Hi All,

This past week we had the first meeting of the all new Long Island Food Coalition, a direct response following the LI Food Conference. The LI Food Coalition seeks to build an all inclusive coalition of all the various food and agricultural organizations on Long Island, who are committed to building a sustainable community, and expanding educational opportunities. The goal of the LI Food Coalition is to act as an umbrella organization, so that Long Islanders will be able to go to one website, and find out about all of the wonderful work being done by the various organizations, including any events, classes and activities going on. It will take some time to build this coalition, so please be patient, and if you have any time to volunteer towards this ambitious goal, please reach out to me, and I will pass on your name. We have organized our first event on August 8th, A Long Island Farm Tour and Lunch, where you will board a beautiful coach bus and be taken to 3 local farms, Orkestai Farm in Oyster Bay, Young’s Farm in Glen Head and Three Castles Gardens in Old Westbury with a stop at the iEat Green Homestead for a Farm to Table Lunch. It’s going to be a wonderful event! For more information and to purchase tickets, go to www.facebook.com/LIFoodConference or call 516-626-0908.

This past Sunday we celebrated the beginning of summer with Slow Food North Shore’s Potluck at Restoration Farm. Although the weather was iffy, we still had many people who came out to celebrate in the Slow Food tradition with delicious food, wonderful company, and beautiful music with Josh Epstein and Craig Meyer. Slow Food North Shore is our local chapter of the Slow Food USA, an organization committed to good, clean and fair food, preserving biodiversity, supporting local farms, and bringing people together to enjoy and savor the pleasures of the table. If your not already a member, please consider joining, and supporting our important work!

This evening (Wednesday) at 6pm, iEat Green and Slow Food North Shore will host Ellen Kamhi, The Natural Nurse, for our annual Edible and Medicinal Herb Walk and Potluck, at the iEat Green Homestead. Ellen Kamhi is a wealth of knowledge, and she shares her knowledge with passion and love. An evening not to be missed!  To register, please call me at 516-238-3616, and I will send you the directions. Lastly, I wanted to give you all a heads up, about our Yoga Retreat and Farm to Table Cooking Classes, coming up on July 19th and August 16th. I hope you can make it!

This week, my guest on the Progressive Radio Network is Catherine Jones, the co-founder and CEO of Werbie, LLC, a startup catering to women’s health, nutrition and wellness in the digital world. I first met Catherine this past winter, when we both ventured west, to participate in the Food Hackathon and Forum in San Fransisco. Catherine is passionate about food and nutrition, and we found ourselves on the same team, working for a common goal. We quickly became friends, and I knew I wanted to invite her on my show, to talk about her work, and her most recent book, Calories In, Calories Out.Please join us, as we talk about her award winning books, and the work of Werbie, LLC!

Remember, my show is recorded live, every Thursday, from 10-11 am, EST.  To tune in, navigate to PRN.fm and click the “Listen Live” button on the left. Also try downloading the PRN mobile app, and take the station with you wherever you go! If you want to call in during the show with any questions for me or my guest, the call in number is 888-874-4888.

If you can’t tune in at that time, you can listen to the show in the PRN archives, or on my website, or through iTunes. You can also access the show by calling in to The Progressive Radio Network at 619-550-0869. Please “like” iEat Green’s Facebook page and feel free to rate the show and leave comments on iTunes and on my website. Thank you all for your support.

With love and gratitude,

Bhavani