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Kerry Gold butter? Best Cdn brand butter avail in BC?
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- Georgia Strait Oct 11, 2012 09:39 AM
question about Kerry Gold butter - can we get that up here? I looked at my neighborhood Super valu but couldn't see it - therefore bought some at the Safeway in Lynden the other day (i know it's very good price at TJ's too) ---- i'd never tasted KG before tho had read about it --- so now that i have - how is it better than good Cdn butter? Tastes a bit same to me as Cdn butter (and diff than USA butter which has a slightly sourish taste to me - almost like margarine, like Lactantia)
do you use KG strictly for eating on toast, bread, etc - or do you cook with it?
ALSO - if you were to buy the best Cdn butter - at a price, as we all know - what brand would it be here in BC?
i'm not a butter expert - tho i cringe when people serve non-butter "substitute"
I look fwd to learning more about this ....
I haven't seen KG butter where I shop.
Butter, like most dairy products, is subject to import quotas so it is near impossible to buy the good stuff.
Thomas Haas uses a New Zealand butter according to this G&M article. They don't mention it by name. I would love to source it. http://m.theglobeandmail.com/life/foo...
IIRC you can get good local "artisanal" butter at Les Amis du Fromage.
re: fmed
I had no idea you could buy butter at Les Amis. Man, I have got to hand it to those people - they always seem to have just about anything, if you ask for it. The back of the store is like Mary Poppins's carpet bag - no matter what I want, if I don't see it in the case they will still have it somewhere in the building... :-)
I don't know if it's even possible for a small BC producer to make their own artisan butter, due to weird milk board rules that require all producers to pool their product. A friend of mine did some research and found out that Gort's Gouda Farm in Salmon Arm may be this province's only producer of organic butter who actually process their own product, and ONLY their own product. Occasionally this butter shows up for sale at Ethical Kitchen in North Vancouver, but at a really shocking price. It's good, but not THAT good!
I suggest making regular trips to Trader Joe's to buy Kerrygold butter, if you're looking for something special (they also have a great price on organic butter at $4.79/lb, but it may suffer from the sourish taste you described -- I haven't personally had that issue with their butter). Once at the food co-op in Bellingham I found Organic Valley Limited Edition butter, which is made from 100% grass-fed milk in the summer and WOW, is it ever delicious, especially when slathered on a fresh slice of Bread Affair bread, toasted so the butter melts and oozes through the bread...
re: geekmom
Farmhouse cheese Abbotsford make their own butter, and it is very good, although being "cultured" some find the taste a bit strong. It's also not cheap. I usually pop over the border for butter, there are all sorts of nice farmstead butters in Washington state, For example Golden Glen creamery farmstead butter (goldenglencreamery.com) (my fave) and Breckenridge Farm sweet cream butter. (www.dairybest.com). You can get up to $20 of dairy per visit per person. Strauss creamery organic butter ($9 for a lb in WA) is a nice high fat (85%) european style butter.
re: jcolvin
Thank you very much for this information! I will make a note of it for next time I do a grocery run in B'ham. Sadly, my grocery shopping buddy has gone on the Paleo diet so the butter won't motivate her the way it used to...
re: geekmom
Butter is just good old animal fat. I think it should be part of the paleo diet.
re: jcolvin
Well, I would agree with you but my friend is doing a very strict version of the diet as she suspects food allergies in her family & wants to completely eliminate common allergens (grains, dairy). I'm sure she must miss butter tremendously. Maybe I should send her this article. *evil grin*
re: geekmom
If she is avoiding allergens, suggest to her that she might want to try avoiding all dairy for 2 weeks, then just try avoiding milk (but having butter), then try just avoiding butter (but having milk). sometimes people can handle one but not the other.
re: merrua
Thanks, that's a good thought.
interesting article that you found FMED
i had no idea the big foil-wrapped pound / half-pound size of butter IS the law here in Canada. I have always much preferred the American packaging - way handier (four cubes of individ wrapped per pound)
i'll have to ask around and find an ON friend coming out west to ski or something! I'd love to try that Stirling product
re: Georgia Strait
I'm pretty sure I've seen Canadian-made "artisanal" butter at Benton Bros on Granville Island as well as Les Amis.
And yes it is expensive, that is one of the many consequences (both good and bad) of supply management.
re: Georgia Strait
The foil wrapping maybe the law but I've definitely seen a lot of butter in the 'stick' format that's more common in the US. For example, the President's Choice 'country churned' unsalted butter is packaged in cardboard with 4 foil-wrapped sticks.
re: NoMoreSnuggles
I wonder how they got around that rule. It's one of the more bizarre aspects of the milk board rules that were outlined in that G&M article. I vastly prefer buying butter in sticks since I bake with it so much.
re: Georgia Strait
But the article doesn't say the pound/half pound is the law, just the foil wrapper
"You can't do much about packaging (butter must be sold in a printed foil wrapper) ..."
re: Anne M
It's been a while since I bought the PC butter that comes in sticks, but I could swear that it's packaged like the US butter - four sticks in wax paper inside a waxed board box. Curious.
re: geekmom
My regular butter is PC Unsalted. It comes in four foil-wrapped sticks inside a box (they also sell salted the same way). I can also buy Lactancia in the same format.
re: Georgia Strait
GS, your comment in the thread about crackers reminded me that I never followed up here about the Stirling butter. I called the dairy manager at the Park Royal WF and asked about it, but unfortunately they are not stocking it in the BC stores nor do they plan to.
