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Lean Vegan
Lean Vegan
Why reduce animal products? Here are plenty of reasons why moving toward a vegan diet are beneficial. More details provided here.
Did you know Kline has "Planet Positive Mondays" for lunch? One meal makes a difference!
Red Hook is home to several eateries that put the planet first with some or all choices:
Taste Budd's Chocolate & Coffee Cafe famous tender almond and chocolate chip cookies are vegan
The Oliver Weston Company offers a variety of vegan and planet-friendlier choices
Yum Yum Noodle Bar is offering a 3 course vegan option for $20!
Across the river - specializing in plant-based menus:
+ Peace Nation Cafe (Kingston)
+ Sissy's (Kingston)
+ Garden Cafe (Woodstock)
+ Rosendale Cafe (Rosendale)
+ Outdated Cafe (Kingston)
+ Mother Earth Cafe (Kingston)
Source Local
Source Local
Red Hook is the bread basket of Dutchess County! There are many places you can find fresh, local food: Bard College Farm, Gansvoort Farm, Montgomery Place Orchards, Greig Farm, Hearty Roots (CSA*), Sawkill Farm, Migliorelli Farm Stand, No Cost Market (at the Community Center), Hudson Valley Kinders Farm, Red Hook Natural Foods, Mead Orchards
Field Goods delivers to Bard year round
Kingston-ites! Join the Kingston Food Coop
CSA = Community Supported Agriculture - buy a share of what a farm produces
get political
get political
Contacting your elected officials or your county representatives can prove invaluable in the struggle for farmland restoration. Every voice matters and that includes you!
Town of Red Hook Supervisor Robert McKeon
Dutchess County Executive Marcus J. Molinaro
Track Waste
Track Waste
Take pictures of your food and share)
Alternatively, you could download the phone app provided by the USDA! This app will let you know when when your food will expire and remind you to use it!
Prefer the old pen and Paper? Use the following websites to create a food waste journal - Heifer International AND National Debt Relief
Bard donates food from Kline to Darmstadt Shelter in Kingston. Staff who live in Kingston drive it over after work.
Save Food
Save Food
Learn the TRUTH about expiration dates and save yourself money while helping the planet! (the phone app provided by the USDA! This app will let you know when when your food will expire)
Did you know there are grocery stores that sell unwanted products? Find out more here!
Cook Sustainably
Cook Sustainably
Here are some ways to get you started reducing waste in the kitchen.
Check out these recipes that bring your food waste to nothing!
Bard has a Teaching Kitchen where you can learn about all kinds of best practices in your own home culinary adventures! E-mail: teachingkitchen@bard.edu for more information
If you post pics to social media, use #DrawdownEcoChallenge #ZeroWasteCooking
Check out Tops in Rhinebeck for an incredible bulk foods section!
Buy your kombucha in bulk at the Green Onion Grocer on Bard's campus
Save your coffee grounds and make cookies from them!
Donate Cookstoves
Donate Cookstoves
Check out these resources:
This website defines clean cookstoves, tells what they do for families, and has a link to contribute to clean cookstoves in Honduras (less than $8)!
Thinking about some place else? Check out the UN Foundation to learn more about their 100 million household goal by 2020.
Regenerative Agriculture
Regenerative Agriculture
Find out if Biology can do the job with this article from Jack Kittredge from NOFAMass (Bard Alum Caro Roszell is doing amazing work as a Carbon Farming educator, scientist, policy advocate and more!)
Watch this quick video on carbon sequestration.
Learn about The Land Institute, a nonprofit agricultural research organization that's developing a new model for farming called Natural Systems Agriculture.
Did you know the Dutchess County Soil and Water Conservation District program?
Manage Nutrients
Manage Nutrients
The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets has everything you need to know about proper nutrient management on your land!
Check out The Drought Fighter article by Todd Oppenheimer for some of the best ways to deal with oncoming climate change. There are "+" signs on the side bar, so be sure to open those up for valuable information!
Compost Happens!
Compost Happens!
Click here for an infographic on how to compost!
You can make a compost bin out of a plastic storage container! Here are the directions!
Did you know Bard has its own compost pile? We divert over 1000 pounds of food daily from the landfill.
You can buy a home compost bin at wholesale rate through Dutchess County and in Ulster County (you can also buy compost there!)
Live in Rhinebeck? Check out Compost Valley's mission to save the Hudson Valley.
Other Solutions
Other Solutions
Maybe you don't live in a house with a big open yard to start doing some of these things, but even in an apartment, you can still grow your own food! Check out this resource on how to do so!
There are so many possibilities to what you can do, just do your research! Heard of vermiculture?
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