Posted on Dec 11, 2014 •
Campaign co founders Jimmy Carbone and Hilary Baum want to send the governor a message: let’s build agriculture by keeping fracking out of New York! Jimmy and Hilary attended the Upstate Downstate Farm to Table Summit, the governor’s promotional event expressing his support for New York State food and beverage products. We all have to...
Posted on Oct 23, 2014 •
Join us in Brooklyn this weekend (October 26 – October 28) at the 9th Annual International Chefs Congress, presented by our friends at StarChefs.com. We’ll have a dedicated Chefs for the Marcellus table throughout the event; we encourage you to stop by, ask questions and sign our petition! This year’s theme is “Cooking Honest: The Power...
Posted on Sep 16, 2014 •
Join Chefs for the Marcellus at the People’s Climate March on Sunday, Sept 21st. We’ll be meeting at 10am on Central Park West, between 71st and 72nd Streets, and we ask our chefs and partners to please wear your “kitchen whites.” Look for the Chefs for the Marcellus banner near the parkside speakers’ area, where campaign member Mary Cleaver will be part...
Posted on Aug 6, 2014 •
Who’s ready for Fracktail Night at Back Forty? Join us and our generous friends at Eminence Road Farm, Brooklyn Winery, Van Brunt Stillhouse and Catskill Provisions on Monday, August 11th as we gather petition signatures and raise funds! For more information or to sign our petition, please click here. RSVP: rachel@rachelvandolsen.com....
Posted on Jul 23, 2014 •
Exciting news! Chefs for the Marcellus is hosting an after hours fundraising event at Back Forty on Monday, August 11th from 9pm-11pm. We hope you can join us as we sip on signature fracktails, enjoy light bites and pledge to fight fracking in New York State. Admission is free, with drink proceeds going to benefit Chefs for the Marcellus....
Posted on May 20, 2014 •
If you picked up this Sunday’s edition of The New York Times you likely noticed the nod to Mario Batali’s support for Chefs for the Marcellus! The article, entitled Tom Colicchio, Citizen Chef, profiles Mr. Collicchio’s advocacy work within the food justice sphere, and references Mr. Batali as fellow epicurean with a cause. Read the full article here.
Posted on May 8, 2014 •
Campaign co-founder Heather Carlucci and Chefs for the Marcellus are featured in the Spring / Summer 2014 edition of USA Today Green Living. “Cooking Up a Solution: Chefs Band...
Posted on May 6, 2014 •
We’re looking forward to attending the 2014 installment of the Edible Institute this weekend in New York City. While each discussion and Q&A is unique and interesting in its own right, the talk closest to our hearts (of course) falls in the Environment category “Fracking: What Can New Yorkers Learn + Teach the Rest of the Nation?” and features...
Posted on Apr 4, 2014 •
Chefs for The Marcellus’ Jeffrey Lizotte, executive chef of The Restaurant ON20, is helping to establish CT Chefs for a Ban on Fracking Waste and needs all of us to reach out to our CT colleagues to support the effort. He writes: Here in CT, our communities are threatened by fracking waste that will be...