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April 22: THIS SATURDAY SFEE Earth Day Celebration 2023

Apr 19, 2023 | Past Events

Saturday, April 22, 2023

1:00 – 5:00 PM

Rain Date Sunday, April 23, 1:00 – 5:00 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!

 

Although every day is Earth Day for a farmer, grower, fisher, and vintner, we invite all to join us this weekend to celebrate our local aqua and agriculture leaders who insure we have healthy options for our diest as well as local organizations and businesses who strive to inform and tackle challenges of ecologic conservation by example all year long.
 
Slow Food East End supports healthy farming and business practices. If you do too, you’ll enjoy sharing Earth Day with us: Come to learn, taste, sip, and shop. Meet farmers, winemakers, food producers, environmental experts, eco-activists, artists, and artisans. Food, beverages, and wine will be available for sale.
RSVP HERE!

Meet at the Good Grounds mural, near the food truck for

10-minute presentations followed by 5 minutes of Q&As

 
1:45pm: Welcome by Pennie Schwartz, President of Slow Food East End
 
2:00pm: Snail of Approval 2023 Awards by Robin Tyson-Stoehr, SFEE board
 
2:15pm: Ecological Culture Initiative, An all-volunteer community garden at St. Joseph Villa harvests all their produce for a Hampton Bays food pantry and has established a robust compost program. Learn from Joe Lamport, Zero Waste Director, how you too can create great compost for your home or community.
 
2:30pm: Slow Food presents Flour Power It’s the yeast we can do! Home bakers are supporting local food pantries on the East End, learn how easy it is!.
 
2:45pm: Shinnecock Kelp Farmers – A group of indigenous women operate the kelp farm on the shores of St. Joseph Villa, learn about the kelp farming history of Shinnecock Nation and the importance of kelp for healthy waterways and aquaculture.
 
3:00pm: Peconic Land Trust — 2023 marks 40 years of this organization doing great work protecting thousands of agricultural acres on the east end for farming and naturalized lands from development. Learn key points of history and local accomplishments of this visionary program which has helped revitalize and preserve our farming culture on the East End.
 
3:15pm: Cornell Cooperative Extension -Fisheries Dept. Discover why a local F.I.S.H. (Fresh, Indigenous, Sustainable, Healthy) diet is the way to best way to support local fishing and about the many options available when choosing local fish for your menus.
 
3:30pm: Relic, Meet the brothers behind a local clothing design company that works to support cleaner beaches and waterways by using proceeds to reseed oysters to our bays. Hear about their Coastal Collaborative Program, a fabulous beach clean-up project imagined and built by Relic Design.
Long Island Wine Country turns 50 this year!
 
Long Island boasts over 60 distinct wine producers and 3500 acres of cultivated grape vines between the maritime regions of North Fork, South Fork, and western Suffolk County, which produce about 500,000 cases of wine annually.
 
Long Island is leading the charge in sustainability, defining the future of wine regions. With cutting-edge vineyard practices and innovative winemaking techniques, Long Island is at the forefront of environmentally responsible winemaking. Almost 50 years after commercially grown grapes were planted in the East End, Long Island is proud to be the first wine region on the East Coast to have a certified sustainable viticulture program in place.
 
Join us on Earth Day as we raise a glass and celebrate LIWC’s 50th anniversary year. You’ll enjoy a chance to taste a selection of delicious LIWC wines, available for purchase, made with a passion for excellence from local winemakers, and take home your own Slow Food East End tasting glass as a souvenir — reuse your glass often and know your purchase supports SFEE Feed the Forks initiatives.

Balo’s Food Truck will be onsite featuring their famous Stuffies and other delicious bites featuring local Long Island fish.

Vegan options will also be available for our friends who prefer a plant-based-diet.

A HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS

The event is free to attend – but please register in advance to help us plan. 

RSVP HERE!

April 19: Flour Power Baker’s Workshop at Heart of the Hamptons

Apr 15, 2023 | Flour Power, Past Events

We are so excited to announce that Flour Power is expanding to include Heart of the Hamptons in Southhampton. 

Flour Power Baker’s Workshop at Heart of the Hamptons

Wednesday, April 19, 2023

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM

Heart of the Hamptons – 168 Hill St, Southampton, NY 11968

Join- the baking hands of our community and bake bread for Heart of the Hamptons! Be apart of this Baker’s Workshop from 5:30-7pm to learn more about the Flour Power Program and how you can volunteer and help provide freshly baked bread for families in need.
 
This event is free to attend – but please register by April 17th!
RSVP HERE!

How Does Flour Power Work?

Anyone can register to bake. Simply sign-up and Slow Food East End will send you the recipe designed for 4 loaves; each baker keeps one loaf and donates three. Baking dates and all of the necessary details are listed on the Slow Food East End website under the programs tab. In addition, you will be receiving reminders for each baking cycle via email. There will be a designated drop-off point at the Hearth of the Hamptons building in Southampton (when you register you will receive detailed instructions for the drop-off procedure).

We hope you’ll sign up and participate in as many baking cycles as you can. We understand how busy everyone is and all we ask is to bake when you can.

