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This Saturday, Sept. 17 and in participation of Slow Food USA's campaign to take back the nation's 'value meal' -- The $5 Challenge -- a free, giant potluck picnic will be held at Governors Island's beautiful Picnic Point.
Come meet Slow Food USA representatives and spend time with friends & family. Just follow signs for the event once you get off the ferry and bring a fresh, healthy slow food potluck dish that costs under $5 and can serve around 3-5 people.
Please also try to bring:
-Plate, water bottle (with water) & utensils
-Tablecloth (red, white, or red and white checkered)
-Musical instrument, if you feel like it
-A camera as the views on Governors Island are fantastic
-A bicycle, if you want to toodle around the rest of the island before or after the potluck
-A desire to meet other people and have a good time
-Your recipe printed up on index cards to swap with other attendees
If interested, be sure to register at www.SlowFoodUSA.org/5Challenge for additional information, as well as to peruse tips and tricks for participation from other participants. As the 17th approaches, we'll also be sure to send you more specifics.
For information on ferries to the island from Lower Manhattan or Brooklyn, please visit www.govisland.com/html/visit/directions.shtml
We hope to see you there!
About The $5 Challenge:
In response to a lack of access to fresh fruits and vegetables, people eating more fast food than home-cooked meals, and increasing rates of diet-related disease, Slow Food USA recently launched The $5 Challenge campaign. The organization, a national non-profit working for good, clean and fair food for all, is encouraging people across the country to cook slow food that costs no more than five dollars per person. Slow food - the opposite of fast food - is food that is good for those who eat it, good for farmers and workers, and good for the planet.
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