Stony Brook Southampton, Center for Wine, Food & Culture
About Stony Brook Southampton, Center for Wine, Food & Culture
Center for Wine, Food & Culture, Stony Brook University
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.
