Share The Harvest Farm’s Summer Soirée Celebrates Local Food, Giving, & Community

More than 200 guests gathered at Share the Harvest Farm on August 2 for the sold-out 2026 Summer Soirée, an evening celebrating local food, community, and the collective effort behind the farm’s mission of growing to give by providing fresh, organically grown produce to neighbors facing food insecurity across the East End. The evening raised more than $95,000 to support the farm’s work.

Set among EECO Farm’s fields and gardens, the annual benefit brought together an extraordinary group of local chefs, restaurants, food makers, wineries, breweries, and beverage partners. At the heart of the evening was the farm itself, with participating chefs creating dishes using fresh produce grown and harvested at Share the Harvest. The same vegetables and herbs grown for donation throughout the season were transformed into delicious dishes celebrating the East End’s local food community.

“We want our guests to feel the same nourishment, care, and abundance that we hope to provide our community every day, through the food we grow, the meals we help create and the connections we build,” said Meredith Arm, Executive Director of Share the Harvest Farm. “There is something incredibly meaningful about bringing people together on the very land where we grow food for our neighbors.”

Guests enjoyed dishes from Aki’s Kitchen, Calissa, The Clam Bar, DUNA Coastal Mexican Kitchen, Holy Tschili, La Mora, Montauk Smoked Fish, Night Owl Baker, Nikki’s Not Dog Stand, Oyster Bliss, Chef Peter Ambrose, Salt & Barrel, The Seafood Shop and Smokin’ Wolf BBQ, along with a burrata bar by Hamptons Grazing Wagon and a grazing table by East End Charcuterie.

Dessert included a custom cake created on-site by La Famille Bakery, along with sweets from Springs Salt, Kira’s Cookies and Superfood City, and fresh donuts from Dreesen’s Donut Truck.

The evening began with welcome cocktails from Twin Forks Spice Co., with beverages throughout the night generously provided by Wölffer Estate Vineyard, Channing Daughters, RGNY x James Lane Post, Montaukila, Kidd Squid Brewing Co., Springs Brewery, MTK Mocktails, and Poppi.

The farm provided a natural backdrop for the celebration, enhanced by floral arrangements created by Ella Gatfield using flowers grown at Share the Harvest Farm, live music by REEB, a picnic by Island Gatherings Picnic Co, bars by EAST + PALM, and guest favors from Jamagansett and Hamptons Handpoured.

“The Summer Soirée is a celebration, but it is also a reminder of what is possible when a community comes together around the belief that everyone deserves access to fresh, nutritious food,” Arm said. “Every seed planted, every pound harvested, and every meal made possible is the result of people choosing to show up for one another. That spirit was everywhere at this year’s Soirée.”

Proceeds from the Summer Soirée directly support Share the Harvest Farm’s work growing and donating fresh produce to food pantries, shelters, senior housing communities, childcare centers, and nonprofit partners throughout the East End. The farm currently works with 11 community partners and continues to expand its harvest and programs in response to growing local need.