Sylvester Manor Educational Farm Archives

06.23.2020 Around the Island

Windmill, pigs and chickens — oh, my! New opportunities to explore Manor farm

Summer at Sylvester Manor is a quintessential Shelter Island experience, where modern agricultural innovation meets history. In this case, the history stretches back to the Island’s 1652 settling and...

06.19.2020 News

Sylvester Manor open for Juneteenth, Islanders invited to pay respect

Today, Friday, June 19, Islanders are invited to come to the Afro-Indigenous Burial Ground at Sylvester Manor to pay tribute to the memory of the enslaved on the Juneteenth...

06.16.2020 Around the Island

Confronting Sylvester Manor’s past: A statement of solidarity is released

To coincide with the Island rally in protest of police brutality and racism last Sunday, June 14, the Sylvester Manor team released a statement acknowledging the role of slavery...

05.30.2020 Around the Island

Sylvester Manor windmill tilts toward the future to harness the wind for energy

The 19th-century windmill at Sylvester Manor Educational Farm is one of the Island’s most readily identifiable links to its agricultural past. This year, a group of students at Worcester...

04.29.2020 Around the Island

Sylvester Manor and restaurant offer new menu: Farm to kitchen to your table

Sylvester Manor Educational Farm has announced this week’s menu offered by 18 Bay, as they provide a weekly to-go dinner to the community, using Sylvester Manor produce and sharing...

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Windmill, pigs and chickens — oh, my! New opportunities to explore Manor farm

Sylvester Manor open for Juneteenth, Islanders invited to pay respect

Confronting Sylvester Manor’s past: A statement of solidarity is released

Sylvester Manor windmill tilts toward the future to harness the wind for energy

Sylvester Manor and restaurant offer new menu: Farm to kitchen to your table