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September 2014
8th Annual North Fork Foodie Tour
The Peconic Land Trust’s Ag Center is once again the kick-off point for the North Fork Foodie Tour. Hosted by the North Fork Reform Synagogue, this self-guided tour provides you with a great opportunity to meet local food artisans and get behind the scenes at almost 20 interesting locations usually reserved for the trades, along with cooking demonstrations, talks, and tastings. New locations this year include 8 Hands Farm, Mar-Gene, Greenport Harbor Brewery, Young Widow's Farm, and the Long Island…
Find out more »North Fork Bike Ride with EHTPS
Meet at Paumanok Vineyard, Jamesport at 2 p.m.. Bike for 20-25 miles and then return to the vineyard for tasting. Possible dinner afterwards. Helmets required. Please RSVP. Leader: Lois Peltz 631.329.9414 or 212.689.3991.
Find out more »December 2014
Christmas at Hallockville
Celebrate the season the old-fashioned way with guided tours of historic homes decorated for the season, holiday music and special exhibits, children's activities and event a special guest from the North Pole! The Hallock Homestead will be decorated in the style of a Victorian Christmas, complete with antique toy displays, mince meat tarts baking in the wood stive and costumed interpreters. The Cichanowicz Farmhouse will depict a Depression-era Polish farming family's Christmas traditions. Plus craft demonstrations, holiday shopping, homemade baked…
Find out more »June 2015
NoFo Spring House and Farm Tour with Peconic Land Trust
Explore the best of the North Fork during this five-stop, self-guided tour featuring some of the North Fork's most popular bed and breakfasts and local farms, paired with restaurants, wineries, and breweries! Come celebrate spring in the Heart of Long Island Wine Country. At each stop, enjoy tastings from a wonderful local restaurant along with a winery or brewery! Locations include: Blue Iris B&B, Cedar House on Sound, 8 Hands Farm, Fig and Olive B&B, and Shade Tree Nursery. A…
Find out more »Hen House Tour of the North Fork
Twelve North Fork hen houses will be open for visitors during this self-guided tour sponsored by Cornell University's horticultural research farm in Riverhead. Participants can pick up maps to the henhouses at the research farm at 3059 Sound Ave. in Riverhead beginning at 10 a.m. A $5 map fee per vehicle will help pay for the costs of the event. Stops on the tour include a small family-run farm in Riverhead that sells eggs and chickens all year, a baby…
Find out more »May 2016
May-Gration Tuesdays with Tom Birding Walks
May 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th & 31st. Tuesday's with Tom field trips all month May is by far the busiest month for birds and birders alike. Our feathered friends are busy moving into our area and beyond and we birders are observing them. The North Fork is ripe with birding hotspots and we will hit most of them this month. Meet at the Red House at Inlet Pond County Park, North Road, Greenport and we'll carpool from there. Please register…
Find out more »June 2016
Rites of Spring Music Fest Historic House Tour
Music, History and the Natural Environment: an immersive experience Beautiful historical houses in Orient, Greenport and Southold will be open from 11am to 5pm for visiting and for listening to live music performances held within each historic house. For one day, the doors of the North Fork’s most beautiful historic houses will be open, while offering an extraordinary opportunity to experience live classical music in collaboration with the Arcanum String Quartet. Music Program Historic House Tour Information and Registration Arcanum String Quartet Register…
Find out more »September 2016
10th Annual North Fork Foodie Tour
Sunday, Sept. 11, 2016, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Once again, the Foodie Tour will be self-guided, similar to a house tour, and provide the opportunity for all who attend to visit North Fork producers of unique, local, artisanal food and wine. We know from experience that the Tour is a wonderful opportunity to showcase the finest of what the North Fork has to offer, to inform the attendees of how the products are made and to emphasize what makes…
Find out more »February 2017
NFEC Speaker Series: “Living Green and Toxin-Free” with Beth Fiteni at Peconic Community Center
Saturday, Feb. 25 at 1 p.m. Peconic Lane Community Center Peconic, NY Beth Fiteni, MSEL, of Green Inside and Out will discuss a variety of ways to reduce harmful toxins in our homes and businesses, and make the best choices regarding: plastics that may leach hormone-disrupting chemicals, body care products, cleaners and dry cleaners, pesticides, lowering your diet's carbon footprint, and where to find greener, safer products. Beth Fiteni has a Master of Studies in Environmental Law, 20 years of…
Find out more »May 2017
Rites of Spring: Classical Music & Historic House Tour by the Arcanum String Quartet
Four music performances in four historical houses in collaboration with Oysterponds, Stirling and Southold Historical Societies Beautiful historical houses in Southold, Greenport and Orient will be open from 1:00pm to 5:00pm for visiting and for listening to live music performances held within four historic houses. For one day, the doors of East End of Long Island’s most beautiful historic houses will be open while offering an extraordinary opportunity to experience live classical music in collaboration with the Arcanum String Quartet…
Find out more »September 2017
11th Annual North Fork Foodie Tour
Save the Date for the 11th Annual North Fork Foodie Tour!!! Sponsored by the North Fork Reform Synagogue, the 11th Annual North Fork Foodie Tour will be held on Sunday, September 10, 2017 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. As in the past 10 years, the Foodie Tour will once again celebrate the bounty of the North Fork, featuring 20 locations...farms, vineyards and other food producers...offering behind-the-scenes tours of their operations. Enjoy the opportunity to meet the extraordinary people who…
Find out more »September 2018
International Beach Clean Up Day with NFEC
International Beach Clean Up Day: Saturday, September 15th 2018 Iron Pier Beach in Jamesport 10am to 12 noon Bailie Beach in Mattituck 12:00 noon to 2:00pm Truman's Beach in Orient 12:00 noon to 2:00pm The North Fork Environmental Council will be there to hand out plastic gloves and garbage bags or feel free to bring your own.
Find out more »October 2018
NFEC Chili Night at Jamesport Farm Brewery
Friday, October 26, 2018 6:00 - 9:00 pm Jamesport Farm Brewery 5873 Sound Avenue Riverhead, NY 11901 The North Fork Environmental Council will be hosting a chili contest with chili made by local restaurants. Your ticket includes chili, Satur Farms salad, cornbread, dessert and one Jamesport Farm Brewery beer. They will also have music provided by Tony Nish and a Chinese auction with items donated by local businesses. Please come down and support the NFEC! Tickets -…
Find out more »February 2019
North Fork Environmentalists Team Up To Tackle Plastic Pollution
Join the NFEC and NFAS as we work to eliminate single use plastics throughout our community. North Fork Environmental Council and North Fork Audubon Society are teaming up to tackle the plastic pollution problem in our community. It's in our bays, Sound, creeks; along our roadways, in our trees and on our beaches. It destroys our wildlife, it poisons birds, fish, mammals and makes it way up the food chain. It is not biodegradable. It never…
Find out more »September 2021
Microplastics in Long Island Sound: NFEC & Save the Sound Zoom Presentation
Professor Vince Breslin of Southern Connecticut State University leads this very important presentation. Sponsored by NFEC, North Fork Audubon Society and Save the Sound Wednesday, September 15th 6:30 pm In this presentation, Dr. Breslin will examine the issues surrounding plastic debris in the marine environment and will explore the origins of the use of plastic in the economy along with an examination of the ecological and environmental consequences of macro and micro plastics in global oceans and…
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