10.07.2015 Education Gabrielsen Farms helps grow discussion about agriculture in schools It’s not enough for students to go visit a farm in order for them to learn about agriculture, said Katie Bigness, a coordinator at New York Agriculture in the...
09.04.2015 Agriculture Apple picking season is here. Here’s where to get yours While the beach and backyard barbecue will be on many people’s mind’s this Labor Day weekend, apple picking season has begun. That’s right, at least three farms have either already...
08.18.2015 Business Davis Peach Farm needs $150k to stay open after storm damage When Davis Peach Farm owner Christine Davis saw the extent of the devastation caused by a severe thunderstorm earlier this month, she went “totally numb.”
08.04.2015 Agriculture As demand increases, Fink’s makes way for more crops Customers have been coming up to Michelle Fink, co-owner of Fink’s Country Farm in Wading River, curious as to what’s happening on the large space of land to the...
07.02.2015 Business Corn crops should be ready for Fourth of July after long winter Fret not, barbecue lovers of the North Fork: you should be able to enjoy local corn during the upcoming Fourth of July weekend. Despite a brutal winter and a...
04.26.2015 Agriculture No major crop damage from cold temps, but farmers frustrated Wading River farmer Robert Andrews’ crops are mostly still in the ground, shielded from the recent cold snaps by warm earth. Mr. Andrews said Saturday morning’s cold snap didn’t...
04.01.2015 Agriculture As cold weather persists, farmers play the waiting game In a drastic change to their normal routines, North Fork farmers say they aren’t doing much these days. By the time St. Patrick Day rolls around, Bayview Farm and...
03.13.2015 Agriculture Fewer sales, more variety: Suffolk surpassed by dairy-heavy counties A Greek yogurt boom has brought herculean increases in sales to a couple of upstate counties in recent years, knocking Suffolk County out of its long-coveted spot as New...