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Become a Member! ECI Membership starts at $5 per month or $50 per calendar year, and includes invitations to our Organic Farm-To-Table Dinners at the historic St. Joseph Villa, and gardening workshops at the Good Ground Heritage Garden, and much more!
Our mission: to foster a resilient, ecology-based coastal community through advocacy and education in sustainable food production, wellness, and environmental stewardship.
ECI has grown to 900+ subscribers, serving Hampton Bays, NY with several environmental initiatives, including a seed library at the public library, an organic heritage garden at St. Joseph Villa which generates food for local food pantries, a community composting program, and our organic farm-to-table dinners.
Join ECI and become a member today! → eciny.org/membership
Learn composting with ECI! We are enrolling ECI members who want to participate in our Community Composting Program. Optional curbside pickup service will be available. Don’t miss out - participation in our Spring Season is limited!
In 2023, we diverted almost 7 tons of food scraps! We saved over 13,500 lbs. of food waste from the landfills, generating more than 6500 lbs. of “Black Gold” ♻️ thanks to all our program participants!
The Community Composting Program helps divert food waste from the landfill and into home gardens as nutrient-rich compost. Closing the loop on food waste is imperative to build healthy soil, and create resilient local food systems while fighting climate change.
ECI is raising funds to support the Good Ground Heritage Garden at St. Joseph Villa, 81 Lynn Ave, Hampton Bays, NY.
You can help by sponsoring engraved bricks to build our wheelchair-accessible garden pathway • $100 per brick
The Good Ground Heritage Garden provides an opportunity for folks to learn how to grow their own food and to also give back to the community by donating fresh, organic, vitamin-rich herbs and vegetables to those in need. Additionally, organic, heirloom variety seeds are collected from the garden and provided to the public for free through the Good Ground Seed Library.
ECOLOGICAL CULTURE INITIATIVE
81 Lynn Ave • Hampton Bays, NY 11946
info@eciny.org • 631-268-4166
The bees are coming back from winter break! No, they weren’t down at Palm Beach - they spent the winter, nice and snug, in their hives at St. Joseph’s Villa. Read all about how the ECI beekeepers kept our bee colonies healthy and happy this winter and how we’re getting them ready for spring.