Plant and maintain annuals and perennials. Learn to address problems of “weeds”, insects, and disease with natural controls. Transplant seedlings, direct seed, and propagate by division of perennials. Hands-on. Wear work clothes. For more information or to register, call845-483-3333, 845-482-4164 or email cuttinggarden@hotmail.com.

Start: June 10, 2012 1:00 pm
End: June 10, 2012 3:30 pm
Venue: The Cutting Garden
Address:
Youngsville, NY, United States

June 30, 2012

CMK Fundraiser at Neversink Farm

Afternoon Supper at Neversink Farm. Tour the farm while sampling cuisine and beverages sourced from around the Catskills. All beautifully prepared by Chef Patrick Connolly. There will be food stations by the river, the cut flower field, the barn, the pasture and in the vegetable field. For the kids there will be friendly pigs, chickens and donkeys to pet. All proceeds go to support the work of Catskill Mountainkeeper.
Start: June 30, 2012 8:00 am
End: June 30, 2012 5:00 pm
Venue: Neversink Farm
Address:
641 Claryville Rd, Claryville, NY, 12725, United States

July 8, 2012

Permaculture Design Course – Session 4

The Cutting Garden is pleased to announce that NOFA-NY (The Northeast Organic Farming Association) is sponsoring a second four session course centered on a step by step approach to creating and maintaining a permanent, low maintenance system of production for food, flowers and trees based on the natural system of the forest.  This will be a hands-on course with emphasis on individual attention.

The course will take place on Sundays between 1 pm and 3:30 pm.  It will be taught by Certified Permaculture Educator Maria Grimaldi assisted by Anne Hart.  The fee for the course is $125.00 or $100.00 for NOFA NY Members.  The dates are as follows:

April 29 will center on DESIGN

Design the garden based on contour, climate and orientation to the sun. Soil and water, access and other elements of design will be discussed for your site.  Bring a rough sketch, photos and or survey of your property.

MAY 27 Propagation

Learn about the physiology of plants and how they function as well as the morphology of the reproductive structures of plants. Start seeds in our greenhouse. Materials provided. Bring your own seeds to start. Seedlings will be grown in the greenhouse and will be taken home at the end of the course.

JUNE 10 Soil

Build soil and maintain fertility based on nature. Learn about soil, compost, cover-crops, composting techniques and application. Work hands on in the garden. Wear work clothes. Tools provided. Bring a soil sample from your garden to be evaluated and tested.

JULY 8 Maintain and Enjoy!

Plant and maintain annuals and perennials. Learn to address problems of “weeds”, insects, and disease with natural controls. Transplant seedlings, direct seed, and propagate by division of perennials. Hands-on. Wear work clothes. For more information or to register, call845-483-3333, 845-482-4164 or email cuttinggarden@hotmail.com.

Start: July 8, 2012 1:00 pm
End: July 8, 2012 3:30 pm
Venue: The Cutting Garden
Address:
Youngsville, NY, United States

July 16, 2012

NOFA-NY PASA On Farm Butchering Grass-Fed Intensive

Catskill Delaware Permaculture www.catskilldelawarepermaculture.org will lead this 3 day Intensive on-farm butchering course, designed for livestock farmers and food professionals who want hands-on butchering experiences on processing grass-fed beef, lamb and pork and an understanding of the practices of a fully integrated farm/butchering operation.

The butchering, processing portion of the course will be led by Mike Hardler in his on-farm butchering facilities and meat shop near Honesdale, Pennsylvania. The Hardler Farm is an excellent example of how a conventional dairy farm successfully diversified into grass-fed livestock production, butchering and marketing of value-added products. In addition to meat production the Hardler Farm maintains two Raw Milk Licenses for Cow and Goat milk . This course is limited to 10 participants to ensure individual attention.

Go to http://catskilldelawarepermaculture.org/ for complete registration information and discount information for PASA and NOFA-NY members. Includes all meals and overnight accommodations.

Start: July 16, 2012 8:00 am
End: July 18, 2012 5:00 pm
Venue: Hardler Farm
Address:
PA, United States

August 4, 2012

Catskill Delaware Permaculture Design Course

The focus of this year’s 72 hour Catskill Delaware Permaculture Design Certification Course is the conscious design and maintenance of agriculture productivity in the Northeastern portion of the United States. Working with the existing elements of nature, students will learn to develop a long range plan to design a harmonious integration of landscape, human activity and farming using  Channery Hill Farm in Callicoon Center New York as a subject.

Guest speakers and instructors will include Andrew Leslie Phillips of Hancock Permaculture and local environmental and sustainable food activists.

Field trips will include Jeff Hydro and Apple Pond Farm Solar and Wind Energy Projects  local farms and apiaries.

Educational films are shown on Saturday evening after dinner.

Location: Hills Inn and Conference Center, 6 Bethlehem Road, Callicoon Center, New York

Schedule  and Content:

August 4 and 5

Introduction to Permaculture Design Concepts. Elements and Methods of Design  and Presentation.

Workshop: Crtical observations and random assignment of elements to a design Team development and learning to think “out of the box.”

September 8 and 9

Patterns of Understanding, Harmonics, Boundaries and Access

Models in nature,  Climatic factors,  Radiation, Trees and their Energy Transactions. Forest farming and Guilds

Workshop: Client Interview, Analysis of the project. Designing a Guild and applying it to a problem

October 6 and 7  Catch and Store

Water, Soil,  Energy Harvests  and Earth Resources

Workshop: Brainstorming solutions

October 27 and 28

Harvesting from nature. Yields, Balance, Aquaculture, Aquaponics, Traditional and New

November 10 and 11

Strategies and plans for personal development and redesigning present systems.