The workshop is designed to help you get started on your baking journey. Come meet the Slow Food team and learn more about the recipe we specifically created for this program, sample some bread, and find out how you can be a volunteer to help provide freshly baked bread for families in need.

This is a Slow Food East End and Heart of the Hamptons. 

Learn more about SFEE Flour Power and Sign-up to be a Baker!

April 22: Slow Food East End Earth Day Celebration 2023

Mar 27, 2023 | Past Events

Saturday, April 22, 2023

1:00 PM – 5:00 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!

 

Passionate or curious about local farming practices? Ready to up your gardening game? Concerned about healthy lands and waters? Slow Food East End invites you to St. Joseph Villa to join our community of farmers, food producers, gardeners, educators, and vendors on Earth Day. You’ll be able to source seeds, talk with experts, taste, sip, and shop at Saint Joseph Villa, a retreat and renewal center run by the Sisters of Saint Joseph, Brentwood who are dedicated to making a difference locally and globally by addressing the environmental needs of our times.
 

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’s Good Ground Heritage Garden, an amazing educational resource that builds gardening skills while providing produce for nearby St. Rosalie’s Community Food Pantry. The Shinnecock Kelp Farmers, six local, indigenous women committed to addressing the climate crisis by raising kelp also call the Villa home.

For over 10,000 years the Shinnecock Indian Nation has lived along these shores and seeks to preserve our precious waterways. Their work has been so impressive that the Nature Conservancy awarded the farm a grant to expand their farm, helping to insure kelp will continue to be grown to restore water quality and our marine habitats.

Slow Food East End supports healthy farming practices which are essential to a sustainable future, if you do too please join us on Earth Day to meet folks in our community who are leading the way.

Talks and demonstrations will include information about composting, kelp farming, land preservation, and efforts to promote sustainable waters for fisheries

Vendors and participants include:
  • 1760 Homestead Farm An historic farm committed to healthy soils that produce healthy food, will have plants, eggs, honey, and more for sale.
  • A Book Place Boutique An independent Riverhead bookshop with titles for the whole family to enjoy.
  • Adrift, New York Decorative art and objects designed with locally foraged shells, driftwood, stones, and beach treasures.
  • Balo’s Foods, North Fork Seafood Truck Delicious Seafood with a Latin Flare. Featuring tacos, empanadas and so much more.
  • Cornell Cooperative Wild Capture Fisheries Department Learn more about how and why eating local fish matters and where to find it near you.
  • East End Food Institute Connecting farmers with consumers via access to a commercial kitchen to produce shelf-stable goods. Samples for sale.
  • Ecological Culture Initiative A community-supported garden with a robust composting program that raises produce for a local food pantry. Learn to make your own great compost.
  • Food Rescue US-North Fork, NY Rescuing food waste to fight hunger and help save the planet. Meet the North Fork Chapter leaders.
  • Granola Plant Plant-based, all-natural, gluten-free, locally made, small-batch artisanal granola.
  • Green Door Woodworks Reclaimed wood, locally handcrafted into engaging children’s gifts and fabulous cutting boards.
  • Long Island Wine Country Celebrates 50 years of Long Island wine cultivation and currently has 57 unique wine producers. A selection of local wines will be available for purchase.
  • Madeline D’Averesa Watercolors Local artist inspired by local farms, farmers, and waterways to create a body of work celebrating nature.
  • Mattituck Mushrooms Wide variety of mushrooms grown locally.
  • Nerdling Acres Flower Stand Small batch, cut-flower North Fork farm known for heirlooms and native varieties of annuals and perennials.
  • North Fork Environmental Council Since 1972 focused on local environmental concerns: zero waste, regeneration, and composting.
  • Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York Coalition of farmers, gardeners, and consumers, promoting sustainable farming & CSAs.
  • Peconic Land Trust Celebrates 40 years of local land preservation for agricultural use by conserving local farms, wetlands, and woodland.
  • Relic Design Promoting clean waters by design from beach cleanup stations to reseeding oysters to fight coastal pollution.
  • Shinnecock Kelp Farmers Indigenous women raise sugar kelp to capture nitrogen and carbon, combatting ocean acidification.
  • Sisters of Saint Joseph, Brentwood Long Island order committed to environmental and community wellness by supporting sustainable farming practices.
  • Suzanne Volges Pottery Inspired by plants and botanical forms to create pottery with natural beauty.
  • Sweet Woodland Farms A North Fork farm committed to healthy soils, using sustainable regeneration to grow medicinal and culinary herbs.
  • Upsculpt Sculpting is environmentally conscious art to educate and engage the public about marine debris by creating beauty from waste.

The event is free to attend – but please register in advance to help us plan.

Do you have time to volunteer on the day of our event? We could use some extra hands! Our email is slowfoodeastend@gmail.com

RSVP HERE!

Flour Power’s Bakers Gathering Recap at Main Road Biscuit Co.

Mar 3, 2023 | Blog, In The News, Past Events

Bakers like to rise to the occasion to meet. It was extraordinary to have bakers come together to celebrate. After nearly two years of Flour Power, our community came together in a fabulous way. The energy in the room as new bakers met experienced bakers was electric. Questions were answered and coveted tips were shared. The addition of amazing food from Main Road Biscuit Company and wine from Lieb cellars made for a special evening.
 
