Organic Take Over

To start our plan on bring organic to everyone, this Sunday November 22 we will assist Tallevast Community Center on Green Initiative Day with planting a “green wall”. The Tallevast Community Center was one of our stops on the Organic Takeover Tour. We wanted to come back to Tallevast and start our program here first after hearing of the contaminated ground water in the southern Manatee County community discovered in 2000, after Lockheed Martin purchased the former Loral American Beryllium Company site in 1996.

This will be the first garden Be Organic will help start and will have children decorate large tin cans as an art and crafts project, and then attach them to a fence that Action Fence Enterprises will be donating to the center.  Children will fill the tins with organic dirt and plant organic seeds. The program will teach children many lessons such as working with their hands, building a strong community built garden, and even how to generate an income.

We want the children to grow up learning to take care of the Earth and themselves. We here at Be Organic are working with Tallevast Community Center to start one of the many programs which will lead the charge to get every community to take lead in the organic movement.  If you are going to be in the Sarasota area please come out and support this will be open to the public.

Tallevast Community Center: 7727 17th St. Ct. E. Tallevast, FL 34270

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FOR THE LIVING GREEN FAIR

This all Goes down this weekend.  For more info visit www.livinggreenfair.com

Be sure to visit all of our exhibits. We promise to thrill you throughout the day and inspire you for a lifetime.

Student Green Art Challenge INFORMATION

Student Green Art Challenge INSTRUCTIONS

To sign up for the Student Green Artist Challenge, click here.

• Wyland’s 45’ Mural Painting Initiative
• Wyland’s Waters Extreme Journey Maze
• Learn how to be a Ranger
• Food and Wine Sampling
• Cooking Demonstrations
• Planting of Trees
• Beach Cleanup

• AutoNation Ride & Drive (test drive electric, hybrid & CNG vehicles)
• See the latest in solar, wind, water technologies
• Games and Activities for Kids
• Create an Organic Garden
• Rent Kayaks, Canoes, and Water Bikes
• Experience the Mangrove-Lined Waterway
• Rent Beach Chairs and Umbrellas
• Dine at Loggerhead Café

ON THE ROAD TO JERK FEST “09” THE Organic Pastry Takeover!

The foodies are at it again with 40 day of cycling behind them, what is next in store? That seems to be the question on everyone mind these days? ” I heard they are coming out with a finishing sauce ( pineapple jerk and more), i heard they are coming out with a cook book, i heard they are coming out with a new restaurant, i heard they are going to be apart of the the biggest living green fair in south florida doing cooking demo for over 15,000 people”.  Hold up !!!! This weekend i saw something funny, at the Grace Jamaican Jerk Feast in Fort Lauderdale Florida. tree(3) guys sit on top of a white car that appears to be full of stuff from top to bottom only room was for the driver who took his time maneuver through the crowd of people. Can it be “yes” it’s the Foodies of Be Organic ( Andre, Chad, Roosevelt and Kirk ) what treats do they have for us i thought to myself these guys are know to throw down in the kitchen.. Food so good make you want to smack your mother” quote from Roosevelt aka grumpy…

So i waited patiently for the Foodies to get set up. But to my surprise there was no fresh island scent of pineapple jerk or their famous cilantro sauce in the air (know to cause stampedes). I was looking around for the pots and pans and maybe even a grill. What are they up to? I though to myself!!! Second later  The air was fill with fresh home bake goodies, for a moment i was back at my grandmother house and it was the holidays again. It was the “foodies” they decide to bring out there bakery line ” these guys are amazing ” Goodies of all kind Brownies, Jalapeno Corn bread, Jamaican Rum Cake, Cinnamon Pound Cake , Bread pudding, Sweet potato, infamous Pineapple Chicken pastry and famous cilantro fish pastry. i could not wait to sample it all.  These guys truly in this reporter eye or should i say stomach are the BEST AT WHAT THEY DO!!!!! I must say everything was Great… Jalapeno Corn bread !! How can this be good but it was and I had to go back for seconds. My stomach was in heaven my soul was at peace this reporter gives the Be Organic Foodies a 9 out of 10, I am waiting to see what is coming next before I give them a perfect 10.

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B.O.-Times

Reporter:

Adrian Nelson

We would like to thank all the staff at Global Organics for treating us like we are family, especially Ronnie. Global Organic was founded by Mitch Blumenthal, an organic farmer located in Sarasota, Florida. As Mitch sought out other organic foods for his family beyond what he was cultivating on his Blumenberry Farm, he realized that an opportunity existed for an organic-supply company.

When Global Organics heard about the Organic Take Over Tour, they reach out to us to see what they could do to help us with this one of kind event. Ronnie offered to host us when we reached Sarasota. She set us up with a place to sleep and places where we could share our message! Finally, a stop where we did not have to worry about where we were going to sleep and who we were going to speak to.

So we rode into Sarasota. Chad was on the phone getting directions to Global Organics’ headquarters. By the way, for those of you who know Chad, you understand that this man cannot find his way outside of his own back yard! So why, I mean why the hell is this man taking directions…

After over shooting our location by 5 mile, thanks to Chad, “Ronnie” had to come out and find us…lol—thanks Chad we can always count on you to get us lost. But anyways we finally arrived at our location Global Organics staff treated us like we were family; I want to thank everyone at Global for there warm greeting. Some people actually cheered and they gave us Sambazon smoothies, which after almost 50 miles on a bicycle tasted like sweet nectar of the gods. After that it was off to the Tallevast for our first Take Over. We didn’t have time to take a shower, so we had to go as we were.

