In 2020, at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, Quail Hill Farm embarked upon a partnership with the food pantry at The Bridgehampton Child Care & Recreation Center (aka, "The Center.") The goal was simple: to provide fresh produce to those in the community who were facing unprecedented food insecurity, and to have the cost of growing, delivering, and supplying the produce paid for, so that QHF would not lose money in establishing this critical program.
Over the last 4 years, we have provided more than 20,000 lbs. of fresh produce to The Center. On a weekly or twice-a-week basis, we fed between 100 and 200 families in the Southampton, Bridgehampton, East Hampton, Amagansett, and Montauk communities. And while the need is (thankfully) not as great as it was in 2020, food insecurity here on the South Fork still far exceeds pre-pandemic levels.
This program can only continue with the generosity of our donors. Our 2024 program budget is $58,000, and we have already raised $20,000. Please join us today to raise the remaining $38,000 to enable this vital program - for our community, and for our farm - to continue.