11.15.2013 Business Sound Avenue agri-park draws sizable first harvest Lyle Wells, owner of Wells Homestead Farms in Aquebogue, used to store his excess produce in a shed. He couldn’t control the humidity or temperature and would lose about...
11.01.2013 Business Q&A: New L.I. Farm Bureau pres marks a couple of ‘firsts’ After nearly 60 years representing farmers on Long Island, the Long Island Farm Bureau named both its first woman, and first aquaculture farmer as president of the agriculture advocacy group....
10.11.2013 Business Legislator Krupski pitches new farmland bill After a farmland preservation bill that sounded the alarm of some environmental groups was pulled earlier this summer, Suffolk County Legislator Al Krupski believes he has the support for...
09.27.2013 News Special Report: A dwindling workforce for local farmers Constantine Curup’s life as a farm worker would hardly be considered enviable. The Guatemalan immigrant left his family in 2002 to work in the fields of Long Island. “It’s...
08.03.2013 News Farmers take part in program to cut use of water-polluting fertilizers Growing sweet corn on the North Fork is an art form. It takes time, attention and plenty of fertilizer to ensure crops have enough nutrients to thrive. The results...
07.03.2013 Columns Equal Time: We’ve got to keep our farms Land preservation does not pit farmland preservation against open space protection. It’s about hard work and a commitment to preserving the character of our community, towns, county and island...
06.02.2013 Business LaValle bill would force labels on genetically altered food New York could become the first state in the nation to require that genetically modified foods be labeled as such, a move farmers say could put locally grown produce...
05.22.2013 News Town Board hires expert to lure FAA to Calverton The Riverhead Town Board heard opposition from the farm community to a proposed change to require stricter regulations on excavating land for agriculture during a public hearing tonight. Farmers...