Wegman's sells Kerry Gold. They put it next to the Plugra butter. I boiught some Kerry Gold once and then looked at the expiration date. It was more than a year in the future! They must have every preservative known to man in it. And I did not much care for the taste either. If you're after good butter, try some Plugra. Or find some Amish or Mennonites close by.
re: Enigma3
Enigma3, you might have missed that this discussion is taking place on a BC (Canada) board. We can't buy Plugra here, or in Washington State. And the Amish & Mennonite communities here are bound by the same stupid dairy board rules that all the other milk producers in Canada are stuck with, so they can't sell their own butter.
re: Enigma3
I guess here is where I admit the desperate lengths I will go to get good French butter. Happened to be in Zabars in Manhattan and stumbled across some French butter. Spent the next hour wandering the neighbourhood searching for a insulated lunch bag or similar cooler. Finally found a kid's one at Toys R Us. Went back, bought 6 blocks of butter and giant ziploc bags.When we checked out of the hotel, asked for ice, jury rigged icepacks with ice cubes and ziplocs, stuffed them and the butter in the insulated bag and quadruple sealed it in even bigger ziplocs and stashed it in my carry-on luggage. It was worth it.
More on topic, Les Amis on W 2nd has a locally made butter whose name I can't remember. Around $8 or $9. Good but not great.
re: mrbitterpants
My dad did the same for me but with salted caramels (which maybe counts as butter!) before coming home on an overseas flight. Only he left the iced bag of caramels in the hotel :( I felt more bad for him than about the left-behind sweets.
Is the butter @ Les Amis from Farm House?
re: queueueuq
I just phoned and asked them about this and yes, it is from The Farm House in Agassiz. They don't have it all of the time, but the guy was happy to put my name on a list and call me when they get some butter in. He had no idea what the fat content of the butter is, though.
re: mrbitterpants
I love this story. I would totally do this. Or ditch my clothes in order to pack more cookbooks into my suitcase on the way home...
Not exactly on topic, but might be interesting to some...
For those who are in the unpasteurized milk program, most of the places will let you order extra cream with your pickup. We did this a couple times this summer and made butter out of it and then threw it in the freezer.
It is quite easy to do and we used a nice grey salt to salt it. It is effing amazing and just ridiculously good.
Thought I'd throw that out there for those who are interested.
re: Georgia Strait
The first time we tried it with the cream from the milk we order. Put it in a mason jar and shook it for about 10mins. That's it. It solidifies into butter with the buttermilk separate so you just strain them and wash the butter to get all the buttermilk out (otherwise it goes rancid much faster). The first time we made buttermilk biscuits with the buttermilk and used the fresh butter on them right out of the oven. It is hard to describe how good it was. Photo of the first batch of butter below.
Now for larger batches we use the stand mixer (kitchenaid) and it takes a little less time but no shaking and still tastes great.
re: jcolvin
re: Jzone
Well, it's just about the best thing there is. Fresh scone, home-made strawberry jam and big dollop of clotted cream. You really need not-ultra-pasteurized heavy cream (higher fat content than whipping cream), which is just about impossible to buy in dairy-Nazi Canada (no heavy cream for you!). It's half-way between whipped cream and butter and should be thick, yellow and absolutely delicious. You can buy small glass jars of it imported from England which you should try, although it's not as good as the home-made stuff.
re: jcolvin
Agreed. Clotted cream made from very heavy, unpasteurized cream is the BEST thing to spread on a scone. I think I may already have mentioned it in this thread but you can buy really nice unpasteurized (aka raw) cream from the food co-op in Bellingham -- and possibly in other natural foods stores in Washington State. If you're in a raw milk cow-share or know someone else who is, that's an option too.