Presentation of Designs————-Presentation of Certificates

Weekend Schedule:

Course begins on Saturday morning at 8:30 a.m. includes breakfast, lunch and adjourns after dinner at around 8:00 p.m.

Sunday: 8:30a.m.-4 p.m. Includes breakfast and lunch

Cost: Includes all meals, organic, and locally sourced (inform us of any dietary restrictions), snacks, and beverages. $875.00 for NOFA-NY members $975.00 for non-members

Payment schedule is as follows:

$100. non-refundable deposit when application is accepted.

Balance due in three equal payments on or before August 4, October 6 and November 10.

Credit and Debit payments are accepted through Paypal for deposit to hold your place in the course.

 

 Do not hesitate to call Maria 845 482-4164 or email pantherrock@hughes.net for more information and interview before deciding if this is for you.

NOTE:Overnight accommodations are not included, but hightly recommended if you do not live nearby. Hills Inn will provide discount rates for those wishing to stay at the Inn.

Start: August 4, 2012 8:30 am
End: August 5, 2012 4:00 pm
Venue: Hills Inn and Conference Center
Address:
6 Bethlehem Road, Callicoon Center, NY, United States

August 16, 2012

Hudson Valley Jazz Festival

Thursday August 16

The Skye Jazz Quartet on Railroad Ave   9 PM

Friday August 17

8 PM -  The Chris Persad Group at The Dautaj

10:30 – Special late night show at Eddie’s Roadhouse ( artist TBA)

Saturday August 18

12 PM The String Trio of NY- The Albert Wisner Library

4 PM “The Gabriele Tranchina Quintet” with 2011 Grammy nominee Bobby Sanabria on drums and Joe Vincent Tranchina on piano.

Warwick Grove.

7:30 The Jeff Ciampa / Mark Egan / Bill Evans / Richie Morales on the Village Green, presented by The Village of Warwick Concert Series.

Sunday August 19

11 Am- The Warwick Farmer’s Market

1:30 – 3:30  – The Mike Purcell Group

4- 6:30   John Ehlis

Presented by “The Music in The Courtyard Series”

Railroad Ave .

7 PM- The Rick Savage Group with Eliot Zigmund on drums and Don Braden on saxophone.

9:30   2nd show, artist  tba

The Lycian Center For Performing Arts-Sugarloaf, NY,

Start: August 16, 2012 8:00 pm
End: August 19, 2012 10:00 pm

September 8, 2012

Catskill Delaware Permaculture Design Course

The focus of this year’s 72 hour Catskill Delaware Permaculture Design Certification Course is the conscious design and maintenance of agriculture productivity in the Northeastern portion of the United States. Working with the existing elements of nature, students will learn to develop a long range plan to design a harmonious integration of landscape, human activity and farming using  Channery Hill Farm in Callicoon Center New York as a subject.

Guest speakers and instructors will include Andrew Leslie Phillips of Hancock Permaculture and local environmental and sustainable food activists.

Field trips will include Jeff Hydro and Apple Pond Farm Solar and Wind Energy Projects  local farms and apiaries.

Educational films are shown on Saturday evening after dinner.

Location: Hills Inn and Conference Center, 6 Bethlehem Road, Callicoon Center, New York

Schedule  and Content:

August 4 and 5

Introduction to Permaculture Design Concepts. Elements and Methods of Design  and Presentation.

Workshop: Crtical observations and random assignment of elements to a design Team development and learning to think “out of the box.”

September 8 and 9

Patterns of Understanding, Harmonics, Boundaries and Access

Models in nature,  Climatic factors,  Radiation, Trees and their Energy Transactions. Forest farming and Guilds

Workshop: Client Interview, Analysis of the project. Designing a Guild and applying it to a problem

October 6 and 7  Catch and Store

Water, Soil,  Energy Harvests  and Earth Resources

Workshop: Brainstorming solutions

October 27 and 28

Harvesting from nature. Yields, Balance, Aquaculture, Aquaponics, Traditional and New

November 10 and 11

Strategies and plans for personal development and redesigning present systems.

Presentation of Designs————-Presentation of Certificates

Weekend Schedule:

Course begins on Saturday morning at 8:30 a.m. includes breakfast, lunch and adjourns after dinner at around 8:00 p.m.

Sunday: 8:30a.m.-4 p.m. Includes breakfast and lunch

Cost: Includes all meals, organic, and locally sourced (inform us of any dietary restrictions), snacks, and beverages. $875.00 for NOFA-NY members $975.00 for non-members

Payment schedule is as follows:

$100. non-refundable deposit when application is accepted.

Balance due in three equal payments on or before August 4, October 6 and November 10.

Credit and Debit payments are accepted through Paypal for deposit to hold your place in the course.

 

 Do not hesitate to call Maria 845 482-4164 or email pantherrock@hughes.net for more information and interview before deciding if this is for you.

NOTE:Overnight accommodations are not included, but hightly recommended if you do not live nearby. Hills Inn will provide discount rates for those wishing to stay at the Inn.

Start: September 8, 2012 8:00 am
End: September 9, 2012 4:00 pm
Venue: The Hills Inn and Conference Center
Address:
6 Bethlehem Road, Callicoon Center, NY, United States