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...
03.22.2016 Agriculture Farmers, business owners voice opposition to $15 minimum wage Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposed minimum wage increase would have a devastating effect on the agricultural community and possibly send consumers to neighboring states to purchase products, farmers and business...
01.19.2016 Agriculture Farmers: $15 minimum wage is too much A proposal by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to eventually increase the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour — a 66 percent increase from the current rate — has members of...
01.05.2016 Agriculture Annual Long Island Agricultural Forum scheduled for next week The annual Long Island Agricultural Forum will take place Thursday and Friday, Jan. 14-15, at Suffolk County Community College’s Eastern Campus in Riverhead.
01.04.2016 Agriculture Whitman Nurseries expanding operations after 9-acre purchase Those driving down Main Road in Aquebogue recently may have noticed somewhat of a change: nearly 9 acres are being cleared across the street from Vineyard Caterers.
11.20.2015 Agriculture Here’s what it’s like to be a new farmer on the East End Abra Morawiec, owner of Feisty Acres Farm in Jamesport, didn’t grow up with dirt under her nails or farming in her blood.
10.08.2015 Editorials Editorial: An introduction to collaboration between farmers and schools For local farmers, school children are an untapped market — representing not only future consumers of their products, but future producers who can someday carry the torch and ensure...