Conscious Alliance and Whole Foods Announce Guinness Record Attempt at Rothbury

Conscious Alliance and Whole Foods Market have announced a new partnership in an effort to fight America's hunger crisis, whereby Whole Foods Market will donate more than 500,000 pounds of natural and organic food products to the Colorado-based not-for-profit.

This new collaboration will be showcased at the Rothbury Festival over 4th of July weekend with an unprecedented attempt to set the Guinness World Record for "largest canned food sculpture." Architect John Brittingham, Director of the Graduate Architecture Program at Montana State University, will design and construct the hopeful world-record breaking sculpture which will be on display throughout the four day festival.

The "Conscious CanSculpture" will help draw attention to the relationship between hunger and the environment and will also generate approximately 40,000 additional cans of food (specifically, 8 varieties of "all natural beans") to be donated to the local Rothbury, MI community as part of the Rothbury Food Drive hosted by Conscious Alliance. Rothbury's open forum for discussion on environmental and social issues and dedication to giving back to the community makes this event an ideal locale for such a unique and influential endeavor.

On July 4th weekend 2008, Rothbury emerges as a new American celebration. Hosted at the one-of-a-kind Double JJ Ranch in Rothbury, Michigan on July 3- 6, 2008, the four day, environmentally sustainable music and camping festival promises to be an inspiring cultural assembly. This celebration of music, art, and action will harness the unique energy of the live music community into a durable social movement toward an important cause: Climate Change and Clean Energy Alternatives.

In addition to a diverse and stellar lineup of bands including Dave Matthews Band, Widespread Panic, John Mayer, 311, Phil Lesh and Friends, Primus, Thievery Corporation, Snoop Dogg, Modest Mouse, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Gov't Mule, Slightly Stoopid, STS9, Colbie Caillat, Rodrigo y Gabriela and many, many others, Rothbury will host an Energy Fair and an Environmental Think Tank featuring curator Dr. Stephen Schneider. With over 70 bands on 8 stages and unprecedented efforts to make a large scale event green, Rothbury is truly a "Party with a Purpose." For more information on Rothbury, visit www.rothburyfestival.com.