Sustainable Berea Awarded a Federal Stimulus Grant
Sustainable Berea has been awarded a federal stimulus grant of $6,500 through the Foothills Compassion Capital Fund Project to survey residents of Berea about their knowledge about issues related to sustainability.
Sustainable Berea helps send local delegates to the BALLE Conference
Sustainable Berea helped sponsor three local business persons who attended the BALLE conference in Charleston, South Carolina.
The Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE) is North America’s fastest growing network of socially responsible businesses.
Transition Town Berea Featured in YES! Magazine
Towns Rush to Make Low-Carbon Transition
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The college town of Berea, Kentucky, one of the fastest growing communities in the state, is seeing its subdivisions expand and its farmland disappear. But one group of residents is making plans to help the community end its reliance on fossil fuels.
Dinner will celebrate bounty of farmers within 100 miles
Trendy event alert: On July 26, “locavores” — devotees of locally grown and raised foods — will bring dishes made with foods grown or produced no more than 100 miles from Louisville to a potluck dinner celebrating the bounty of area farmers at Bardstown Road Presbyterian Church.
3rd Annual 100-mile Potluck and Live Auction
Bring a dish prepared with ingredients produced within 100 miles of Berea. Please write down your recipe and sources of ingredients. Recipes from the first three years of potlucks will be published in the Berea Local Foods Recipe Book in October 2009. Join us in celebrating and promoting the bounty of Berea’s 100-mile “foodshed.”
