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August 2011 Newsletter
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Upcoming Bethesda Green Events 

Bethesda Central Farm Market -- Every Sunday, 9 am - 1 pm on Elm Street between Woodmont and Wisconsin Aves.

 

FreshFarm Market -- Every Saturday, 9 am - 1 pm on Norfolk Ave. between Fairmont and St. Elmo Aves. 

 

Maryland Clean Energy Summit 2011 -- Aug. 25-27, Marriott North Bethesda Hotel and Conference Center. "Investing in Energy to Generate Jobs," Maryland is building a cleaner energy future, and the Summit will offer strategic insight on this emerging economic engine. More >>

 

BG 101 -- Thursday, August 25, 4 - 5:30 pm. Bethesda Green orientation and review of upcoming events and volunteer opportunities. info@bethesdagreen.org.

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Bake Bethesda A Pie Contest -- This 2nd annual event, sponsored by Bethesda Central Farm Market, benefits Manna Food Bank.  Entries due by August 31 with contest results announced Sunday, Sept. 4, 11 am. Click here for details.

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Bethesda Green and Full Plate Ventures present Farm to Table logo

 

Connecting farmers, food, and
community in three meals 

 

Join us this Sunday, August 21, for the first in this late summer series. Enjoy a great breakfast while meeting those who are passionate about building a sustainable and healthy food system in our region.

 

For more information, click here.

Closing the Loop in Our Food System:
Let's discuss over breakfast!

Check out the menu here


Sunday, August 21 -- Reserve your space now

9:30 am - 11:30 am at Bethesda Green
11:30 am - 1:00 pm at Bethesda Central Farm Market

Sponsors


Leader

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Advocates

Chef Tony's Restaurant

Norman's Farm Market 

 

Contributing Partners

Bella Terra Family Farm 

Bethesda Central Farm Market 

Button Farm 

Calleva 

Future Harvest 

growing SOUL 

LetterSpace Creative
MeatCrafters 

Montgomery Countryside Alliance 

Rocklands Farm 

Slow Food D.C. 

South Mountain Creamery 

The EverGreen Home Coffee 

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Hold the Date

Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011 

Bethesda Green's Second Annual Gala  

Recognizing Bethesda Magazine's Green Award Winners at the Round House Theatre.

Last year, more than 300 people gathered our inaugural Gala. Click here to see video highlights from an evening of inspiration, celebration and community recognition of local green champions.
Celebrate Clean Energy


Join us for a special Happy Hour, Thursday, Sept. 8, 5-8 pm, with the Chesapeake Climate Action Network
at Food Wine & Co., 7272 Wisconsin Ave. in Bethesda.CCAN logo

 

Come learn about Maryland's greatest renewable energy resource: offshore wind power. And learn what you can do to make it a reality. 

  • Hear from CCAN Director Mike Tidwell about efforts to build offshore wind farms and bring good jobs and clean power to Maryland.
  • Enjoy complimentary appetizers courtesy of Food Wine & Co.
  • Raffle for restaurant gift card
  • Donation: $10

RSVP via Meetup 

 

Bethesda Green Interns

 

Summer Interns
Bethesda Green summer 2011 interns (L-R): Allison Gabala, Christian Schorn, and Jeanette Perthel.

 

As we approach the end of summer, we want to take this opportunity to thank our fabulous group of summer interns, who have brought diligence, grace and good humor to their work with Bethesda Green.

 

We ask our interns to write a short profile, summarizing their experience.  Please take a moment to read their profiles (linked below) and join us in wishing them good luck with school and future endeavors.

 

Allison Gabala (see profile here) is a senior at Syracuse University.

 

Christian Schorn (see profile here) is a junior at Connecticut College.

 

Jeanette Perthel (see profile here) is a freshman at Towson University.