PROGRAM: Sierra Club speaker on sustainable food practices

Have you ever wondered what is meant by sustainable agriculture?  Here is your chance to find out. Our speaker will be Frank Morris, Chairman of Long Island Sierra Club. Frank is a member of the Executive Committee of New York State Sierra Club, and a member of the Sierra Club’s Farm and Food committee. He will clarify for us the importance of CAFOs, (Confined Animal Feeding Operations), CSA’s, (Community Supported Agriculture), and will provide a picture of sustainable agriculture in the Hudson Valley.  Frank will also introduce us to CSA’s that supply our area.

Born in Brooklyn NY, Frank Morris graduated from SUNY Binghamton in 1989 with a degree in Rhetoric.  He has been a Sierra Club member since 1997.  Frank is active on the Clean Energy Committee, Farm and Food Committee, and Executive Committee of NYS Sierra Club.  He is also Vice President of NY Interfaith Power and Light www.nyipl.org.  He lives on Long Island and is founder of Ecologic Advisors www.ecologicinvestor.com/ea, a NYS Registered Investment Advisor specializing in environmental investing.