 
Nancy and Ralph Reinertsen, our treasured bread delivery team were thrilled to finally meet many of the bakers in person and we were so happy to put faces to names. Ralph (who serves on the board of SFEE) was grateful to the previously unknown baker who sometimes leaves him ‘thank you muffins’ for making that long drive to pick up and deliver all the yummy bread. We just love our community of bakers!
 
 
So many helpful tips were shared. We learned simple ways to achieve that sometimes tricky second rise. Who knew there were so many ingenious ways to create a warm environment for the rise? Sharing our stories and expertise was just as important as making connections and new friends.
 
 
Thank you Marissa Drago of Main Road Biscuit Co. for opening up your beautiful space for our gathering and being a baker in the program! As always, the outpouring of support from our community is humbling.
 
If you weren’t able to attend this one, don’t fret, we plan to host more of these in the future. You do NOT need to be an experienced baker to join us.
Everyone loves the bread (yes, we sample a lot at these events). We are always looking for more bakers, so come and bring your friends. Anyone can ALWAYS sign up to be a baker for Flour Power! Please don’t let the fact that you have a busy life stop you from signing up. Just head to our website to learn more about how the program works.
 
The next baking cycle is February 27th, so there’s still plenty of time! If you or someone you know wants to sign up share this recap with them. Once they sign up, we’ll send an email with the baking video, and the drop-off procedure, and get you started in no time.
Click below to sign up and bake for any of the food pantries in our Flour Power Program. We can always use your helping hands! Join our Facebook group so that you can connect with other bakers in the community.
 
Stay tuned for what’s to come in 2023. Be sure to subscribe to our newsletter and follow us on social to stay updated on all our activities. In the meantime, enjoy these photos from the event!
 
 
SIGN UP TO BE A BAKER

Fireside Meet-Up at Quogue Wildlife Refuge

Jan 31, 2023 | Feed the Forks, Past Events

Thank you Quogue Wildlife Refuge for hosting us. It was an amazing opportunity for our Board to meet so many people from our amazing East End community. We love discussing our programs, and we are so happy so many of you are interested in what we do. Slow Food East End Feed the Forks program shared some cider and soup from Sydney’s with friends & neighbors. A big thank you to Jessica Easton owner at Belle and Whistle Weddings for sponsoring the event. We are especially grateful for the number of people who showed interest in volunteering their time to help us this year in our programs.
 
 
𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫: Our community of bakers provides home-baked loaves of bread to local food pantries. Since our launch in 2021, we have been providing to the North Fork Apostolate and are excited to announce that this program will also be offered at CAST North Fork.
 
 
𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐬: We have one of the most successful Slow Food school garden programs in the U.S. with a mission to reconnect children and their families with real food while empowering and inspiring our local communities to eat well. Each year we give out $10,000 to schools for garden tools, supplies, and materials. Applications for grants up to $1,000 each are accepted on a rolling basis. We already received a grant application from a local school that stopped by this gathering! 
 
 
𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐟𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥s: We create partnerships between chefs and schools in our community to help educate students about food and healthy eating habits. We are looking forward to showing students, parents, and the school community how accessible and healthy the food around us is. We will provide simple recipes, tips, and tricks so that everyone can up their healthy food game.
 
 
The 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 initiative is an effort to get the next generation more aware and involved in where their food is coming from. We are offering volunteer opportunities to our local youth that not only gives them a chance to document community service hours for school but also give them the chance to learn valuable life lessons in agriculture, sustainability & community. We are also creating a grant application for Seniors in High School on the East End who plan to attend college for agricultural courses or similar studies that align with Slow Food’s mission.
 
 
It’s only January, we are just getting started.  Stay tuned for what’s to come for the rest of 2023. Be sure to subscribe to our newsletter and follow us on socials to stay updated on all our activities. In the meantime, check out these from the event!
 

Bakers Workshop at CAST

Jan 31, 2023 | Blog, Flour Power, Past Events

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 more about Slow Food East End’s Flour Power program… now, let’s get baking!

If you missed our event, don’t fret! Here are some important takeaways:

 

  • You do NOT need to be an experienced baker to sign up.
  • We will hold your hand throughout the process – we even give you a “hotline” number to call with questions.
  • Everyone loves the bread (yes, we ate a lot!).
  • We are always looking for more bakers.
  • While we hope you bake each cycle, we understand life gets in the way. So you can bake when you can and don’t worry about it when you have to skip a few weeks.

You can ALWAYS sign up to be a baker for Flour Power! Please don’t let the fact that you have a busy life stop you from signing up. The next baking cycle is February 13th, 2023, so there’s still plenty of time!

Once you sign up we’ll send you an email with a baking video, and drop-off procedure, and get you started in no time. We even have a Facebook group so that you can connect with other bakers in the community. Click below to sign-up and bake for any of the food pantries in our Flour Power Program. We can always use your helping hands! 

SIGN UP TO BE A BAKER