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Dear Governor Cuomo:
We, the undersigned, are members of New York State’s professional food community. We are chefs, restaurant owners, brewers, winemakers, cidermakers, purveyors, processors, retailers, researchers and farmers. We urge you to ban hydrofracking for shale gas in New York State.
In states where fracking is already taking place, leaks and spills have stunted and killed crops and livestock and sickened humans. Abundant evidence has shown that shale gas extraction is hazardous to air, water and land.
Contamination occurs from methane and toxic fracking chemicals, as well as from the transportation and disposal of toxic — and at times even radioactive — wastewater. Once it occurs it cannot be mitigated or removed from underground aquifers.
This is of great concern to our community because agriculture, food and beverage production, restaurants and tourism are vital, growing, interdependent economic engines that rely on our famously pristine water and farmland for their success.
Governor Cuomo, your leadership in fostering a sustainable green economy and supporting sustainable practices in agriculture, fishing, tourism and food production, not to mention renewable energy, can make our home state an example for the entire country.
Governor Cuomo — please, ban fracking in New York State.
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Dona Abramson, Better Being Catering
Tamar Adler, An Everlasting Meal
Michael Anthony, Gramercy Tavern
Joshua & Jessica Applestone, Fleisher’s Grass-fed & Organic Meats
Nova Atlas, VegKitchen.com
William Baldwin, The Vanderbilt
Eusebius Ballentine, The Anthill Farm
Lisa Barr, An Iron Daisy
Deepak Ballaney, Dine 365 Group
Franklin Becker, BYO Hospitality Group
Janine Bennet, Crossroads Brewing Company
Larry Bennet, Brewery Ommegang
Tatiana Bejar, Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York
Monica Bhambhani
Jeffrey M Bialas, J&A Farm
Christine Black, The Sustainable Restaurant Corps
Adam Block, PRINT Restaurant
April Bloomfield, The Spotted Pig
Will Blunt, StarChefs.com
Carole and Harveen Bonnet, Flea Market Cafe
Frederic Bouche, Ports of New York
Andrew O. Byers, Eve’s Cidery
Marco Carag, Brooklyn Green Drinks
Heather Carlucci
Cesare Casella, Salumeria Rosi
Emily Casey, The Works Catering
Maneet Chauhan, maneetchauhan.com
Jackie Cleary, Auburn Meadow Farm
Keith Cohen, Orwashers
David H. Colston, Brooklyn Winery
Astrid Cook, Eating My Share
Deanna Marie D’Angelo, Woodstock Hidden Kitchen, Sustainable Movable Feasts
Gina DePalma, Babbo
Gita Devi, Ginger Cat Bed and Breakfast
Patti Devine, Café Devine
Michael Dimin, Sea to Table
Shari Drewet, Better Being Underground
Karen DiPeri, Farming Our Future
Cameron C. Dubes, Delicious Evolution
Laurent Dupal, Ceci Cela Patisserie
Daniel Eardley, Chestnut
Cathy Erway, Not Eating Out in NY
Makale Faber-Cullen, Wilderness of Wish
Erin Fairbanks, Heritage Radio
Elizabeth Falkner, Krescendo
Joanne S. Farbman, Advocacy Center of Tompkins County
Severine vT Fleming, The Greenhorns
Krystal Ford, Cold Springs Farmers’ Market
Britin and Nick Foster, All Good Bakers
Josh Fox, International Wow Co
Amanda Freitag, “Chopped”
St. John Frizell, Fort Defiance
Shawn Gawle, Corton
Laurie Gershgorn, Healthy Culinary Creations LLC
Mary Giuliani, Mary Giuliani Catering & Events Inc.
Michael Gjenvick, Brooklyn Winery
Matthew Grady, Stagecoach Coffee
Donna Gregory, Complementary Medicine Practitioner
Robb Garceau, Great Performances
Aditi Goswami, Calcutta Kitchens
Pamela Guy, Crossroads Cafe
Nathaniel P Hamlett, Patria
Christopher Harrington, Kings County Distillery
Claire Hartten, Green Rabbits Project
Michaela Hayes, Crock & Jar
Brooks Headley, Del Posto
Christophe Hille, Northern Spy Food Co.
Peter Hoffman, Back Forty
Dan Honig, Heritage Foods USA
Ryan Ibsen, Pasanella and Son, Vintners
Kyle Inserra, Polpettina
Jack Inslee, Heritage Radio
Ken Jaffe, Slope Farms
Aatul Jain, The Ethnic Grocer
Alexandra Jamieson, Delicious Vitality
Bhavani Jaroff, iEat Green, LLC
Sara Jenkins, Porsena, Porchetta
Eric Katzman
Corwin Kave, Fatty Crew
Jonathan Kavourakis, The Stanton Social
Claudia Kenny, Little Seed Gardens
Josh Kilmer-Purcell, Beekman 1802
Johanna Kolodny, Print Restaurant
Jesse Kramer, Brooklyn Taco Co.