Then when you have a long day at home and no other need for your oven, you can try it out. I used this recipe http://www.cupcakeproject.com/2009/09...
re: geekmom
Just an FYI you don't have to use raw/unpasteurized milk, I just mentioned it because we kinda decided to make butter because of it. Coincidence only really :) Any good cream should work.
re: Jzone
That's a good point. Sometimes I pick up more cream at Avalon than I end up needing, and making our own butter would be a fun way to use it up before it goes bad. But I think for things like cheese & clotted cream, you really do need to be using raw milk or cream to get the best possible outcome.
re: geekmom
this past summer i made some "easy" devon cream (to go with jam scones) --- it was one of the hottest summer afternoons and it held up really well for the short time that it took for everyone to dive in to it - so to speak
for about 2 cups of product, use half a brick of softened cr cheese (4 ounce) and one small container 250 ml of Cdn whipping cream (usually in the pink carton) --- blend together well with an electric hand-held beater - add salt / sugar to taste - put in to a glass serving dish, cover and fridge til serving time. Everyone loved it.
re: Anne M
I've seen Cows butter at Sebastian & Co, the organic butcher in Dundarave in West Van, too. I haven't tried it either. I really should!
i went on a butter research mission yesterday - as much as one can at an IGA Marketplace,m, well, it was a very rainy day ; ) -- and i read the labels but cannot see where milkfat percentage is specified on the labelling.
i was surprised by this as MF % is clearly shown on other dairy products, like cottage cheese, yogurt, milk etc
did i miss something in that micro-print on the butter foil?
re: Georgia Strait
I don't think so, GS -- I just checked the wrapper of the butter I have in the fridge (Canadian, from Foothills Creamery in Alberta) and there is no MF% shown either. You know, I never thought about this before, but you're absolutely right - everything from sour cream to yogurt and, of course, milk is very clearly labeled with the fat content.
re: geekmom
i just looked in my stash of US grocery treasure --- and checked some Kirkland (costco) USA organic butter and it simply says something to effect of "this product meets all requirements for labelling" (as in Grade AA)
yet even the little plastic pkg of CDN McClarens (the pressed cheddar-flavor cheese that one uses in that recipe for rice crispie cheese crackers) - it says MF 31 or something percent.
i must say in my research mission this past Sunday - i noticed that the mandated CDN foil butter wrappers are often torn and ugh - who would buy that! --- whereas the USA butter is usually in a cardboard pkg then quarter-wraps inside.
well - hopefully this fall sunshine FINALLY today after our catch-up +/- 200 mm of rain will generate some nice green late-season grass for the few commercial dairy cows that get to go outside in the pasture. Remember the old Pacific brand milk label - pastoral scene w/ beautiful Mt Cheam or one of those mtns out there in the Valley.
re: Georgia Strait
That's another problem with the Canadian dairy system. Free range eggs you can get. Free range milk, not so much.
re: jcolvin
I agree. And my friend in Maple Ridge can raise a smallish flock of hens and sell me their incredible eggs directly but she can't raise a small herd of dairy cows and do the same with their milk. There's something wrong here.
re: geekmom
Here's what looks to be some great butter out of Ontario, including an 84% high-fat variety. I don't know why nobody in BC carries it. http://www.stirlingcreamery.com/
edit: looks like it might be available in BC but only as a foodservice (restaurant/commercial product)
re: jcolvin
Wow, what a find! World's 30 great butters list... who knew such a thing existed?
I will see if I can track some down when I'm next in Ontario. Thanks, jcolvin.
re: geekmom
Talked to them and Whole Paycheck here will be carrying their butters soon!
re: jcolvin
Cool! Thanks for doing the footwork. I will look for it next time I'm in WF.
re: Georgia Strait
Actually the foil wrapping is pretty useful - you can save it to grease baking pans or cover fish in the oven. Whereas the wrapping + box + individual sticks just seems wasteful to me (most of my baking is done by grams not tablespoons though)
I haven't tried it yet, but I just found this company that makes hand-churned butter from BC organic milk -- http://www.churnbutters.com/
I'll check them out at the farmer's market tomorrow. They sell both plain (salted or unsalted) butter, and flavoured butters.
re: geekmom
Are they still showing up to the farmers markets? Their site says last weekend was it :-(
re: geekmom
look for this bread to go w/ your butter!
(his dad is at the farmer markets in Kelowna area - wine country bakery)
re: Georgia Strait
Yes, they are at the Burnaby market every week but we are fairly die-hard Bread Affair fans so we usually get our bread there. What do you buy from Gesundheit, GS?
re: geekmom
well, we usually buy from his dad - in okanagan - the pretzel buns stand out in my mind - there is also a poppy seed bread loaf (rolled up) that we like too (very european)
re: pretzel buns - take butter to the market w/ you --- i think it's legal to eat while parked in the car - haha!
did you see this thread over on the general topics --- all about those of us who like cold butter - lots of input about Anchor butter too.
re: geekmom
I had a lovely chat with the lady who owns Churn at today's market. She said her cream comes from Avalon & she generally has a MF% between 84-87%. It varies because the butter is hand churned so it comes out a little differently each time.
I mentioned that I have big plans to conquer my nemesis pastry this winter & would like to be able to buy larger amounts of the butter and she said that she's happy for us to stop by her facility on Winston St in Burnaby if we want to arrange to pick up our butter. This sounds great because I can combine it with a stop at El Comal to buy freshly made corn tortillas!
She has a very intriguing selection of flavoured butters -- both sweet and savoury -- but I resisted & just bought a 125g large round of the plain unsalted butter.
re: geekmom
Nice! I hope she doesn't get hassled by the dairy police for not wrapping her butter in approved bilingual foil or some such nonsense.
