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Photos from our Slow Hour at RGNY

Sep 19, 2022 | Past Events, Slow Hour

Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate a beautiful September evening with us at RGNY Wines. Our Slow Hour events are a time to slow down and enjoy each other’s company. It’s always a great opportunity to bring a friend and come on by to meet the Slow Food community, and chat with our volunteer board to learn more about Slow Food on the East End of Long Island. Plus, you get to support local businesses and enjoy a beautiful view!

Thank you to our friends at RGNY for hosting us in their beautiful space, and for the delicious wine.

We are grateful to everyone who attends our events. Your support allows us to help local farmers & food producers who support a healthy environment, good soils, and clean waters for all. We hope you’ll join us for our next Slow Hour, in the meantime, enjoy these photos from the event. Cheers!

 

September Membership Drive!

Sep 10, 2022 | Past Events

Every September we work to get our current members to renew and attract new members to the cause of Slow Food: good, clean, and fair food for all. As you may have heard, we are very proud that our chapter, Slow Food East End, is the most active in the country. Continuing to grow our membership is important for bringing a full spectrum of lived experiences together so that we can truly and equitably rebuild the table.

As a chapter of Slow Food USA, we are part of a driving force for change at the local, national, and international levels. Our very active and committed membership makes this change possible and continually helps us support our community transitioning out of the pandemic. We can only rebuild this table together. We need more people to join our movement to unite the joy of food with the pursuit of justice. Please consider becoming a member today.

Here’s what we accomplished this past year with the support of our members: 

  • Developed an Agricultural Outreach program and donated over $15,000 to farms, restaurants, fishers, and producers struggling with the effects of the pandemic on their business. 
  • Initiated Flour Power to enlist members of the community to provide home-baked bread to local food pantries.
  • Worked with the Butterfly Effect Project in Riverhead to establish a Community Garden which joins the 30 school gardens on the North and South Forks.

Won’t you join us as we do bigger and better things in the next year?

As a thank you bonus to our new and renewing members if you renew or sign up during our annual membership drive in the month of September, you’ll be gifted with a Slow Food East End T-shirt (as pictured below!!) AND you’ll also be entered into a raffle with the chance to win a basket case of local wines! 

Be sure to select East End as your chapter when you sign up!

BECOME A MEMBER TODAY!

Photos from our Potluck at North Fork Flower Farm

Sep 7, 2022 | Past Events

Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate August and the first summer at North Fork Flower Farm‘s new permanent home. Earlier this year three highly motivated and energetic couples bought 20 acres of protected agricultural land in the heart of Southhold fulfilling their dream to be the source of locally grown botanicals available direct to consumers with a CSA program and custom floral designs for weddings and all celebrations.

We feasted potluck style around an 80′ table under glorious skies filled with magical North Fork sunset glows and even included a rainbow or two. Surrounded by rows of flowers of all varieties, it was a very special and delicious evening.

It’s been three years since our last potluck and we are grateful for being able to gather together and continue to nourish our connection to our community through food. A huge thanks to all who attended for bringing delicious food, drink, and merriment for everyone to share.

We are grateful to everyone who attends our events. Your support allows us to help local farmers & food producers who support a healthy environment, good soils, and clean waters for all.

 

September 23: Walk & Wine at Landcraft Garden Foundation

Sep 7, 2022 | Past Events, Walk and Wine

We are back with another Walk & Wine to celebrate two incredible organizations, Slow Food East End and the Landcraft Garden Foundation.

Join Slow Food East End at Landcraft Garden Foundation for an evening of sipping local wines and strolling through their imaginative gardens on Friday, September 23rd from 4:30 pm to 7 pm. Be inspired and learn more about naturalizing landscapes from the experts at Landcraft who will share tips for pollinator-friendly, biodiverse landscaping best suited for our local ecosystem and your backyard. Ticketed guests are welcome to stroll through the gardens at their own pace and stop along the trails for tastes, sips and chats.

There are four acres of cultivated and naturalized garden spaces to enjoy surrounded by almost 10 acres of natural meadows with mowed paths providing easy access to view native plants and abundant wildlife. Enjoy the garden’s current art installation of 14 sculptures nestled throughout the landscape by artists Sam Moyer and Eddie Martinez who live and work in Orient and New York City.

Tickets include tastings of locally sourced wines from Croteaux Vineyards and Rose Hill Vineyards along with nibbles sourced from Landcraft Gardens’ harvest and a few of Slow Food’s favorite local farmers.

September is SLOW FOOD USA’s membership drive month. During the month of September our chapter, Slow Food East End, the most active chapter in the US, says thank you to our new members and renewing members with a gift of a Slow Food t-shirt! If you renew or sign up to be a member before our event your t-shirt will be available to pick up at Landcraft. Remember SFEE members always get discounts to all SFEE events.

