12.19.2014 Agriculture Could $700K help bring ‘ag center’ to downtown Riverhead? The sale of the Second Street firehouse has been in the headlines several times in the last couple of years. Initially, it was expected that Suffolk Theater owner Bob...
07.27.2014 Agriculture Tiny microgreen veggies pack a mighty tasty punch Picture a full garden’s worth of flavors: sweet corn, beets, sweet peas, arugula, fresh basil and even crisp green apples. Now picture all of those varieties tiny enough to...
07.27.2014 Agriculture These young farmers will eat — and plant — their veggies “Eat your vegetables.” The phrase may generate a certain queasy feeling in your stomach and an innate desire to defy your mother. Uttered sternly by countless moms over the...
07.01.2014 Agriculture Not so sweet start to North Fork’s corn season North Fork growers say they are in a race against time and temperature, hoping they will be able to harvest enough local sweet corn to fill farm stand shelves...
06.28.2014 Environment How nitrogen finds its way into surface water The Nature Conservancy released a report last week on the various ways nitrogen finds its way from the air and land and into surface waters throughout the Peconic Estuary....
06.22.2014 Agriculture Riverhead farmer Phil Schmitt details conservation efforts at his farm Phil Schmitt of Schmitt Family Farms in Riverhead welcomed farming support representatives from the New York City watershed region last week to share some of the conservation practices being...
05.30.2014 Agriculture Survey says: Suffolk County farms taking larger loss As production costs for Suffolk County’s farmers rise, the return they receive on that investment is going down, painting a “gloomy” picture for the future of Long Island’s farm...
05.07.2014 Agriculture Rough winter means slow start to spring harvesting season The lasting effects of a stormy winter have put a damper on the spring growing season, and produce that would otherwise be on farm stand shelves by now has...