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May 14: Flour Power Baker’s Workshop at St. Joseph Villa

May 8, 2024 | Blog, Events, Flour Power

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

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

WHEN: Wednesday, May 14, 5:30 – 7:00pm

WHERE: St. Joseph Villa, 81 Lynn Avenue, Hampton Bays (Drive to end of driveway and Park in lot closest to Main House)

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.

We love getting our community together to talk all things Flour Power. We will gather at this beautiful venue on the Shinnecock bay, and our very own Bread Ambassador, Pennie Schwartz, will be there to discuss the finer points of the program.

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WE NEED MORE LOAVES..

If you signed up a while ago and have yet to get your hands in the dough, this evening is for you.

If you are already a baker (Thank you), we’d love for you to come mingle with your fellow bakers and share your expertise — the new bakers always love your experienced tips and tricks.

Bringing our expert baking community together with our novice bakers is always a beautiful thing. We love swapping stories and hearing your experiences, tips, and feedback about the program.

As we like to say, nothing says love more than a home-baked loaf of our deliciously nutritious bread. 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, 2 on each fork.

Here are some Highlights of our updated Flour Power program…

  • We have sturdy and secure Igloo coolers at each drop-off location so you can securely and easily drop your loaves.
  • We have updated the recipe (specifically the amount of flour) for those bakers who prefer to measure rather than weigh their flour. 
  • We have begun distributing complimentary bread baking starter kits (4 metal loaf pans, some ingredients, recipe cards, bread bags…) in a sturdy canvas tote designed to make bread carrying to the drop-off locations easier. These kits will be available to ALL registered bakers, new and existing.
  • We have also added 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. The “together” is in quotes as these will be group Zoom bake classes so you won’t leave YOUR kitchen while baking. More details at the workshop.

We would love for ALL our current bakers to come to this workshop and pick up their kits and get the updated information.

Share this event info with your friends and neighbors, let’s grow our baking tribe. Come chat with us. 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.

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

#Slowtheforksdown – #FeedtheForks

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Watch Baking Demo

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

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
REGISTER NOW FOR YOUR FREE TICKET!

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!

 

REGISTER NOW FOR YOUR FREE TICKET!

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!
REGISTER NOW FOR YOUR FREE TICKET!

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. 

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

SFEE 2023 Auction is NOW LIVE!

Nov 6, 2023 | Blog, Events, In The News

Slow Food East End 2023 Auction is LIVE – BID NOW! 

Happy November! Our annual virtual auction to raise money to support Feed the Forks initiatives is now live!

If you believe in the work we do all year long, we appreciate your help. You’ll find an array of amazing experiences, gifts, and more to bid upon. Every dollar we raise goes to support our programming. We are an all-volunteer organization and count on the support of our community to help us continue supporting programs like Edible School Gardens, Flour Power and so much more.

We are so grateful to our generous donors on the East End and to all the bidders who engage with the auction this week. To register and view the auction just use the link below or get started with a simple text from your phone. Text “sfee2023auction” to 76278.

 

The Auction will END Sunday, November 12 at 9PM! 

Browse, Bid & Buy!

November 5: Slow Food East End’s Annual Public Board Meeting

Oct 27, 2023 | Blog, Events, In The News

Join us for Slow Food East End’s Annual Public Board Meeting

(It’s free and it’s fun!) 

Sunday, November 5, 3:00 – 5:00pm 

at Veteran’s Park Community Center

11280 Peconic Bay Blvd in Mattituck

Slow Food East End’s Annual Public Board Meeting is next on our community agenda. We hope you’ll join for us to for a casual afternoon potluck — Slow Food style!

Everyone is welcome to slow the forks down with us as we share news about our year and elect new members to our board.

Come to taste & share: We will provide Long Island Wine County Wines to pour. Our Board members are already planning the tastings we will bring from our kitchens for nibbling. Our hope is that you’ll also bring a homemade taste to share, ideally made from your favorite locally sourced provisions. But this is not a deal-breaker; even if you don’t cook, please come!

At our open house, we will be showcasing the ways in which we are nourishing our community through our various SFEE programs. This is a great opportunity to learn/share more about our ongoing Feed the Forks initiatives, including…

Flour Power – our home-based community baking program, where YOU can provide freshly baked bread to local food pantries.

Edible School Gardens – for more than 10 years, SFEE has supported one of the most successful school garden programs in the U.S. reconnecting children and their families with real food, and inspiring their local communities to eat well.

Snail of Approval – This award is given to businesses that incorporate the Slow Food ideals of championing virtues of local sources that are good, clean & fair for all. It brings recognition to amazing food businesses that are excelling in sourcing, environmental impact, cultural connection, community involvement, staff support, and/or business values.

We’ve had a busy year and are looking forward to a productive, informative and social 2024.

All welcome; bring a friend.  

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