This discussion has really intrigued me so yesterday my family (husband, 11 yr old son and I) devised a pseudo-scientific blind taste test of four butters:
1. our control butter - unsalted Foothills creamery butter from Calgary, which is the cheapest one I can find around Vancouver
2. cultured, unsalted butter from Farm House in Agassiz http://www.farmhousecheeses.com/
3. cultured, unsalted butter from Churn, based in Burnaby and made using Avalon cream
4. unsalted Kerrygold butter
At this point I've yet to find another made-in-BC butter for this comparison. I did notice that Les Amis du Fromage sells an artisan butter from Quebec but I will have to try that some other time.
We cut small slices of a plain white artisan bread and had someone else spread the four kinds of butter on them so that we wouldn't know which we were tasting beforehand.
The verdict was fairly clear that out of the four, the Foothills butter (not surprisingly) was the least impressive -- it had almost no flavour and was pale and odorless. The Kerrygold, also not surprisingly, was the clear winner in depth of flavour, and was the only butter that had any kind of smell. The colour of the Kerrygold is rich and yellow.
The Farm House butter came very close to Kerrygold in colour; it's lovely and yellow. We also all commented that it had an excellent texture - it was smooth and very pleasing to eat. However, in flavour we actually preferred the Churn butter. It came very close to the flavour of the Kerrygold butter and we all found ourselves wanting to taste the Kerrygold again to compare it to Churn as we felt they were quite close. My son was the only one who was put off by the assertive flavour of the Kerrygold butter; I quote: "There's a weird flavour jumping around in my mouth, and I can't say I like it." His favourite of the four was Churn.
So there you go. I hope this is helpful to you or at least amusing. I am pretty sure most of my off-line friends (not foodies) would think that we were barking mad.
re: geekmom
that is great - esp on a pouring rain wkd (with bits of sunshine) --- i have seen that brand called Foothills ---- will keep the meh factor in mind (poor cows who work so hard to make the milk etc)
now if we could just get our hands (and taste buds) on some of the Stirling butter from Ontario.
the Royal Winter Fair in TO starts this coming wkd - i wonder what the butter competition will reveal this year www.royalfair.org --- check out the butter sculpture competition too!
re: Georgia Strait
I'll be watching out for that Stirling butter at Whole Paycheque in the next couple of months - I often have time to kill around the Park Royal area in West Van. :-)
re: geekmom
oh you take a ferry ; )
i know that whole paychq too - i go there sometimes - i'll look too
... and if you see it, post us a note here
re: Georgia Strait
By the way, I didn't mean to disparage the Foothills Creamery product - it's just very average (if you ever get a chance to try their ice cream, you'll find it's extremely yummy -- we were quite happy to explore the range of flavours during an Alberta road trip in May). I use the Foothills butter for baking all the time; however, once I finally tackle the Tartine croissant recipe, I will be ordering some higher-fat butter from Churn, thanks to what I've learned on this thread.
re: geekmom
out of curiosity i was just looking at the Foothills website - i'm familiar with some of their products being a grocery shopper in Jasper sometimes - anyway, do you think this is a typo? it says that their best butter can be frozen for up to six YEARS (maybe they mean months? ; )
re: geekmom
Was at Benton Bros in Granville market and they had Cows creamery butter (PEI) and a nice-looking butter called "beurre ancestral" from Fromagerie le Detour (Quebec). I'm sure both are excellent, but I didn't try because I still have a load of butter from WA to get through.
re: geekmom
I see that this thread is a little old, but I hope I can still get some info. Where did you/can I find UN-salted Kerrygold butter? I desperately need some.
re: lhooweta
They sell it at TJ's in Bellingham.
so - in the interest of informal science - we just bought some butter from Cows Creamery at a local vancouver area independent supermarket - the SEA SALT type that was quite expensive (maybe around 5 dollars for half pound foil wrap) - nothing special - i am not a big fan. It is hyper-salty. the cows at cows must drink the seawater out there in pei. I compared the label to organic butter from USA and it is approx twice the sodium (the serving sizes on PEI vs USA are diff hence the "approx"
no offense to the lovely cows on PEI and the beautiful scenery - but i will not buy the Cows sea salt again - the label is cute, the concept is cute - but the sea salt is way too much to our taste (and we like the popular Lays ripple potato chips - so we do salt)
ps - i just came across this on internet - butter review - i like the photos -
re: Georgia Strait
Wow, sounds like it is REALLY salty. Kerrygold wins again - their salted butter is lovely, not overpoweringly salty at all. If only we could buy imported butter in Canada! I would give my eye teeth to get my hands on some of that elusive grass-fed NZ butter that only select pastry chefs are allowed to buy here.
