Please join The Center for Wine, Food, & Culture and Stony Brook Southampton as we welcome the first annual:
Women's Initiative for a Sustainable Earth (WISE) Conference
March 27-29, 2009
Stony Brook Southampton
Please click here for more information and registration >>
A New Kind of Center
The Stony Brook University Center for Wine, Food, and Culture strives to support the
economic and cultural viability of regional wine and food producers through
dynamic and relevant educational activities that are open to industry professionals
and the general public.
On Long Island and throughout New York, our agricultural traditions are
currently at risk, as farms and fisheries suffer from the pressures of
population growth, global environmental changes, and government regulation.
Suffolk County currently has the most economically importantagriculture
industry in the state. Our cultural heritage and public security also depend
on the sustainability of food production in the New York Metropolitan Area,
which includes the Twin Forks. The community must be made aware of the
importance and of the fragility of our farms in order to create conditions
that will make them viable and sustainable.
To this end, the Center for Wine, Food, and Culture offers wine-and
food-tasting classes, cultural lectures, exhibitions, interdisciplinary
symposia, and academic programs. Consumers, students, researchers, and
professionals are offered richly diverse experiences to enhance their
knowledge, sensory awareness, health, and conviviality.
Links to our local partner associations:
www.liwines.com
www.longislandmerlot.com
Support the Center for Wine, Food, and Culture
The mission of the Center is to:
Foster the economic and cultural sustainability of
wine and food producers within the NY metro area
Expand the reach of the University through dynamic
educational and social activities centered on gastronomy
Provide educational activities focused on issues
relating to food, wine, and public health
Educate students and the public in techniques for
sensory evaluation
The Center was founded
in 2004 for the purpose of bringing together people and ideas that convey
and sustain cultural connections to food and wine. The Center is
not-for-profit and seeks your support in building and furthering its
programming. Tax-deductible donations are welcome. To support the Center,
please access the University's Online Giving Form. Under the heading "Choose Where You'd Like Your Gift to Go," check the last box–"School or College or Program [specify]"–and type "Wine and Food Center" in the adjacent box.