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FLOUR POWER

We Invite You to Join Slow Food East End’s
Community Powered Baking Co-Operative

Flour Power Needs You!

Flour Power is a way members of the community can provide home-baked loaves of bread to local food pantries. The goal is to nourish and bring joy to people through a personal touch. Since our launch in 2021, we have been providing to the North Fork Apostolate in Riverhead, CAST North Fork, in Southold, Heart of the Hamptons in Southampton, and Springs Food Pantry in East Hampton.

How it all Started

Slow Food East End started 2021 with an ambitious agenda. Confident that our school gardens project was up and running — there are now more than 30 (!) on the East End — we contemplated what to accomplish next in the new world of a pandemic.

Last year we were able to give grants to food producers affected by the pandemic. Read about our partners in that effort. We also donated to food pantries from Riverhead to Greenport and Montauk.

In 2021 our former chair, Pennie Schwartz, wanted to include more of the community in our work: the result was our Feed the Forks initiative, Flour Power – It’s the yeast we can do (yes we like our puns here at SFEE).

“Nothing smells and tastes like love quite like a home-baked bread,” says Pennie, “and it’s a great way to actively involve our members to create the smell, feel, and taste of bread, which nourishes the body and soul.”

How Does Flour Power Work?

 

I’d Like to Help But I’m Not a Baker

David Chaffin, ex-board member and an experienced baker most recently from Amy’s Bread, a renowned bakery in NYC has worked hard to develop a simple, healthy recipe that everyone can bake, regardless of experience, and his short video below demonstrates each phase of the bread-making process — And it’s fun!!

As part of the Flour Power community,  you’re not alone, we would love to connect you with a baking buddy, who you can call and ask questions. We invite you to also join our Facebook Page where you can connect with other bakers in the community.

WATCH BAKING DEMO HERE

Join us —  the baking hands of our community

Please select the food pantry you would like to bake for below!
I'd Like to Bake for North Fork Spanish Apostolate

Drop-off locations:

SR’s of St. Joseph Villa – 81 Lynn Ave Hampton Bays

Southold – 90 Bay Haven Lane, Southold (1st house on the right)

I'd Like to Bake for CAST North Fork

Drop-off location:

CAST building in Southold – 53930 Main Rd, Southold, NY 11971

I'd Like to Bake for Heart of the Hamptons

Drop-off locations:

Heart of the Hamptons – 168 Hill street in Southampton

I'd Like to Bake for Springs Food Pantry

Drop-off locations:

Springs Food Pantry – 5 Old Stone Hwy, East Hampton, NY 11937

2024 Bake Dates:

September 18: Flour Power Turns 3 at CAST

September 18: Flour Power Turns 3 at CAST

by | Sep 9, 2024 | , ,

Slow Food is very proud of our ongoing support of CAST North Fork for their work in combatting food insecurity and developing programs to help our neighbors. 🎉Date: Wednesday, September 18, 2024 Time: 5:30 - 7:30pm Place: CAST - 53930 Main Road, Southold For the past...

Bakers Workshop at CAST

Bakers Workshop at CAST

by | Jan 31, 2023 | , ,

Thank you to everyone who came to our Flour Power Baker's Workshop at CAST! We had so much fun chatting with you all. The outpouring of support for our community is humbling. And, oh, all the loaves of bread we will donate! Grateful to everyone who came out to learn...

Ongoing: Bake Along with Flour Power

Ongoing: Bake Along with Flour Power

by | Nov 22, 2021 | , ,

Whether you're a seasoned baker or new to bread, we invite you to join our effort to help feed our community delicious and nutritious food through our Flower Power initiative. Flour Power is a way members of the community can provide home-baked loaves of bread to...