Amagansett Food Institute and Finnwheel Farm

Francesca Rheannon speaks with Kathleen Masters and John De Cuevas of the Amagansett Food Institute, an organization that supports and promotes farmers, vintners, fishermen and other food producers on the East End.

They operate the Amagansett Farmers Market and South Fork Kitchens, a business incubator for food entrepreneurs.

Also Francesca speaks with Corinne Herndon, owner of Finnwheel Farm -- a new organic farm in the hamlet of Springs in East Hampton.   

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More Information about the Amagansett Food Institute is available at amagansettfoodinstitute.org

Information about Finnwheel Farm and other business members of the Amagansett Food Institute can also be found at that site.

Amagansett Food Institute and Finnwheel Farm

Francesca Rheannon speaks with Kathleen Masters and John De Cuevas of the Amagansett Food Institute, an organization that supports and promotes farmers, vintners, fishermen and other food producers on the East End.

They operate the Amagansett Farmers Market and South Fork Kitchens, a business incubator for food entrepreneurs.

Also Francesca speaks with Corinne Herndon, owner of Finnwheel Farm -- a new organic farm in the hamlet of Springs in East Hampton.   

listen here

More Information about the Amagansett Food Institute is available at amagansettfoodinstitute.org

Information about Finnwheel Farm and other business members of the Amagansett Food Institute can also be found at that site.

Dr. Steven Cohen: issues in human and environmental sustainability

Dr. Steven Cohen, Executive Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University speaks about current issues in human and environmental sustainability, in a talk given last month at The Ross School in East Hampton, NY


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More information about the Earth Institute is available at:

earthinstitute.columbia.edu      

Dr. Steven Cohen: issues in human and environmental sustainability

Dr. Steven Cohen, Executive Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University speaks about current issues in human and environmental sustainability, in a talk given last month at The Ross School in East Hampton, NY


Listen here

More information about the Earth Institute is available at:

earthinstitute.columbia.edu       

Kevin McAllister - nitrogen pollution - a plague to our waters

Last month researchers at Stony Brook University found “an intense and damaging brown tide” across much of Great South Bay and other bays on the south shore of eastern Long Island.

Brown tide is dangerous to shellfish and in recent years almost destroyed the scallop population, an important economic asset on the east end.  

Also, two recent fish kills in the Peconic Estuary brought further attention to the sorry  state of our waterways.

To help us understand why this is occurring and what can be done to fix it, I spoke last month to Kevin McAllister, president of the Sag Harbor-based environmental advocacy group Defend H2O.

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Here are some links to more information about the the pollution of Long Island's waterways:

Brown-Tide-On-The-Rise-In-Moriches-Shinnecock-Bays

Experts-Suspect-Diamondback-Terrapin-Die-Off-Is-Caused-By-A-Marine-Biotoxin

Dog-Dies-After-Ingesting-Georgica-Pond-Water

more coming 

Kevin McAllister - nitrogen pollution - a plague to our waters

Last month researchers at Stony Brook University found “an intense and damaging brown tide” across much of Great South Bay and other bays on the south shore of eastern Long Island.

Brown tide is dangerous to shellfish and in recent years almost destroyed the scallop population, an important economic asset on the east end.  

Also, two recent fish kills in the Peconic Estuary brought further attention to the sorry  state of our waterways.

To help us understand why this is occurring and what can be done to fix it, I spoke last month to Kevin McAllister, president of the Sag Harbor-based environmental advocacy group Defend H2O.

 Listen here

Here are some links to more information about the the pollution of Long Island's waterways:

Brown-Tide-On-The-Rise-In-Moriches-Shinnecock-Bays

Experts-Suspect-Diamondback-Terrapin-Die-Off-Is-Caused-By-A-Marine-Biotoxin

Dog-Dies-After-Ingesting-Georgica-Pond-Water

more coming 

Funding Mass Transit - Veronica Vanterpool - Tri State Transportation Campaign

The MTA’s capital plan for mass transit has a $14 billion shortfall in its proposed $32 billion 2015-2019 budget.

Today we look at how transit is funded for Long Island and Connecticut with Veronica Vanterpool, Executive Director of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign.

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