Zaid Kurdieh, Norwich Meadows Farm, LLC
Meredith Kurtzman, Otto Enoteca Pizzeria
DeDe Lahman, Community Food & Juice, Clinton Street Baking Company
Heather Laiskonis, Aldea
Michael Laiskonis, Le Bernardin
Kevin Lasko, Park Avenue Autumn
Louis Lego, Elderberry Pond Restaurant
Richard Lercari, Culinary Hive Products
Brian Leventhal, Brooklyn Winery
Frieda Lim, Slippery Slope Farm
Anita Lo, Annisa Restaurant
Lynn Loflin, Newton Farm Collective
Claire Marin, Catskill Provisions
Patrick Martins, Heritage Foods USA
Alex Mcrery, Tilit Chef Goods
Sarma Melngailis, Pure Food and Wine
Marc Meyer, Five Points, Cookshop, Hundred Acres
Amy Miller, Early Bird Cookery
Neil Miller, Farmshed CNY
Kheedim Oh, Mama O’s Premium Kimchi
Scott Osborn, Fox Run Vineyards
Marc Oshima, AeroFarms
Gennaro Pecchia, Men Who Dine
Zak Pelaccio, Fatty Crew
Kevin Penner, The 1770 House
Amy Peters, Sustainable Sea Cliff Cooperative
Nissa Pierson, Ger-Nis Culinary and Herb Center
Susan Quillio, Spoonful Kitchen and Catering
Ed Quish, Egg
Christine Rader, Rader’s Ranch
Rob Rayevsky, Rolling River Cafe & Gallery
Dr. Brent Ridge, Beekman 1802
Charles Rodriguez, PRINT Restaurant
Jill Rose, Chiboust
Marian H. Rose, Croton Water Shed Clean Water Coalition
Stefania Rubicondo, The Spence School
Elizabeth Ryan, Breezy Hill Orchards
Catherine Saillard, iCi Restaurant
Peter Saltonstall, King Ferry Winery
Chris Santos, Beauty and Essex, The Stanton Social
Suvir Saran, Devi & American Masala Farm
Carey Savona, Heirloom Restaurant at The Study
Carolyn Schaefer Glebas
Jill Schulster, Joe Doe, Joe Dough
Elizabeth Schula, Saltie
John M. and Lucas Simon Sconzo, Docsconz LLC
Dave Seigal, Stonyfield Cafe
Stefan Senders, Wide Awake Bakery
Louisa Shafia, Lucid Food
Joshua Sharkey, Bark Hot Dogs
Daniel Sharp, The Meatball Shop
Ezra and Autumn Sherman, Eve’s Cidery
Morten Sohlberg, SmörgåsChef Restaurant Group
Katy Sparks, Tavern on the Green
Brendan Spiro, Woodland
Vivan Stadlin Eden Village Camp
Wynelle Stein, Moosewood Restaurant
Francine Stephens, Bklyn Larder and Franny’s
Alex Stupak, Empellón Taquería
Wayne Surber, Lonestar Taco
Elva Svendsen, Natural Borders Farm
Ellen Swandiak, Hip Hostess NYC
Deb Taft, Mobius Fields
Ryan Tate, All Good Things
Mark Usewicz, Mermaid’s Garden
Phyllis and Paul Van Amburgh, Dharma Lea, LCC
David Waltuck, Ark Restaurants
Mary Kathryn Washko, Better Being, Inc.
Sanura Weathers, My Life Runs on Food
Jason Weiner, Almond
Adam Weinreich, Early Bird Cookery
Carolyn Wells, Cater to You
Gary Wiltbank, Wiltbank Farm
Wen-Jay Ying, Local Roots NYC
Daniel Young, Culinary Alliances & Bridle Hill Farm
Carolyn Zezima, NYC Foodscape
Sean Zigmund, Root N’ Roost Farm
Suzanne Zuppello, Egg
Out-of State Campaign Supporters
Doris Bobik, Beluga Girls, Stanford, CT
Kitty Dennery, The Chef’s Suburban Homestead, Toms River, NJ
Jose Duarte, Taranta, Boston, MA
Peter Eco, 41 North, Newport, RI
Amy E. Furguson, Cater Hawaii, LLC, Kailua Kona, HI
Aditi Gaswami, Calcutta Kitchens, Norwalk, CT
SuWun Harris, Art Institute, Philadelphia, PA
Annise Jackson, Ciao, Chow!, Jersey City, NJ
Patti Miller, Panorama at the Peak, Berkeley Springs, WV
Ardon Mofford, Governors Pub and Eatery, Sydney, NS
Ian Muntzest, Commonwealth, San Francisco, CA
Michel Nischan, The Dressing Room, Westport, CT
Guvian Rios, Mandarin Oriental, Miami, FL
Francis Schott, Stage Left Restaurant, New Brunswick, NJ
P. Quint Smith, Stanford Yacht Club, Stanford, CT
Chris Thompson, The Lamb Cooperative, Wilton, CT
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So impressive what great strides this effort and movement has made. Kudos to all!
In solidarity,
Lynn
ALL THE OBVIOUS REASONS NOT TO FRACK (ALONG WITH OTHER ENVIRONMENTALLY DESTRUCTIVE ENERGY SOURCES) NOT JUST OPINIONS – FACTS
Please do the right thing. No amount of money is worth destroying NY’s pristine and beautiful land and the health and well-being of all who live here. Please, please, please . . . . . . SAY NO TO FRACKING here and anywhere!!!
