Hi All,

I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season, whether you chose to be social and surround yourself with family and friends, or decided to be more contemplative and enjoy some solitude, I hope you are coming back to the New Year feeling refreshed and ready to take on 2015! I know I am! While I did my share of socializing and sharing one delicious meal after another with family and friends, I also found some quiet time to contemplate my goals and aspirations for this coming year, and I feel energized to take them on.

This evening, I hope many of you will consider joining me at the public hearing to oppose the Port Ambroise Liquified Natural Gas Facility at the JFK Hilton, from 6-8:30pm. The Port Ambroise LNG facility is a proposed port 19 miles off of the coast of Long Island and New Jersey, in the same spot that there is a proposed wind farm. The environmental impact that this port would have on our area is huge, and the potential for a disaster is also great. To learn more about it, please ?click here.

Guest speakers at the launch party: Dan Barber from Blue Hill, Michael Moss reporter for the New York Times, and Jodi Kahn from Fresh Direct with Shen Tong

This week on the Progressive Radio Network, my guest is Shen Tong, the founder of Food-X, a food-business accelerator that helps early stage food companies get the funding and mentoring needed to grow their business. A few weeks ago, I went the Food-X launch party, where each of the food businesses that were a part of the first Food-X class, had an opportunity to make a presentation and introduce their new business to the public. It was a great event, and the food businesses that made presentations, were well on their way to success! I know they are accepting applications now, for their next group of food businesses, so if you are interested, make sure to listen to our interview on Thursday.

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With love and gratitude,
Bhavani