Bar Convent Brooklyn is collaborating with Barr Hill, a Vermont distillery, to offset 100% of the show’s 73,000-square-feet physical footprint by planting and maintaining 73,000 square feet of new pollinator footprint, creating a life source for bees which are responsible for one-third of all agricultural products uses in the bar and beverage industry.
Bar Convent also plans to plant 10 trees for every person who attends the trade show, partnering with Trees for the Future to do this. Among other sustainability initiatives it plans, it will compost cocktail waste throughout the event, provide additional recycling bins and use recyclable cups and cutlery.
Barr Hill will be offering an observation beehive experience during the show on June 14 and 15. Attendees can come by the Barr Hill booth in the venue’s courtyard to see, taste, and learn more about the distillery’s efforts with sustainability first-hand. Barr Hill uses raw honey to make its spirits, including Barr Hill Gin, the most awarded American-made gin, and the distillery is an advocate for bee populations and beekeepers.
Bar Convent Brooklyn will take place June 14 and 15 in Industry City, Brooklyn, NY.