As an added bonus all ticket holders will be entered into a drawing to win gift baskets filled with Landcraft Garden Foundation and Slow Food swag and local wines! You must attend the event to win a basket. This event is co-hosted by Slow Food East End and Landcraft Garden Foundation. Tickets are $65 for members of either organization and $75 for nonmembers (plus the Event Brite processing fee). Ticket proceeds benefit Slow Food Feed the Forks initiatives and the Landcraft Garden Foundation.

Rain date Saturday, September 24th.

The Landcraft Garden Foundation is located at 4342 Grand Avenue, Mattituck.

Get Your Tickets Here!
Located in the heart of the North Fork’s wine region on Long Island’s East End, the Landcraft Gardens were established in 1992 by founders Dennis Schrader and Bill Smith when they purchased 17 acres of land surrounding a 1840’s-era farmhouse. Their initial goals were to create an exuberant garden of unusual or little-known plants, featuring them within a framework of innovative design while also providing an environment for trialing new and exotic plant materials. They wanted it to be an American garden; to be a conglomeration of different styles and influences blending seamlessly to create a garden of unique interests. The garden would exemplify the synthesis of structure, color, distinctive plant material, and composition.

September 15th: Slow Hour at RGNY

Sep 7, 2022 | Past Events, Slow Hour

Summer is almost over but we’re still in the mood to celebrate! All are welcome to join us for our second Slow Hour, Slow Food East End’s version of Happy Hour.

When: Thursday, September 15th from 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM EDT

Where: RGNY, 6025 Sound Ave, Riverhead, NY 11901

How: It’s easy! No tickets needed, just let us know you are coming.

Slow Food is a global, grassroots organization committed to promoting local food cultures and celebrating our local food sources and providers who believe in a food web that is locally sourced and environmentally sustainable.

Bring a friend and come on by to meet the Slow Food community and chat with our volunteer board to learn more about Slow Food on the East End of Long Island. Plus, it’s a great opportunity to support local businesses and enjoy a beautiful view! Food & wine will be available for purchase.

Rain or shine come and slow down with us we’d love to meet you! We’d be delighted to tell you what we’ve been up to this past year and our plans for the future.

The event is free to attend – but please do register to help us plan accordingly.

Want to know where and when the next Slow Hour will be? Sign up for Slow Food East End’s newsletters to receive news about all our upcoming events.

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SFEE Pot Luck at North Fork Flower Farm

Aug 10, 2022 | Past Events

Aug 18th – Back by popular demand our Pot Luck dinners return. Meet us in the fields at North Fork Flower Farm to enjoy a tour of their new home and a delicious potluck feast, timed to enjoy a sunset view across the blossoming fields.
 
Thursday, August 18th, 6:30 pm until 8:30.
48455 Middle Road (CR, 48), Southold, NY 11971
 
Bring along your favorite dish with at least 8 portions to share for dinner, we’ll sit down together at a long communal table to celebrate our community and this beautiful summer season.
 
The North Fork Flower Farm broke ground on leased farmland in Orient in 2017 adding locally-grown cut flowers to the ever-expanding agricultural offerings on the East End with a goal of providing florals, herbs, and grasses to individuals via CSA programs and to professionals. Earlier this year NFFF bought 25 acres of farmland in Southold and is now establishing permanent roots. You’ll discover the hundreds of varieties grown, including edible florals, and have a chance to connect with the farmers and learn more about their plans for the future.
Less Waste, More Fun – In an effort to reduce a lot of unnecessary waste—plastic cutlery, paper plates, and disposable cups and napkins that tend to be used once then discarded, we are requesting that you each bring your own table setting as well. Pack yourself a real plate, cutlery, and glassware that you can take home and reuse. Please remember to BYO Beverages.
Once you buy your ticket we will send you a link to register your name and the dish you plan to prepare so we can eliminate over duplication of menu items. We look forward to tasting all sorts of recipes using local produce and locally sourced provisions.
 
We’d love to create a source list of recipes to share after the event with our community so if you’d like yours to be included, feel free to bring a written copy of it to the Pot Luck.
 
Thank you for joining us, your ticket purchase ( $30 – discounted to $25 for Slow food members) will help us cover the costs of renting tables/chairs and seed our ongoing Feed the Forks initiatives. We’ll talk more about these efforts when we see you on the 18th!
 
The event is outdoors in a farm field setting so plan attire and shoes accordingly.
Please reserve your place at our table by August 14.
 
We are looking forward to seeing you at our table.
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