Event

Long Island Cheese Pumpkin Celebration

Join us for a three day celebration of the Long Island Cheese Pumpkin. Attend one day or all three!

**November 12, 2016**

Panel about the LI Cheese Pumpkin and why supporting food diversity is so important.

---Panel Participants---

- Amy Goldman
Award winning author, artist, philanthropist, and well-known advocate for seed saving, plant breeding, and heirloom fruits and vegetables.

- Johanna Kolodny
Food systems consultant in New York City connecting farmers, fishermen, and food artisans to chefs.

- Derek DiGuglielmo
Founder of Eat Local NY. Entrepreneur, homebrewer, philanthropist, reader and traveler.

- Stephanie Gaylor
Owner of Invincible Summer Farms and founding member of Long Island Regional Seed Consortium

- Jim Richards
Cask master and brewer at Blue Point Brewing Company

- Jason Foscolo
The Food Law Firm, dedicated to serving hard-working, creative people who feed us.

- Ken Greene
Ken founded the Hudson Seed Library in 2004. He is a tireless advocate for seed sovereignty and the important role of art in celebrating our agricultural and horticultural heritage.

- Blue Point Brewing Company "Seeds and Suds" LICP beer tasting

-LICP food tastings

-Amateur Dessert Contest (Awards given! Enter today!)

**November 13, 2016**

- Chefs Cook-off

- People Choice and Judges Choice awards

**November 14, 2016**

- LICP Dinner at Jimmy's No 43. with 5 renowned NYC chefs

Cookshop
Chef, Andrew Corrigan
Pastry Chef, Stephen Collucci

Vic's
Chef, Hillary Sterling

Hundred Acres
Chef, Ayesha Nurdjaja

Rosie's
Chef, Angel Andrarde

Blue Point Brewing Company, Long Island Cheese Pumpkin Beer and One glass of Long Island Wine (TBA) is included.

Educational dialog about the pumpkin