To Our Caterers

First of all, we want to thank you for your willingness to be a part of Cartoneo Y Nopalitos in such an important and delicious way!

In this New Year & new project, we are also dedicating ourselves to this new cause: protecting our environment. Please join us as we embark in this new and exciting venture as we switch to a “Go Green” mentality.

A few ways we can do this is by:

• Reusing containers for transportation of food and beverages.
• If buying new appliances and supplies for food service, look for the recycle symbol on packaging.
• Using less gas - By making a list of needed supplies, you are saving yourself time, gas & tons of energy in making a on stop shopping trip. And hey! While you’re at it, bring the finished list to set & throw it in our “paper” recycling bin.

We figured that in having a different caterer help us each day, it might be nice for you guys to have a one stop place to find information on local and organic farmers. So, without further adieu; please note the following vendors who offer organic fruits, vegetables, dairy, fish, poultry and grass fed beef:

Finca Pura Vida:
Fayetteville, TX.
979-249-3866
fincapuravida.com
Certified Organic:
WINTER VEGETABLES- Baby heirloom lettuce. Snow peas, collard greens, boc Choy, cilantro, parsley, diakon
radish, French breakfast radish, turnips, Swiss chard, spinach, Kale, carrots, dill,
arrugala, celery, broccoli, cheddar cauliflower, snow cauliflower, Chinese cabbage,
chiogia beets, cylindrical beets, Detroit Dark beets.
SPRING VEGETABLES- parsnips, fennel, cilantro, dill, arrugala, head and baby lettuce, carrots, collards, Cauliflower, broccoli,
beets, green onions, onions, garlic, boc choy, Chinese cabbage, Celery, asparagus, heirloom tomatoes,
green beans, Rosa Bianca eggplant and black imperial eggplant, California wonder sweet peppers orange
and red, zucchini, crook neck, scallopinni, pipian and young ayote.
SUMMER VEGETABLES- Burgundy and green Okra, Rosa Bianca and Black Imperial eggplant , sweet peppers, heirloom tomatoes; grape,
brandywine, black Russian, pink Thai egg, pineapple, and Kellog's breakfast. Summer also has long beans, , bitter
melon, California wonder sweet peppers orange and red, zucchini, crook neck, scallopinni,pipian and young ayote, long beans.
FALL VEGETABLES- Rosa Bianca eggplant and black imperial eggplant, California wonder sweet peppers orange and red, Turnips,
Rappini, Red Russian Kale, Green Beans, heirloom Lebanese cucumbers, zucchini, crook neck, scallopinni, pipian
and ayote, cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage red and green, Amish heirloom lettuce, Diakon radish, Tomatoes, Boc
Choy, Swiss Chard, Chines Cabbage, Collard Greens, Okra, lettuce

ALSO- Chickens (eggs & meat), Turkeys, Geese, Pigs and Cows (milk).

L&M Beef:
L&M Ranch, 1650 County Road 112, Floresville, TX 78114
830-393-6366
lmbeef.com
CERTIFIED GRASS-FED BEEF
The link below is on their website and had TONS of excellent facts and info.
http://www.lmbeef.com/about-grass-fed-beef.html

Aquaponic Farm/ R. Scott Enterprises, Inc:
2574 FM 1343 Devine, TX 78016
830-931-6415
no website
TILAPIA, VEGETABLES (watercress, basil, lettuce) AND EGGS
(doesn't list other veggies)

Oak Hills Farm:

3843 W CR 304, JOURDANTON, TX 78026

or Farm Road 476 and State Highway 16, Poteet, TX 78065

512-470-7292
PRODUCE- BLACKBERRIES, CANTALOUPES, HONEYDEW MELONS, STRAWBERRIES,WATERMELONS, BERRIES,

BEANS, BEETS, BROCCOLI, CARROTS, CAULIFLOWER, GREENS, LETTUCE, OKRA, ONIONS, PEAS,POTATOES, SPINACH, SQUASH, TOMATOES.

Thanks guys! We're so excited about this step in production for CYN :)

The Red is Green

As an attestation of our "green status", we would like to present:

The Red!

It is a switch in production for CineVeliz which is cost effective & eco-friendly.

Here's the down-low.

Film celluloid does not record audio and one needs a separate recording device. Focus is very complex and there is an additional person that operates that side of the camera.

Digital filming devices, aka The Red, can record both image and sound.

Film needs to be developed, it can’t be seen immediately and reels need to be changed often in a highly difficult process involving unloading and reloading in the dark, with out the use of visual sight.

Digitally, we are able to remove the data card and view progress on a computer; cutting out what isn't useful and keeping what is.

There's our cost effectiveness!

Source: http://ezinearticles.com/?Film-vs.-Digital-Cameras---a-Comparison-in-Filmmaking&id=506781

There are pretty harmful chemicals involved in processing the film, once the footage is taken. In digital we are able to use "cards". They are able to be input, removed & erased; therefore re-use is the keyword here.

The Red providesmore than 5 times the amount of information available every second and a vastly superior recording quality than. In addition, you get the same breathtaking Depth of Field and selective focus as found in film cameras using equivalent lenses.

And the reason why we're using it in the first place :)

Source: www.Redcameras.com

So - repeat after me: "The Red...is Green!!"

Here are some movies that have been shot with The Red, for your viewing pleasure!!

The Lovely Bones from Dir. Peter Jackson (of The Lord of the Rings fame)

The Informant from Dir. Steven Soderbergh (of Erin Brockovich & Traffic fame) also starring Matt Damon (do I need to tell you who he is???) and Joel McHale (from The Soup, c'mon!!)

And a shot taken by The Red for a film called Bagus...l wish I had a clip from A Kiss & A Promise from Dir. Phillip Guzman, but this'll have to do :)

Source: http://vimeo.com/groups/1752/videos/7894241

Pre-Production Vol II

One of the ways we have decided we want to make a difference with this project is supporting our local farmer's market and organic growers. What better way to go green than by supplying our caterers with all natural, all local ingredients?

But here's the DL:

We've been emailing back and forth with a few local farmers/organic growers in the San Antonio area this past week and it seems this project won't be as cost-friendly as we were hoping. A minor disappointment. Not at all anything we can't work around though! We are so commited to this endeavor and with so much built up passion behind it all refuse to let a little speed bump like this get in the way now.

Plans have been arranged to meet a little later this week to brainstorm and come up a few cost {and eco!} friendly alternatives. So be sure to stayed tuned and see what Olli and the Ash have up they're sleeves next!

Pre-Production Vol I

Olli & Ashley here!


We're sittin' at Panera, thinking about what we want you guys to know.

First of all, we're so excited about CineVeliz going green. It's the perfect time, seeing as how Cartoneo Y Nopalitos is centered on an immigrant's tale of survival by his unwittingly recycling cardboard out of necessity.

Olli's heart for this project stemmed from a viewing of another green Hollywood film "Away We Go". Without the script for CYN even being finished, she ventured out in making CineVeliz eco-friendly, local and sustainable.

Ashley jumped on, knowing a great opportunity and vision when she saw it. We've been working around the clock to bring in the most organic materials available in San Antonio.

So here it goes!!! Please stay tuned for all of our adventures in eco-friendly film making. We've got tons to show and share.