10.17.2012 Business Deputy secretary of Department of Agriculture meets with local farmers The deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture visited the North Fork Wednesday morning to meet with farmers to discuss how the federal government can help with challenges facing...
09.10.2012 News Suffolk Times: Photos from the North Fork Foodie Tour The North Fork Reform Synagogue held its 6th annual North Fork Foodie Tour on Sunday. Participants explored the bounty of the North Fork on a self-guided course, which included...
08.15.2012 Business PHOTOS: North Fork Potato Chips opens sunflower maze in Cutchogue North Fork Potato Chips has created the area’s first sunflower maze in Cutchogue. The local potato chip company, which is owned by Sidor Farm in Mattituck, opened the nearly...
08.04.2012 Business Orient family now revitalizing old farm in Calverton During the Great Depression, Steven Mezynieski’s family was forced to sell off its South Fork farm. Now, generations later, the Wainscott native and Orient resident is piecing together a...
08.01.2012 News Wine Press: Here’s your chance to name a grape variety Love wine? Want to help name a new variety of grape? Here’s your chance. Cornell University is asking the public to help them name two new varieties of grape...
07.27.2012 News New agri-park facility opens in Calverton While it might be a charming and nostalgic experience to pick up a head of lettuce from a North Fork farm stand, that’s not how people like to shop...
06.24.2012 Business It’s already corn season at some local farm stands right now In a typical year on the North Fork, corn season wouldn’t begin for another couple weeks. This is not your typical corn season. Some farm stands have already begun...
06.11.2012 Business Late blight detected in Riverhead, researchers hope to contain it The plant disease responsible for the Irish potato famine has struck a Riverhead potato farm, but researchers are hoping to contain the disease, known as late blight, to avoid...