We the literary artists of New York State are extremely concerned about the use of filthy hydraulic fracking. We’ve studied the DEC reguatlions that are entirely inadequate, especially in preventing leakage of deadly toxins in ground water aquifers which are all connected into the earth. As the great ecologist Barry Commoner warned, what we put into the earth is stays there. The toxins of hydraulic fracking have caused poisoning of ground waters all over the country. IT IS A FILTY ROTTEN UNNECESSARY PROCESS THAT DESTROYS HEALTH AND FOOD AND WATER SUPPLIES. ONLY IDIOTS DRIVEN BY PROFIT MOTIVES AND FALSE IDEAS OF ECONOMIC GROWTH WOULD PURSUE THIS FILTHY BUSINESS OR ALLOW IT IN THE AGE OF CLIMATE CRISIS! IT IS SO UNNECESSARY TO THREATEN OUR WATER AND FOOD SUPPLY THIS WAY. GEOTHERMAL ENERGY IS DOWN THERE AND IT”S CLEAN AND RENEWABLE. SOLAR AND WIND ARE ALSO AVAILABLE. FDR CHANGED THE ECONOMY OF THE US FOR WAR IN JUST TWO YEARS. CERTAINLY, YOU, GOVERNOR, WITH YOUR INTELLIGENCE AND POLITICAL WILL CAN TURN THE ECONOMY OF NY STATE TO GOOD WITH CLEAN AND RENWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT IN JUST 2-3 YEARS. FILTHY HYFRAULIC FRACKING IS AGAINST THE PEOPLE’S WILL. HURRICANE SANDY COST 60 BILLION DOLLARS. THE WORLD BANK SAYS THE WORLD ECONMY WILL BE DESTROYED IN JUST A FEW YEARS HENCE IF WE DO NOT CURB GLOBAL WARMING FROM FOSSIL FUEL PRODUCTION. WHY RISK OUR WATER AND FOOD IN THE AGE OF CLIMATE CRISIS. WE WILL BE FACING WATER SHORTAGES AND FAMING AS IS. STOP AND THINK FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR CHILDREN’S FUTURES AND OURS! NO HYDROFRACKING OR WE ARE ALL LEAVING YOUR PARTY FOR THE GREEN PARTY, MUCH MORE SENSIBLE THAN THE LOBBIED DEMOCRATS. My family is full of scientists and doctors and we know the real score. You MUST NOT ALLOW HYDRO_FRACKING. I will destroy your political career in the AGE OF CLIMATE CRISIS. IT’S FILTHY ROTTEN BUSNESS and IMMORAL!
do not frack New York!
I’m not a chef, but I live in NYC and vacation in the Finger Lakes every year. I frequently indulge in the excellent food and wine available in both areas. But fracking poses a serious threat to all that grows in New York State.
Most fracking workers are current oil company employees, already trained and imported from out of state. Why wreck the bounty and livelihood of New York’s farmers and vintners (which increases every year) for a few hundred temporary jobs given mostly to out of staters? The risk to our air, soil, environment, and livelihood is just not worth it.
Please do the right thing and do not allow fracking in the state of New York. Can you honestly believe putting all those chemicals into the ground and air will NOT in any way affect plant, animal and human life in a negative way? IF you cannot 100% guarantee that, then how can you allow this to happen. Would you do this to your family? PLEASE be a role model and not a short sided politician.
Thank you,
John Manzi
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We are hoping for some leadership from New York State and you, Governor Cuomo.
Here’s hoping you protect the health and welfare of the people you are sworn to serve and protect.
I trust you will give other states’ leaders the courage we need them to muster to stand up to big money.
Like my friend Charlie says, “You can’t make a living on a dead planet, and you can’t drink money.”
Please don’t be blinded by the shine of the coin. Keep Washington County and NYS free from fracking.
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As a retail subject matter expert for About.com and Associated Content, I recognize that the restaurant and retail industry are even bigger and more important to the U.S. economy than the oil industry.
NYC is not just a US retail hub, it is a global retail and restaurant destination. When you threaten the vitality of NYC in any way, you threaten the entire U.S. economy.
The day that the Fracking rigs that are carrying the toxic water waste away from the fracking sites are doing so in vehicles powered by the natural gas that they claim is so valuable and vital is the day they can talk to me about how much they are helping the U.S
It is time we begin investing in sources of energy that will not cause permanent, irrecoverable damage to the health of our environment and the countless communities that rely on it.
My home and business sits right on top of the Marcellus Shale, in one of the most beautiful spots on earth. The local economy depends on tourism. Visitors are not going to come here if the roads are clogged with diesel trucks loaded with toxic fracking waste. Our water comes from wells; no one will be able to live here if the groundwater is fouled with fracking chemicals. We need to promote a renewable infrastructure in New York State, which will result in more jobs and safer jobs than the fracking industry can provide. We say NO TO FRACKING.
Poison water system means poison everything! Do the right thing Governor Cuomo.