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We hope you had a blast at our first annual Earth Day celebration because we sure did! Thank you to everyone who came to learn from our local leaders, farmers, gardeners, and more to celebrate Mother Earth. It was a beautiful spring day, and with summer just around the corner we’re already excited for more opportunities to gather in the coming months, so stay tuned for more. In the meantime, you can reflect on all that we’ve done together this season with this slideshow of photos from our Earth Day celebration.
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We’ve also shared recordings of our Chef Series on our YouTube page where you can re-watch the delicious cooking demo with Chefs Jack Bishop and Lauren Chattman to make fresh pesto and pasta for some weekend dinner inspiration.
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Or get excited to learn all about beans and seeds in this week’s Slow Seed Summit by watching Chef Peter Berley’s cooking demo. He invited us into his kitchen and in on his secrets behind cooking beans and pulses. Read on to learn more about the Seed Summit, and get your tickets!
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It’s time to sign up for your local CSA to make sure you are getting access to local fruits and veggies all year long – and supporting local farmers at the same time!
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Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a way for a community of consumers to directly support small local farms. Members pay a fee to join, which is repaid in fresh produce throughout the growing season (mid-May to November in our area). Each week, members collect boxes of fresh, local, seasonal produce on-site at the farm, or at other designated locations. Buying a share of a CSA allows the farmer to grow for a guaranteed, direct consumer. The farmer then has funds for the yearly operation of the farm, the members enjoy a bounty of locally grown, fresh vegetables and fruits, and the arrangement promotes the survival of sustainable, local, small-scale agriculture.
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 Nourish Your Community
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Are you a home baker who loves to give back to your community?
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We invite you to join Flour Power, Slow Food East End’s community powered baking cooperative.
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Slow Food USA Slow Seed Summit
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Tune into this virtual event
from May 13-15!
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For three days, hundreds of people from around the world will virtually gather, listen and discuss the regeneration of our world’s foodways to advance good, clean and fair food for all. Each day will focus on a new lens through which our attendees will listen, share and plan the future of our climate, health and food justice.
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MAY 13 – SEED PRESERVATION & FOOD SECURITY
Learn about global efforts in seed preservation on many scales: micro to large community seed library projects. We spotlight the practice of wild harvesting as a method of gaining food security. Today we explore the question: Can the act of seed preservation ensure food security?
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MAY 14 – SEED SOVEREIGNTY, ETHICS & ADVOCACY
Various technologies are impacting seed sovereignty of communities, and often these technological efforts jeopardize seed ownership and threaten Earth’s biodiversity, livelihoods, cultures and health. Today we explore the question: What does it mean to have sovereignty over a community’s seeds, and can we create mechanisms that facilitate a more regenerative ecosystem?
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MAY 15 – WOMEN, SEEDS & COMMUNITY
The world over, women have been caretakers and protectors of seed, and it is this work that we will highlight on the final day of our Seed Summit. We will hear from visionaries, advocates and champions of seed rematriation, and hear about efforts to regenerate community health by growing, protecting and eating seeds.
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