April 21: Join us for Slow Food East End’s Earth Day Celebration

Apr 14, 2024 | Events, In The News

Join us on the shores of the Shinnecock Bay!

Sunday, April 21, 2024

1:00 PM – 4:00 PM

St. Joseph Villa – 81 Lynn Ave, Hampton Bays, NY 11946

All are welcome to celebrate spring and Earth Day with us! Meet farmers, food producers, artists, and activists; enjoy local bounty and a day filled with family fun. It’s free to attend!

SFEE is grateful to host Earth Day at Saint Joseph Villa. For over 150 years the Sisters of Saint Joseph have served the people of Long Island. The Villa, located along the shore of the Shinnecock Bay is a place where their ministry thrives.

Focused on the empowerment of women and education rooted in ecological efforts with a focus on sustainability, and justice actions the Sisters recognize our community of life includes all of creation – air, soil, water, plants, and animals.

The Villa now is home to the Ecological Culture Initiative fostering a resilient, ecology-based coastal community through advocacy and education in sustainable food production, wellness, and environmental stewardship. Their garden is farmed by community volunteers and all produce is donated to a local Hampton Bays food pantry. The Villa is also one of SFEE’s drop-off sites for our Flour Power initiative.

The Shinnecock Kelp Farmers, a multi-generation collective of Indigenous women who are enrolled members of the Shinnecock Indian Nation, leveraging their 10,000+-year-old traditional relationship with the sea and with seaweed to capture carbon and nitrogen that have poisoned the waters of Shinnecock Bay and beyond. All while laying the groundwork for green jobs on the East End. The Kelp farmers also call the Villa home.

The East End is home to a passionate community of growers, fishers, winemakers, eco-activists, chefs, food processors, educators, artisans, publishers, and artists. Slow Food East End is honored to welcome such a distinguished mix of local vendors to celebrate Earth Day with us. Join us for an afternoon to meet, learn, and shop from these amazing people.

1760 Homestead Farm
A Book Place
Aki’s Kitchen
Al Goldberg Custom Rods
Blooming Curiosity
By Way of the Farm Candle Company
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County
East End Food
Eastport General Store
Ecological Culture Initiative
Food Rescue US – North Fork NY
FoodLab at Stony Brook University
Golden Acres Organic Farm
Grace and Grit
Green Door Woodworks
Harvest & Bloom
Herricks Herbs & Heirlooms
Long Island Wine Country
Marshall Gardens & Design
Mattituck Mushrooms
Milla’s Puffs
Niamuck Land Trust
NOFO Style
North Fork Flower Farm
Peconic Gold Oysters
Peconic Land Trust
Promise Land Apiaries
Really Good Fruit Spreads
Relic
ReWild Long Island
Robyn’s Kitchen
Share The Harvest Farm
Shinnecock Kelp Farmers
Sisters of St. Joseph
Soul Creations
Southampton Sustainability Committee
Squared Gluten Free Desserts
Surfrider Foundation Eastern Long Island Chapter
Sweet Woodland Farm
The Crop Project
The Granola Plant

SFEE is grateful to our generous sponsors – Farm Credit East, Elite/PBS Tents & Events, and Sisters of St. Joseph and the Long Island Wine Country for helping make our event possible.

April 21: Slow Food East End Earth Day Celebration

Mar 25, 2024 | Events, In The News

Join us on the shores of the Shinnecock Bay!

Sunday, April 21, 2024

1:00 PM – 4:00 PM

St. Joseph Villa – 81 Lynn Ave, Hampton Bays, NY 11946

All are welcome to celebrate spring and Earth Day with us! Meet farmers, food producers, artists, and activists; enjoy local bounty and a day filled with family fun. It’s free to attend!

It’s our 3rd annual Earth Day event, we are eager to meet you and share news about how we are working locally to nourish our planet.

SHOP | LEARN | TASTE | ENJOY

Meet local experts and enjoy educational demos about composting, seed sowing, establishing pollinator gardens, and kelp farming – you’ll even learn how to properly shuck an oyster and cook sustainably sourced local fish.
Art projects for kids and kids at heart.
Enjoy live music by POINTS EAST.
Food by Grace & Grit and Peconic Gold Oysters.
Shop farm and artisan stands.
Sip local wines by Long Island Wine Country.
Meet local eco-activists and educators.
Learn more about Slow Food East End and our programs!

SFEE is grateful to our generous sponsors – Farm Credit East, Elite/PBS Tents & Events, and Sisters of St. Joseph and the Long Island Wine Country for helping make our event possible.

February 28: Flour Power Baker’s Workshop at CAST

Feb 26, 2024 | Blog, Flour Power, Past Events

We invite you to join Slow Food East End and CAST for an in-person Flour Power gathering.

