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Reflecting on 2021

Dec 21, 2021 | Blog, In The News

Slow Food East End started 2021 off strong, and kept on going through the whole year with gatherings, educational programming, fundraising, community support, baking and more!
 
 
We initiated new programs, and kept others going despite the global pandemic and its many challenges. Our Resilience Grants supported local food purveyors to help keep their doors open, and our School Gardens Program has continued to fund Master Gardeners and serve veggies from the gardens in the school cafeterias. New programs have been created as well to meet the needs of our community, including our Slow Food Live: Chef Series, and Flour Power.
 
 
Click through the see a few highlights from the year!

SFEE and the Butterfly Effect Project

Dec 20, 2021 | Blog, In The News

Over the past year, as part of our mission to support community-led initiatives, we have had the opportunity to partner with the incredible Butterfly Effect Project (BEP) – a community-oriented non-profit with the mission to create safe spaces for girls to dream and succeed. This partnership began last spring when one of our Master Farmers, Melissa Mapes, joined other BEP volunteers to help build a garden and plant vegetables, herbs, and flowers. The gardens have been a huge success and are used to help teach the kids in their programs about everything from the environment to how to grow their own food.

 
They celebrated the bounty of their gardens by hosting a Harvest Festival and Cook Off in early October. The intergenerational celebration showcased the importance of local food in building community, and included a cook off with chefs competing for cash prizes.
The three winning recipes – a carrot salad, collard greens, and eggplant parmigiana – will be included in a forthcoming cookbook from BEP (you can reach out to them here, to learn more about it). Slow Food East End happily sponsored the event along with 40 other organizations and companies from the community.
 
We then joined the FBC/Michael’s Smile Butterflies to cook up some delicious and spooky treats for a Halloween celebration including honey caramel popcorn, almond butter eye balls, and pumpkin hummus sporting jack o’lantern faces! Children as young as 4 years old looked on, helped cook, and of course helped eat it all up.
 
 
Organizations like the Butterfly Effect Project are essential for the health of our communities. We are grateful for the work they do, and we look forward to continuing to support them for years to come.

Thank You to Our Feed the Forks Silent Auction Donors

Nov 17, 2021 | Blog, Feed the Forks, In The News

Our Feed the Forks silent auction was open to bidding between November 7 – 14 and overall we raised $18,750 for Feed the Forks! The proceeds will go directly to fund school garden programs; providing resiliency grants for food providers in times of need; maintaining and promoting Flour Power, a grass roots bread baking program to support food pantries; developing and presenting Chef Series programing and much more.

The silent auction was filled with incredible items donated by local businesses. From CSAs to local restaurant gift cards, food was front and center in the items open to bidding, but it also included everything from custom fishing rods to stays at local bed and breakfasts! Thank you to everyone who placed their bids and helped spread the word, and thank you of course to our many amazing donors:

 

Al Goldberg
Captains Cookie & Mike Slade
David Chaffin
 Pennie Schwartz

In The News

Apr 25, 2018 | Blog, In The News

IN THE NEWS

Give What you Can Day

Give What you Can Day

by | Nov 23, 2019 |

Slow Food thrives on the work of volunteers, the contributions of members and the generosity of donors. One of the best ways to contribute is to become a member. That way you’re signed up for all our events and classes and news all for the low, low, low annual price of $60. But a few times a year we have Give What You Can Days, when we ask our neighbors and friends to join Slow Food or renew their membership by contributing what you can. Can you go full fare and send $60? Or is $5 within your budget right now? Or are you able to support our efforts to bring cooking and gardens to schools and work to preserve endangered plants like the Long Island Cheese Pumpkin by giving $150, $200 or $1,000?

We’re Looking for Board Members | Join Us!

We’re Looking for Board Members | Join Us!

by | Nov 19, 2019 |

Slow Food has been a part of the East End since Slow Food East End was founded in 2003 by a group of people from our local restaurants, farms, wineries and artisans. Since then, we have grown to be the largest chapter in the United States. (We will take a bow!) The success of the chapter has been due to committed and talented board members who have expanded our programs and, importantly, raised money and spread the word to accomplish that. We believe in a food web that is environmentally sustainable, healthy and delicious, and preserves cultural traditions.

Post Thanksgiving Potluck

Post Thanksgiving Potluck

by | Nov 7, 2019 | ,

SOLD OUT
Event:  Slow Food East End Post-Thanksgiving Community Potluck  
Hosts:  Joan Turturro and Howard Leshaw
Date: Sunday, December 1, 2019
Time:  4:00pm – 7:00pm 
Location: Orient Inn, 25500 Main Road (Route 25), Orient, NY 

Apply for a School Garden Mini Grant!

Apply for a School Garden Mini Grant!

by | Oct 25, 2019 |

Through the continuous generosity and support of the Joshua Levine Memorial Foundation, Slow Food East End has been able to promote and sustain the efforts of the school garden movement on the East End of Long Island through its program of mini grants.

Chefs to Schools First Program a Success

Chefs to Schools First Program a Success

by | Jun 6, 2019 |

Slow Food East End is so proud of the students at Oysterponds School in Orient who participated in the pilot program of Chefs to Schools this spring. Chefs to Schools SFEE partnered with the school, parents, teachers and local chefs to create an eight-lesson program...