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JOIN US: Saturday Sept. 18 – Walk and Wine with Landcraft Garden Foundation

Sep 2, 2021 | Past Events, Walk and Wine

Be deliciously inspired by people passionate about the beautiful East End. Join Slow Food East End and Landcraft Garden Foundation for an evening of sipping local wines and strolling through the beautiful Landcraft gardens. 

Learn more about naturalizing landscapes and gardens to be pollinator friendly and biodiverse, what is best suited for our particular ecosystem, and discuss what is being done locally. As you tour the gardens you’ll also taste select local wines and snacks sourced from Landcraft Gardens’ harvest and a few of Slow Food’s favorite local farmers.

Ticketed guests are welcome to stroll through the gardens at your own pace and stop along the trails for tastes and chats. There are four acres of cultivated and naturalized garden spaces to enjoy surrounded by almost 10 acres of natural meadows with mowed paths providing easy access to view native plants and abundant wildlife.

This event is co-hosted by Slow Food East End and Landcraft Garden conservancy. Tickets benefit Slow Food Feed the Forks initiatives and the Landcraft Garden Foundation. Tickets include wine and snacks from local food producers.

The Landcraft Garden Foundation is located at 4342 Grand Street, Mattituck.

RAIN DATE: Friday, September 24, 4:30pm-7pm

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Phase Two Resilience Grants Awarded

Aug 23, 2021 | In The News

Last year Slow Food initiated our Resilience Grant Program to support the long term success of the food growers and makers on the East End of Long Island during the extremely challenging times of Covid. Phase One of the program was implemented last summer, and we completed Phase Two earlier this year. We are proud to be able to offer this program which is funded by our generous and supportive members.

In this phase we provided grants to the following businesses: Bonac Bees, Initi Chicha, Share the Harvest Farm, Violet Cove Oysters, Montauk Shellfish Company, Peconic Escargot, and Southold Bay Oysters.

Where’s the money going? First of all, it’s all going to support the small businesses that feed us – from shellfish to escargot. But hear about it from a few of the grantees themselves:

“We produce and distribute a natural fermented tonic from the Andes called Chicha. It is costly to come out with a new flavor since we have to go through rigorous lab tests and licenses. We would love to bring new flavors so more people can get to know this ancient drink.”
– Miranda Sergio, Initi Chicha

“I usually sell my honey and hive products at fairs in the off season, but in 2020 I did not have that option. This is the first time I have a surplus of honey and I’d like to use the money to be a vendor at fairs/ markets this season.”
– Deborah Klughers, Bonac Bees

“During Covid we did not have the income to make our normal seed purchases. Any funding received will be used to purchase seed for our oyster farms in Lake Montauk and Napeague Bay.”
— Martinsen Michael, Montauk Pearl Oysters