WHAT: Slow Food East End Flour Power Baker’s Workshop

WHEN: Wednesday, February 28, 5:30 – 7:00pm

WHERE: CAST – 53930 Main Road, Southold, NY11971

WHO: Everyone who has baked or has ever been interested in learning about becoming a Flour Power baker.

WHY: Food insecurity is a huge issue in our community and our community needs loaves.

RSVP for Flour Power Baker's Workshop

We need more bakers! We want you to share this event info with your friends and neighbors. Come chat and break bread with us (pun intended). The bread we bake is delicious and you will get to hear and sample for yourself why we created this recipe to help feed the forks.

Flour Power has been SFEE’s community initiative of inspiring home bakers to join us as we continue our work to fight food insecurity on the East End. Since our launch during the pandemic, we have grown to provide loaves to 4 local pantries, including CAST in Southold.

We are excited to share that we have made several important program updates for 2024 and are ready to Re-Launch the program after a brief winter pause.

We have upgraded our bread drop bins to be sturdier Igloo coolers that are more weatherproof, and secure and added enhanced drop-off procedures.
We will be distributing complimentary bread baking starter kits (4 metal loaf pans, some ingredients, recipe cards, bread bags…) in a canvas tote designed to make bread carrying to the drop-off locations easier.
Who gets a kit? Oprah said it best – you get a kit and you get a kit and yes even you get a kit. All new and existing bakers, we want to make this easy for you. If you are signed up to be a baker, whether you’ve baked before or are new to the program, you are eligible for a starter kit.
Speaking of easy – we are also adding group dough-making workshops where we can all “prep the recipe together” to bake, so you are more confident in your technique when you take that solo plunge. Please note the “together” in quotes. To make it even easier, you won’t leave YOUR kitchen while you are baking. More details at the workshop.
Not a baker yet? Join us at CAST and hear from the inspiration behind Flour Power – our very own Bread Ambassador, Pennie Schwartz, as she discusses the program’s finer points. You’ll have an opportunity to sign up at the event, take home your starter kit, and join in the baking fun! From there, you’ll choose one of 4 food pantries to donate to based on your preference or ease of drop-off. We simply want you to bake, you choose which pantry to bake for and which baking session works for you.

Come prepared to learn, to laugh, and to connect with fellow like-minded community members.

#Slowtheforksdown — #FeedtheForks

RSVP for Flour Power Baker's Workshop

Did you know, we have a Flour Page on Facebook? It’s a great way for our FP community to stay connected. We invite you all to join, share baking tips and post pics!

SFEE Facebook Group for Bakers

SAVE THE DATE for Slow Food East End’s Earth Day Celebration 2024

Feb 26, 2024 | Events, In The News

Sunday, April 21, 2024

1:00 PM – 4:00 PM

St. Joseph Villa – 81 Lynn Ave, Hampton Bays, NY 11946

Join us for an afternoon of fun education for the whole family, it’s free to attend!

Gather with Slow Food East End to meet educators, farmers, growers, vendors, artists, and eco-activists and celebrate Mother Nature and all who work to keep her healthy and growing! Enjoy a family-friendly, interactive day with demos, information, and seed sharing. Merchandise will be for sale and there will be great local flavors and wine tastings too!

The Villa is located on the shoreline of Shinnecock Bay at 81 Lynn Avenue in Hampton Bays. The Sisters of St. Joseph have made the Villa home to the Ecological Culture Initiative, a Snail of Approval 2023 winner. ECI is the organization that manages the site’s Good Ground Heritage Garden, Community Compost Program, and the Good Ground Seed Library. The Villa is also home to the Shinnecock Kelp Farmers, a women-led kelp hatchery and farm.

SFEE is proud to recognize the accomplishments of our local growers and environmentally aware activists. Slow Food East End is the local chapter of an international organization involving millions of people in over 160 countries. Come meet their board members and hear more about what SFEE is doing locally and how you can be involved!

Do you have time to volunteer on the day of our event? We could use some extra hands! Our email is slowfoodeastend@gmail.com

You Made It Happen!

Nov 26, 2023 | Blog, In The News, Past Events

WE DID IT!

Well… you did it! Together, we raised enough money to keep funding our Feed the Forks programs that help nurture our East End communities.We are so grateful to you!

Thank you to everyone who placed a bid, helped spread the word, and all the ways in which you all gave your support. We are grateful for the amazing community response and together we raised over $15,000 via our online auction, and all of that is going directly to supporting our Feed the Forks initiatives. The money raised through this auction is instrumental in helping carry our work forward into the coming year.

Congrats to all the winning bidders, we are busy reaching out to you!

You will receive a confirmation email this week from us with details about your winnings and how to collect your items.