Slow Down on the North Fork with us at 8 Hands Farm!
Date: Sunday, May 29
Time: 3:30 – 7pm
Place: 8 Hands Farm – 4735 Cox Ln, Cutchogue, NY 11935
We are so honored that our first fundraiser this year will be hosted by 8 Hands Farm, a 28-acre family farm on the North Fork that has earned our Snail of Approval for their growing practices. Their work and journey have earned our admiration.
Join us on Thursday, May 29 at the farm, 4735 Cox Lane, Cutchogue, NY from 4:30-7pm ( rain date is June 5) for a private behind-the-scenes tour, which includes a chance to meet their newest lambs too! You’ll learn more about 8 Hands philosophy that informs all they do — and enjoy a farm-to-grill multi-course tasting menu of their provisions, chefs Max and John of Fyr & Salt. We’ll be serving Bedell Cellars wines and Doublespeak Craft cocktails. Tickets are $150, and we have a limited number of early bird discounts for dues paying Slow Food East End members.
Meet with us to learn more about why we love 8 Hands. Their origin story is moving:
“After viewing the documentary Food Inc., we learned much about the industrialized food system we didn’t know and didn’t like. With the large-scale animal confinement operations that dominate the food industry today, our society has gotten so far from what is natural and normal. Herbivores should graze pasture, chickens should scratch to uncover bugs and eat grass, and pigs should root and turn up the soil in search of food. It is these natural behaviors that play a critical role in soil, animal health, our environment, and ultimately in the food we eat.
We realized that real change in the food system would have to occur at the grassroots level. So with no experience in farming, but driven by a desire to make a difference within our own community we decided to start a farm. After much reading and research, and visits to other sustainably run farms, we decided to put our knowledge to practice and start farming. We rented some farmland and bought some sheep, and began our journey. Since that time,e we have been challenged with the realities of farming that no book can prepare you for. Still, with perseverance, our farm has grown to the diversified operation we had first envisioned, built with the support of the wonderful community that has encouraged us every step of the way. “
