Submitted by Tom Andersen on Thu, 04/15/2010 - 1:51pm.
Our lectures series "Food, Land, Sustainability" was a success and we're starting to think about an encore for next fall. If you have idas, email them to Tom@westchesterlandtrust.org.
The four events in 2009-2010 series were:
No Farms, No Food/No Farmers, No Food
A panel discussion featuring local farmers
St. Matthew's Church, Bedford Village
Panelists: Mimi Edelman; Lisa Schwartz, of Rainbeau Ridge Farm, Bedford Hills; Betsy Ryder, of Ryder Farm, Southeast; Bob Stuart, of Stuart's Fruit Farm, Granite Springs.
Brains vs. Brawn: The Future of Water -- John Cronin, executive director of the Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries; former Hudson Riverkeeper.
Warner Library, Tarrytown
Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville
The Annual Leon Levy Environmental Symposium
"How the Greenmarket Saved the Hudson Valley"
Barry Benepe, co-founder of the New York City Greenmarkets
Jewish Family Congregation, South Salem