I will say if you ever happen across Animal Farm butter from Orwell, Vermont, buy it without question. I had some at the French Laundry a month or so ago, and it was absolutely amazing. For a while I guess Keller was buying all of their butter, but supposedly it's available in small quantities now.
re: farman
Point Roberts, Washington might be a shorter drive than B'ham for some people. The grocery store there carries Kerry Gold and 2 types of Organic Valley butter, both the cultured & salted. That's a very nice butter - http://www.organicvalley.coop/product...
A caterer friend told me that when she bakes bread or pastry with Kirkland butter, she takes into account that it contains more water than BC butter so adds maybe 20% less water when using Kirkland.
speaking of Kerry Gold - i bought some Kerry Gold cheddar cheese at safeway store in Oregon - will be interesting to try it - will it be better than my current fav Coastal Cheddar (best price is at costco)
well - i found some STIRLING butter - very exciting ...
(see the Globe & Mail article linked above, way above - here is the link http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/f...)
... at an independent supermarket in Sechelt BC on the Sunshine Coast
the pkg does not say if it's the 84% butter fat version (as cited in article) - it is the round restaurant style butter balls - about $6.59 for a box the size of a 1 pound butter brick - and you get about 24 balls tho i did not count them out.
we compared with Kirkland (Costco) USA organic butter - i'd say similar mouth fat feel - creamy - and for sure the Stirling tastes saltier and according to the pkg, has a higher sodium content (mg) than the Kirkland USA.
i cannot find the Milk Fat percentage on the box - i think we discussed this in the earlier days of this thread.
so - maybe another independent like Stongs on the west side of the city would have Stirling for a 'butter flight' taste test
ps - if anyone goes up to the sunshine coast (gibsons, roberts creek, sechelt, pender harbour et al) --- the supermarket is called Claytons - and it is in the main mall in Sechelt downtown near the police station and town hall
also - if you're up there on the Sunshine Coast, make a point of stopping at Sharkey's Fish Locker - best fish ever and great fish and chips too - google them for the ph number, location and hours (varies seasonally)http://sharkeysfishlocker.squarespace...
Found a new butter and it's lovely. Golden Ears Cheesecrafters. http://goldenearscheeseworks.com/ They make a "cultured" butter, rich and mild, a little less cultured than Farm House which is sometimes a bit too cultured for my taste. Very good value too at around $6 / lb. They have a long list of retailers, not sure if they all have the butter since I bought mine at the factory store. Very good indeed!
re: jcolvin
Nice - thank you. I will check it out!
I found some unsalted New Zealand butter, 84% butterfat, at Red Square Bakery in Burnaby - http://rsquare.com/
Sounds like the New Zealand butter that Thomas Haas mentioned in the Globe & Mail article - http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/f...
It's $5.37 a pound. It tasted like a rich, solid cream. Really good.
re: NoMoreSnuggles
I saw 84% Stirling at Costco (just off Willingdon) yesterday, I have a feeling it's less than $6 for 1 lb as I think it may be a couple of dollars more than the cheaper one which I think is less than $4. But I wasn't paying a lot of attention as I have decided to just go to trader joe's to stock up on kerrigold once in a while.
re: brokentelephone
Kerrygold is rumoured to contain a large percentage of unobtainium thus making it more desirable.
re: brokentelephone
Hi BT - i think sam has answered your question here - funny feedback - however, I am curious as to which butter you (possibly from away) would buy out here .... that is if you have reason to use / buy better butter (say that fast X times!)
re: Georgia Strait
Frankly I guess because I'm here temporarily I'm not as concerned with butter as I should be -- Dairyland cuts it for me -- though my dad will often go to Les Amis Du Fromage and buy Lescure (again, a non-premium European brand elevated overseas) which is OK.
In the UK I think we're slightly spoiled for butter; the supermarkets all carry Kerrygold, President, Lurpac, Lescure, etc., plus many many local varieties with varying fat contents, feeds, and breed.
I think what ruins Kellygold is a very aged Johnny Rotten shilling it on TV in London. It might be ok, but certainly is marketed to the masses.
Are there not local farms making good stuff and selling at Granville Island, Whole Foods, etc?
re: brokentelephone
Kerrigold is the only obtainable 100% grassfed butter here ... I think that is the reason for a few people these days .... (including me).
About Stirling - I went to Costco again yesterday, they were all gone but the sign is still there making me think that it will be restocked and the price is $5.49 for 1 lb so less than 1/2 price from Whole Foods...
re: yatyat
Dear yatyat,
where did you find Kerrigold in the Vancouver area ?
Kerrigold is apparently no longer the best on the market:
Anchor Butter from NZ is the only true 100% grass fed butter it seems...
re: axllove4chow
Kerrygold is not sold in Vancouver but I usually stock up my butter in WA. I am aware of the Kerrygold situation so When I was in Bellingham a couple of months ago, I went looking for alternatives but found none except for the seasonal Organic Valley one but I didn't get any because it would have to sit in the hot car all day so ended up buying a bunch of Kerrygold again. I thought Anchor would be easy to find but not so ....


