Agri-artists, urban farmers, data visualizers, designers, radical cartographers, performers, waterpodders, activist geographers, and YOU in a veggie-oil powered bus. Join us as we drive upstate to the beautiful Delaware River Valley on the NY/PA border to visit local farms that are fighting hydrofracking in their backyards. $50/person includes transportation, meals, hiking, farm and drill site tours, potluck dinner party, accommodations, and free morning yoga class. Leave Saturday morning November 6th, return Sunday afternoon.
WE ARE NOW SOLD OUT! SPACES MIGHT OPEN UP, REGISTER BELOW TO GET ON THE WAITING LIST. WE'LL LET YOU KNOW BY THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4.
Why should you come? Cuz fall leaves rock, so do veggie oil buses, and organic veggies, and road trips, and rivers, and farmers, and food, but fracking doesn't. Pssst, they're all related, find out how. Get out of Gotham and come visit Gasland.
Organized by Not An Alternative, with Sky Dog Projects.
Co-sponsors: Ant Hill Farm, Damascus Citizens for Sustainability, Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Electronic Media Foundation/Earth to the Earth, Issue Project Room, Not An Alternative, Riverlights B&B, Rude Mechanical Orchestra, Sky Dog Projects, Urban Rustic.
ITINERARY
We'll have two departure points on the morning on Saturday, November 6th, one in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and the other near Columbia University in Harlem.
- 9am: bus leaves from No-Space (formerly called The Change You Want To See Gallery) in Williamsburg. The address: 84 Havemeyer St, at Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn NY 11211. Closest subway stops: L to Bedford; J/M/Z to Marcy; G to Metropolitan.
- 9:45am: uptown pick-up point at the Starbucks on Broadway between 114th and 115th. Closest subway stop is the 1 train at 116th / Columbia University.
Lunch will be served on the bus, sandwiches compliments of Urban Rustic, and fruit from the NYC Green Markets. We arrive upstate on the NY/PA border in the Upper Delaware River Valley around 1pm. In the afternoon we'll visit the following farms:
- Diehl Farm, Callicoon, NY: a 6th generation Catskill dairy farm, they also produce maple syrup, honey, Christmas trees, and organic produce. The drilling issue has been a contentious one for the Diehl family, as profiled in this recent Bloomberg News article.
- River Brook Farm, Cocheton, NY: right on the Delaware River, Farmer Neil and Farmer Alice grow organic heirloom variety produce and sell meat as well.
- Willow Wisp Organic Farm, Abrahamsville, PA: Farmer Greg and Farmer Tannis grow a diverse mix of organic vegetables, herbs and cut flowers. Until recently a gas drilling test pad was located next to their farm.
We'll also stop by an active drill site on our way to the town of Narrowsburg, NY, where we can check out the Main Street shops and galleries, and pick up drinks for dinner. Around the corner at the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance we'll have a potluck dinner party with area farmers, artists and activists.
Down the street by the Ten Mile River is Riverlights Bed & Breakfast and Yoga Center, where we'll crash for the night. The owner, Jane Morris, has generously offered to put us up for a reduced rate, make us brunch, and teach a free yoga class for those interested.
PLEASE NOTE: Bring sleeping bags to stay on the yoga studio floor (you'll have access to showers). The rooms at the B&B are now full, we can only offer accommodations in the yoga studio.
In the morning you can take a yoga class, take a hike, or take it easy. The B&B is on 8 pristine acres of woods, trails and water. After a home-cooked brunch we'll be on our way back to the city, to arrive by late afternoon.
COSTS
For $50 per person the tour includes: transportation, farm and fracking tour, lunch and dinner on Saturday, brunch on Sunday, accommodations in the yoga studio at the B&B, and a free yoga class in the morning.
WHAT TO BRING
• Warm clothes and jacket – it can be as much as 10 degrees cooler upstate
• Comfortable shoes for walking around the farm
• Snacks: nuts, fruit, chocolate, whatever you need to get you between meals.
• Water bottle
• Sleeping bag if you’re sleeping in the yoga studio (optional: yoga mat or camping pad for the floor)
• Earplugs in case of snorers (optional)
• Overnight toiletries and jammies
• Money if you’d like to buy wine or drinks for dinner
• Camera
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If you registered before Monday, November 1 but didn't purchase tickets, please do so below. You can pay with a paypal account or credit card. If you just signed up for the waiting list please DO NOT purchase tickets yet. We'll let you know if there's room for you by Thursday, November 4.