Slow Food East End invites you to celebrate Mother Earth and all she provides for us on Saturday April 23, from 1-4pm (rain date is April 24). Join us for an afternoon of fun education for the whole family, it’s free to attend!
Passionate or curious about local farming practices? Ready to up your gardening game? Concerned about heathy lands and waters? Join Slow Food East End and our community of farmers, food producers, gardeners, educators at Saint Joseph Villa for a day of food and learning. The Villa is located on the scenic Shinnecock Bay waterfront in Hampton Bays and is also home to the Ecological Cultural Initiative and Shinnecock Nation Kelp Farmers.
Come meet local farmers, growers, and business owners to learn directly from them. Talks and demonstrations will cover composting, kelp farming, raised beds, no-till practices, hügelkultur, biodiversity, food production, seed sharing, clean water practices and so much more
There are also activities for the whole family! Join a garden tour by the Ecological Cultural Initiative and an introduction to kelp farming. Hands-on projects and displays from guest farmers and growers will also be set up on the Villa lawns. Enjoy food and drinks from Mattitaco’s On the Road Food Truck and Macari Vineyards. There will be an indoor screening of the documentary Farming Long Island, a film about the challenges that Long Island farmers face today and the importance of land conservation and local farming.
Plus there will be a seed swap – bring some, take some!
Vendors and Participants include:
Butterfly Effect Project
Early Girl Farm
East End Food Institute
Ecological Cultural Initiative
Founders Oyster Farm
Green Door Woodworks
Landcraft Garden Foundation
Living Wild on Long Island
Macari Vineyards
Mattituck Mushrooms
On the Road Mattitaco Food Truck
Relic Design
Shinnecock Kelp Farmers
Slow Food East End
Sweet Woodland Farm
The Granola Plant
Violet Cove Oyster Company
The first Earth Day, April 22, 1970, was a student protest to raise public awareness about the impact of pollution that presented real and disastrous challenges for the healthy future of our world. The protest sparked a movement that initiated the Environmental Protection Agency and ongoing substantive legislative efforts that have helped clean our lands and waters. Earth Day is now celebrated internationally by folks seeking solutions to combat climate change and to sustain a healthy earth.
Slow Food East End supports healthy farming practices which are essential to a sustainable future, join us on Earth Day to meet folks in our own community who are leading the way, and learn more about what is happening on the East End.