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November 28, 2014
An idea begun last year by four people in western Nebraska to feed the hungry is doing just that -- to the tune of more than 300 people a week.
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The Alamo Sierran e-Newsletter - November, 2014
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* General Meetings *
Tuesday, November 18th: Solar Update
Lanny Sinkin, Executive Director of Solar San Antonio, will give an update on progress made in solar energy, particularly new programs soon to be available for distributed solar energy.
Tuesday, December 9th: Holiday Party Features Special Venue, Music, and Silent Auction
Come celebrate the Alamo Group's very successful year at our annual Holiday Party and Potluck Dinner on Tuesday, December 9th from 7 to 9 p.m.. This special event will be held at Dorćol Distilling Company, 1902 S Flores St (south of Cevallos, at the railroad crossing). Dorćol's unique elixirs will be available—made with traditional apricot brandy or non-alcoholic.
There will be a tour of the distillery at 7 p.m. Our party will feature a variety of music and great food (potluck dishes welcome) our members are known for. As in years past, there will be a silent auction of unique gifts and certificates donated by members, local businesses and craftspeople. Auction items will be posted on our website's Events page shortly before the event so you can bid on them via email in case you can't make it to the party.
There will be a $10 cover fee at the door. All proceeds go to promote our worthwhile cause. There is free parking on the streets and the public is welcome. Please contact Margaret Day if you have any questions, would like to help, or wish to donate to our auction.
Please check the website soon for updates about this event, particularly for the auction items! This is an important fundraiser for Alamo Group. Net proceeds from the 2013 party and auction were nearly $2,300.
Times, maps and speaker bios are on our Events page.
A Word from the Alamo Group Chair
Vista Ridge update
Sierrans and many regional partners have been working very diligently to look into the San Antonio Water System's (SAWS) Vista Ridge project and contract, which was approved by the SAWS Board of Trustees on September 29th. Vista Ridge commits SAWS to buy 50,000 acre feet of water per year for 30 years from Burleson County. It is our view that due diligence should go beyond SAWS limited scope. The City of San Antonio and other stakeholders should exercise proper oversight to assure that this deal meets diverse, long-term best interests of the City and its citizens.
SAWS has proven able to manage our water needs, but this project and process is different. Remember that Vista Ridge partners offered this package in response to SAWS' request for proposals. SAWS staff responded that the pipeline proposals were not desirable or necessary. We believe that pressure from business interests railroaded this project and fast track approval. It is unjustifiable that this project be adopted quickly for there is inadequate evaluation and public awareness, and proponents' claims—such as decades of water crisis, loss of jobs, need for abundant water, to lock in interest rates, or because we deserve it for our conservation efforts—are questionable.
Interested stakeholders have discovered many Vista Ridge concerns—from a lack of due diligence, excessive rate increases for area citizens, partner weaknesses, unreliability of the groundwater supply, questionable aspects of the contract, to excessive supply which will also be used to fuel poorly controlled sprawl risking our primary Edwards Aquifer water source, among other problems. This intense scrutiny leads environmental leaders to believe that SAWS and San Antonio can do better for our citizens.
Please go to the Alamo Sierra Club website to learn more about this important, fast-moving issue. There you can access a clearinghouse of vital documents on Vista Ridge concerns, which is regularly updated with new reports. Please use the City Council contact information to communicate your views to decision makers, in whose hands the decision rests.
As of this writing, Mayor Taylor still had not delayed the vote—scheduled for Oct. 30— on the 16% SAWS rate increase request that enables Vista Ridge, as requested. We hope that City Hall will delay the vote and open up input and deliberations.
Executive Committee Candidate Statements
Members please send in your vote for our annual election using the ballot in the paper edition that you will receive by mail; clip that out and your address label is on the reverse side. We have three positions open on our Executive Committee for three-year terms.
Terry Burns
I have served on the Alamo Sierra Club Executive Committee since my appointment in 2013, and I am running for a full term. I have also been Co-Chair of the Alamo Conservation Committee during this time. I have been involved especially in Clean Air, SAWS, CPS and VIA issues. I serve as an elected member of the Lone Star Chapter Executive Committee, providing us linkage with State issues. I am a life member of the Sierra Club and recently retired physician. I would appreciate the opportunity to continue working on the important local environmental issues of vital concern to us all. Thank you for your support.
Margaret (Peggy) Day
I have an M.A. in planning, specializing in environmental planning. A Club member since 2002, I first served as a Puerto Rico Chapter founding director and serve on the Alamo Group ExCom, as chair for the last five years. As well, I regularly help with publicity, fundraising, tabling, events, programs, outings, political, conservation, newsletter, and education committees. I thank you for your endorsement.
Alan Montemayor
I am a lifelong San Antonio native and have been active with the Sierra Club since 1983. I am an environmentalist, hiker, retired mechanical engineer and love to travel the world with my wife and friends. I'm passionate about conservation of natural resources, clean energy, local agriculture, sustainability and improving the quality of life for not just San Antonio and Bexar County residents, but the whole world.
