Event Management sales team members Emerald, Emily, Koba, and Marie, along with Chef Jerome, toured Satur Farms this summer to learn more about the produce Event Management purchases for its catering menu.
Located on the North Fork of Long Island, just 75 miles from Columbia’s Morningside Campus, Satur Farms supplies produce used in Event Management’s catering operations. This summer, members of the Event Management team toured the location to learn more and taste some of the produce directly at the source.
Satur Farms, owned and operated by Paulette Satur and Eberhard Müller, is dedicated to growing the finest vegetables and culinary ingredients. It began when they purchased their original farm in 1997 with the intention of growing some vegetables and herbs for Chef Müller's restaurant. Colleagues in New York City asked if they might be able to buy their produce, and the farm as a business became a reality.
The 18 acres behind their house has expanded into two additional nearby tracts of leased land: 30 acres and 140 acres respectively. Currently, leeks are growing on their original 18 acres through the fall after recently harvesting alfalfa from that plot.
Source: columbia.edu
Photo Credit: Satur Farms
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