MINI-FILM FESTIVAL AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

Slow Food in the Tetons

Slow Food in the Tetons Online Marketplace provides a platform to connect local producers and consumers during this critical time, bringing fresh, healthy, locally & regionally grown and produced food on a weekly basis. Shop weekly from Monday at 5pm- Wednesday at 5pm. Pickup is Friday 3pm - 6pm at the Slow Food Farm Stand (next to Twigs in the Movieworks Plaza). The online market will remain open through the spring and early summer.

The Jackson Hole Community Gardens are now a program of Slow Food in the Tetons. May Park and Blair Gardens provide 125 plots for individuals, families and groups of friends to grow food, flowers and more. Click here for details or to add your name to the wait list.

The People’s Market is scheduled to open up on Wednesday June 10th. Remember, 4-7pm at Snow King all summer long!

Food and fun abound this spring in socially-distanced, online cooking classes for kids, (see GM mini-flim festival)! Ian McGregor is teaching from his home with help from Blair and their newborn, Isla. This season’s classes are full, but keep an eye out for new sign-ups later in the year.

Hole Food Rescue

New This Summer: Hole Food Rescue’s Sprout Mobile - Starting June 15th, Hole Food Rescue is implementing a new summer program providing free healthy meals and books for any child that shows up to take home. The Sprout Mobile will travel to six locations throughout the week: Blair Place Apartments, Evans Mobile Home Park, Mike Yokel Park, Powderhorn Park, Teton County Library and The Timbers at Jackson Hole. Visit www.holefoodrescue.org/sprout for the most up-to-date details and delivery schedule.

Energy Conservation Works

Free Energy Efficiency Kit - No Strings Attached!

Lower Valley Energy will provide one free Energy Efficiency Kit to residential members who request one.

This kit includes:

(8) A-lamps - for general purpose (11W) (2) A-lamps - for general purpose (15W) (4) Reflectors - for flood lights or recessed fixture (8W) (1) Advanced Power Strip (1) Thermostatic Valve 1.5 GPM Shower head (1) Kitchen Aerator 1.5 GPM (1) Bath Aerator 1.0 GPM

https://bit.ly/LVE_EEKIT

Installing and using these items in your home is a great way to lower your energy use and your power bill.

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Teton County Integrated Solid Waste & Recycling

In Teton County and elsewhere, COVID-19 has brought into question the safety and viability of community recycling programs. Fortunately, in Teton County, the Integrated Solid Waste and Recycling department (ISWR) maintains a safe, successful, and economically sound program. Here’s how...

ISWR accepts only high value materials that are collected from the community, sorted for the removal of trash and non-recyclables, and successfully sold to recycling processors.

ISWR is known for its high standards of clean, quality materials and maintains positive relationships with recycling processors.

The community can help by understanding that, although many items have labels and markings that indicate recyclability, their material quality is low, and the infrastructure and technology necessary to effectively reprocess them is not widely available. View the recycling photo series to learn more about what is and isn’t a high quality recyclable!

Where funding is concerned, recycling does not divert general fund resources away from health and safety. ISWR is an enterprise fund, which means it’s a business within the county that has self-supported funding mechanisms. Funding for recycling comes from the sale of recyclables, Transfer Station tip fees, and additional grants and fundraising. In recent years, ISWR has received SPET tax money for capital improvements.