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10.27.2021 Agriculture

Condzella’s Farm in Wading River partners with Peconic Land Trust for preservation effort

In the early 1900s, John Condzella’s great-grandfather William and his wife, Mary, immigrated to the United States from Poland and soon purchased farm property in Wading River. They grew...

08.15.2020 Agriculture

How COVID-19 has impacted some North Fork farms

Things are a little bit quieter at the Crescent Duck Farm in Aquebogue these days. “I’m used to having all these barns filled,” fourth-generation farmer Doug Corwin explained from...

04.23.2020 Business

Federal assistance for farmers is on the way, but it might not help much locally

A coalition of New York State Assembly members in the minority are calling on their colleagues in the legislature to provide relief to farmers during the COVID-19 pandemic. In...

07.14.2018 Editorials

Editorial: Is marijuana the next big North Fork crop?

The idea of the North Fork as home to a wide array of vineyards may have seemed far-fetched more than a half-century ago, when potato farmers ruled the land.

10.09.2017 Community

42 annual Riverhead Country Fair along the Peconic Riverfront: photos

What began as a celebration of Riverhead Town’s agricultural heritage has became an annual festival of carnival rides, pumpkin decorating and fun along the Peconic Riverfront.

04.24.2017 Agriculture

Estate tax repeal and the North Fork’s farm families

Jonathan Wickham remembers that at age 14, maybe younger, he was involved in planning for the estate tax on his family’s 300-acre fruit farm — something the average teen...

04.25.2016 Agriculture

Farming gets a say in Suffolk’s future — for good

Last Tuesday, during the same meeting at which they officially adopted a long-term agricultural stewardship plan, Suffolk County legislators also gave another nod to the vital role farming plays...

04.08.2016 Agriculture

Local farmers react to $15 minimum wage standard

In a ceremony Monday morning, Gov. Andrew Cuomo — flanked by Democratic legislators and his lieutenant governor — signed a state law that will gradually raise the minimum wage...

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