25 August 2007

Help Raise Funds for Community-Supported Agriculture Programs

If this post seems familiar, it's because I'm running it at my other blog as well. It's just that important.

Ari, at Baking and Books blog, is reaching out to fellow bloggers and food folks to raise money for the Hazon organization. Hazon uses Community-Supported Agriculture programs and bike rides to accomplish its vision: "to create a healthier and more sustainable Jewish community -- as a step towards a healthier and more sustainable world for all."

Ari is offering a raffle (the prizes are top cookbooks!) to support a Hazon bike ride taking place in New York City during Labor Day weekend. Here's where the money goes (from the Hazon site):

  • 30% is awarded as grants to external organizations. Some of the external grantees include the Adamah fellowship which is training a new generation of Jewish organic farmers and activists, and the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies – the pre-eminent professional leadership program for environmental leaders in the Middle East; AIES students who are Palestinian, Jordanian and Israeli will be at the New York Ride.
  • 50% funds Hazon's year round programs, including Tuv Ha’Aretz, Hazon’s Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) initiative and the Hazon Food Conference.
  • 20% helps cover the costs of the ride
Essentially, Hazon devotes its resources to educating people about the environment and uses food as one of its educational mediums (according to Ari's site).

So, participate in the raffle, you might win a collection of cookbooks, you might not. Either way, it's a great cause to support.

2 comments:

swati412 said...

Hi Debs

You've got great stuff on your blog...varied interests too...
Will try out your recipies and get back to u..
Do visit my blog at
http://sugarcraftindia.blogspot.com
More on hearing from you
Swati

Deb Schiff said...

Will do, Swati! Thanks for stopping by. Please let me know how your versions of the recipes here work out.