Get Your 2015 Sierra Club Calendars
Support Sierra Club Youth Outdoors San Antonio (formerly Inner-City Outings) by purchasing your 2015 calendars from us. Anne Pearson will be handling the sale of these beautiful calendars.
Contact Anne at 408-6321 or just bring your money to the next membership meeting or the holiday party. Remember, you cant go wrong with a Sierra Club Calendar as a gift. The engagement calendars are $16, the wall calendars $15.
Welcome to our new membership co-chairs!
Hi! My name is Julie Cornelius and I am your new Membership co-chair. I've been a member since 2011 and also serve on the conservation committee. I look forward to recruiting new members and engaging some as volunteers. My Co-chair is Sarah Foster, who is a new (but very enthusiastic) member. She's all about sustainability and finding other like-minded people in San Antonio. I'm passionate about water and land conservation, organic gardening, and sustainability. I am a Master Naturalist, the District 2 appointee for the City of San Antonio's Citizen's Environmental Advisory Committee and am involved in several other organizations around town that all involve some aspect of sustainability.
San Antonio is faced with some important environmental issues right now due to rapid growth and I'd love to see the Alamo Group grow, gain strength and continue inspiring San Antonio to change! It takes a village, though, so I'm counting on all current members to bring in new members. We're starting a membership drive contest. There will be a grand prize of cash and other cool prizes. In order to qualify, there will be minimums for the number of paid members you recruit so start recruiting now. Stay tuned to the newsletter and come to meetings for more info. See you at the next meeting!
Please Consider The Alamo Sierra Club In Your Holiday Giving
Each December we ask you for a donation to help cover our expenses, such as this newsletter and our Witte fee. Your financial help frees volunteers to work on our education and conservation campaigns. This year we're asking for a contribution of $10.
Your money will be well spent and deeply appreciated. Because we work on political issues this contribution is not tax deductible. If you wish to make a tax-deductible donation on our behalf you may make it out to the Sierra Club Foundation, for the Alamo Group. Please send your donation to:
The Alamo Group of the Sierra Club
P.O. Box 6443
San Antonio, TX 78209
You can enter your donation amount on the fundraising/ballot in the paper edition that you will receive by mail. Thanks for your continuing support and environmental activism.
Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter news
The Lone Star Chapter is Sierra Club's Texas presence, largely working out of an Austin office. For news from the Lone Star chapter see texas.sierraclub.org.
Of note at this time is an article about LCRA's Fayette coal-fired power plant, which is the fifth-largest emitter of carbon dioxide in the state. The Austin city council has directed Austin Energy to discuss with LCRA how improve operational control of the plant so as the reduce environmental impact.
Also, "As the beginning of the next Texas Legislature gets closer, the Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter is looking for committed students and recent graduates with a strong passion for the environment and social justice to fill engaging and rewarding internship positions in its Austin office to begin January 2015." Here is more information about our internship program. Current internship position openings include Community Outreach, Political Engagement, and Media and Communications.
To see what is happening at other Sierra Club chapters, go to the chapter list at sierraclub.org/near-you.
Social Events
meet and greet your Sierra Club friends
Regrettably the Alamo Sierra Club Friday socials have been discontinued due to limited interest. Thanks to all of you that have participated in the past. If you would like to help get these socials started again in the future, contact Loyd Cortez at email@example.com.
Sign Up for Action Alerts
The Sierra Club is all about citizen action on critical issues. Quick citizen input often spells the difference between victory and defeat for important measures at the local and state levels. Sign up now to receive our local e-mail Conservation Action Alerts and let your voice be heard. Call (674-9489) or email Loyd Cortez and we'll add your name to our growing list of environmental activists.
Sierra Club national news
Sierra Club's national website is at sierraclub.org. Of note at this time...
San Gabriel Mountains National Monument established
This new 350,000 acre national monument, established by presidential proclamation, is within Angeles National Forest and an hour's drive for 17 million people. These mountains provide 1/3 of Los Angeles County's drinking water. Here's the article.
...Water, water, water... there is no shortage of water in the desert but exactly the right amount... unless you try to establish a city where no city should be.
- Edward Abbey, from Desert Solitaire
Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument expanded
This national monument was originally established by President George W. Bush and now is six times larger. This national monument, administered by the Fish and Wildlife Service, will help protect critically endangered and threatened species in this fragile central Pacific Ocean environment from exploitation. Here is the national monument's website.
The five best foods to forage
...As the article says, "Who needs the agricultural-industrial complex when you can gather food near home? The first way humans got food is still free - and green."
Note the link to the right of the article page, which provides a signup option for receiving daily green tips by e-mail.
Sierra Club Politics and Elections web page
Per the page, "The Sierra Club will promote leaders who take bold action on climate and clean energy, and expose those who still choose toxic money over human health."
Here is the Sierra Club web voter guide for Texas.
