Feast Down East holding community cultivator event next week

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Feast Down East is holding a community cultivator event next week.

The event is taking place on October 5th from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Azalea Station in the Cargo District on Castle Street in Wilmington.

Complimentary food from local farmers, live music, and raffle prizes will be available.

While the event is free to the public, organizers are asking attendees to register through their website or Facebook page.

Feast Down East says its mission is to strengthen the farming communities in and around the area by providing resources, education, and distribution opportunities to farmers while addressing equitable food access in communities with the greatest need.

The Community Cultivator is a free event that celebrates the local food system and brings the community together to learn more about Feast Down East and our mission to build a resilient community. The event features complimentary food from local farmers, live music, and raffle prizes. The food will be prepared by True Blue and showcase the wide selection of seasonal, fresh and local food, from veggies and honey to meat and eggs. Animal Lounge will be playing music.

Feast Down East is partnering with True Blue and Azalea Station for the event. True Blue Events is preparing the dishes showcasing local food. Azalea Station is offering their event space for free and 10% of the night’s drink sales. Feast Down East Executive Director Jordyn Appel-Hughes says working with True Blue to prepare the food underscores their mission to support local farmers and create a resilient, localized food system, through their Food Hub, which coordinates sales and distribution.

You can learn more by visiting feastdowneast.org , where you can view the current availability of fresh, seasonal and local products on their Food Hub’s Online Marketplace, where wholesale customers place their orders.

Feast Down East also has a “Local Motive Mobile Farmers’ Market”. It is a mobile market that sells fresh, seasonal food sourced directly from Feast Down East’s Food Hub in Burgaw, NC. The mobile market operates year-round at local community centers, public housing neighborhoods, and businesses, bringing the bounty of over 30 farmers from across 10+ counties in North Carolina straight to you.