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