Tallevast has a great history; for those who don’t know, Tallevast is dominantly an African American Community in Sarasota. Surprisingly, we found out that Lockheed Martin had “inadvertently” poisoned the town’s water supply with the chemicals they were using in their plant. So the land, all of the water supply, and the workers themselves were going home with the raw chemicals on there clothing. It turned out that the chemicals caused an outbreak of CANCER and many families to lost loved one’s before their time. People are still affected by this today. The people of Tallevast took action and filed a lawsuit against Lockheed Martin and won the case. But Lockheed Martin, instead of doing the right thing, used its financial powers to tie up the Settlement in court for, what is now, close to a decade. Not one person has received any payment from this “settlement”. “PLEASE DON’T FORGET ABOUT US” this is what one of the children said to me as we were leaving!!!

How can I forget them? We all close our eyes to many ill treatments because we feel it’s not our place to stand up and lend a helping hand. So we walk past or drive past with our eyes closed ignoring problems staring us in the face! So for that little girl, please know that I will never forget you. To the people of Tallevast, as long as I got a voice I will keep telling your story.
After visiting Tallevast, we were exhausted but we could not sleep just yet: we stayed up thinking about life, about what it means to live, and how we take the simplest things for granted. Thank you, Ronnie and Global Organics for bringing us there and letting the kids see that there is more to life than becoming an athlete or entertainer, and for reminding us of what it means to have a chance to live.

Day 2 Sarasota
We got to go to Easter Seals where we received our best reception of the tour. We rode our bikes into a crowd of cheering fans and welcome signs. It was so astounding to see about 100 people out there cheering for us! For me (Kirk), I felt like a rock star “Momma look at me now; I am on top of the world” lol. Easter Seals, as an organization, takes care of handicapped and mentally challenged people. So we have to thank you, Mary Anne (MAZ) and the staff at Easter Seals, for the invaluable work that you do and for hosting an Organic Takeover. Three Cheers for to Global Organics, for making Sarasota an incredible stop. To find out more about Global Organics log on to http://www.globalorganics.ws/

Organic Takeover at American Cancer Society Hope Lodge in Tampa. This was a special Takeover for “foodie” Roosevelt because he was a resident of the Hope Lodge when we had his bone marrow transplant two years ago.

We would like to give a special thank you to Karl and the staff at the first all “green” Holiday Inn and Conference Center of Ocala. We appreciate your service and hospitality. Furthermore, we really appreciate your efforts on being “green”.

The Holiday Inn and Conference Center of Ocala is the first all “green” hotel!!

Thank you Ocala

The Holiday Inn and Conference Center in Ocala is the first fully “Green” hotel. So being that it is all “green” we had to do an organic takeover there. The hotel is so ”green” that as soon as you leave the room the air conditioner automatically goes on auto!! To add to that, when you leave the room and forget to turn the lights off they turn themselves off as well. Thank you Karl for the opportunity to do an organic takeover and to experience the first fully “green” hotel.

We took off from Gainesville FL and rode our bikes to Ocala FL on route 441 south. As soon as we made it into Ocala the heavens opened its gates and flooded us with a hard shower of rain. Laundry anyone?

We had the pleasure to do an Organic Takeover at Alpha Epsilon Phi in Gainesville on this past Monday September 21. The girls were very pleased with our presentation and most of all the food we fed them. We want to give a special thanks to Janah Adickman from “Delish Your Dish” for linking us with this wonderful group of women.

We arrive in Tallahassee one day early with no place to stay, We pull over at several different hotel and each one of them told us that they could not help us. So we arrive at the Hampton Inn 2979 Apalachee pkwy around 10pm tired and smell like u know what. We did not know what type of greeting we would received but any way…….. We walk up to the front desk and the lady(Brandie) behind the counter had one of the biggest smile on her face as we approached her. We introduce our-self and told her that we had no money and we have been traveling around the state on bikes (bicycles). Brandie then call her Genral Manager (Gyrod Harris), by the look on her face you could tell that he was upset that she call him that late but any way after several minutes she put him on the phone with us. After we told him who we are and what we are doing Gyrod open the door to the hotel for us to take a shower and spend the night. In the morning we had the pleasure of meeting him and we took some great photos. After speaking to Gyrod in the morning he decided to let us stay for the week. GOD IS GREAT!!!!!!Mrs. Jefferson and Mrs. Inge at FAMU gave us money to help us offset some of the cost for the hotel. THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!! Our take over at FAMU was a success if you get a chance  please take a look at our article Google (THE FAMUAN-CHEFS LEAVE ORGANIC TRIAL) the student wrote about us, also Mrs. Hightower from the Green Coalition did a survey which we will be posting in couple of days. Please check out our YOUTUBE segments to see video and clips of our journey so far…

Thank you for reading our blog we love each and everyone of you guys

BE ORGANIC FOR LIFE