We don't need any more evidence – the time for action on the climate crisis is now. The American people know. Polls show that huge majorities have been personally affected by extreme weather and want the government to do something about it. The market knows. Coal's outlook is sinking and clean energy's is skyrocketing.
- Melissa Williams, National Political Director
Outings: The Call of the Wild
Visit the Alamo Sierra Club Outings page on Meetup for detailed information about all of our upcoming Sierra Club Outings.
Lion's Field Events
Monthly films and presentations for your edification and enjoyment
Wednesday, January 28th: To Be Announced
Lion's Field Events are on a holiday break and will return in January, 2015.
Wednesday, August 27th: Learn about the Fundamentals of Streetcars
Dave Dobbs of Austin's Light Rail Now! website will discuss the fundamentals of streetcars. He is very knowledgeable about all aspects of multimodal transit, of which the streetcar is a part, plus transit oriented development, across the country.
Wednesday, September 24th: The Cove
The Cove examines dolphin hunting practices in Japan and was awarded the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2010.
Wednesday, October 22nd: Introduction to Native Plants of Bexar County
John Nikolatos and Joan Miller, from the Native Plant Society of Texas, will discuss growing native plants to conserve water. John will give an introduction and Joan will present ten native plants recommended for San Antonio.
The next event will be in January due to the holidays. Please check the Lion's Field Events page for updates.
Our Lion's Field events are free and open to the public. They occur on the fourth Wednesday of each month at the Lion's Field Adult Center, 2809 Broadway @ Mulberry. Programs begin at 6:30 p.m..
Visit our Lion's Field Events page for a map and additional information.
News and Contributions
San Antonio Arbor Day & National Public Lands Day
Lots of activities for families! 8 am -Tree K fun run, with Rent-a-Rover option; 9 am - volunteer park clean up; 10 am - free tree adoption; 200 trees, 1 per family. Also: booths, saw mill and tree climbing demos and pet adoptions.
Saturday, November 8th
8 a.m. till noon
Eisenhower Park, 19399 NW Military Hwy
For more info see the Alamo Group's Community Events page or the San Antonio Parks and Recreation Dept calendar web page (crowded calendar!). Or call Parks and Rec, 210-207-3108.


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Ok so i was just playing random music and this song came on and i started to wonder what it would be like if Trey was to sing this song to me and i would like to know from you all if that chance ever happened to you what song would you want him to sing to you and it does not have to be one of his songs it can be any song that you can think of
@TreysBabe1 Yea I agree I would want him to sing a song to me that he's never performed! That would be HELLA special! :-)
If I could have Trey Sing any song to me it would be his own One Love. I would have to say that that is my all time favorite song of his. This is the song that made me notice him. Then I love what the song is saying.
I would love for him to sing All I do is think of you! The original version by the Jacksons, I love that song.
Hey Shay (# Ambitious Angel). I agree. I thought I was the only one whos favorite is "All the Ifs". "Blind" is my second favorite. Two songs I've never heard him sing.
If i could have Trey sing one song to me it'd have to be It Would Be You..... Just the thought of him singing that song to me & knowing that he'd do anything in the world for us and our love.. Okay that's enough lol, but that's my song
It Would Be You is the song that would melt me right off my seat. AND if he sang Girl Tonite by Ready For The World.
I always say that if i ever spoke to or met trey i would ask him to sing me Kinda Lovin' ... its my favorite Trey song && its one of those songs where its as if he's singing directly to youu lol i always close my eyes && dream when i listen to that songg :)
Ok I would want Trey to sing "Love" by Musiq! Thats one of my favorite songz ever! And I think Trey would make that songoh so sexy!
I would make him sing half of "All The Ifs" and half of "We Should Be" (I'm cheating so he can sing two songs in one) Lmao! But I am Sooooo in love with those two songs. But I also have many Trey favorites. :-)
luther vandross, dance w/ my father. i just get teary eyed 2 even think of my favorite guy, singing a song bout my other favorite guy(my daddy). that wud b awesome.
Its hard i like all his songs but if i had to choose the ultimate song it would be love lost off of the ready album. its one of my fav records of his.
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My all time fav Trey song has to be "We Should Be" hands down. That is one of themost beautiful songz I have ever heard and I can play that song all day!
We Should Be b/c that is one of the most beautiful songs Trey has ever done and his voice is OMG in that song..I would honestly cry if Trey ever sung that song to me! lol
Kinda Lovin...from his first album! He doesn't do the old stuff anymore...so it would be a pleasure to hear
I would have to say One Love as well. I so love this song and other than the video I've never seen him perform it live. It's like he's singing from his heart everytime I see the video or hear the song. Just beautiful, like the man himself.
I would love for Trey to sing to me... One Love, that is my second favorite song from him... I like Last Time as my first favorite, (but I wouldnt want him singing that to me lol) One Love is such a beautiful song, when I saw the video, I was on the verge of tears. I know I would cry if he sang that to me.


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