04.15.2014 Agriculture L.I. Farm Bureau executive director stepping down after 26 years The longtime executive director of the Long Island Farm Bureau has announced he’s retiring from his post after 26 years. Joe Gergela, who was born in Greenport, grew up farming...
06.19.2013 News Enviros protest farmland preservation bill Environmental advocates lined up Tuesday to speak out against a bill proposed in the Suffolk County Legislature that’s designed to revise the county’s land preservation program. The bill, proposed...
04.03.2013 News DEC hearing on pesticide management plan set for tonight The battle between environmentalists and farmers over a ban on the use of certain pesticides is heating up, and tonight’s DEC hearing at Suffolk Community College in Riverhead is...
11.15.2012 News L.I. Farm Bureau exec getting kidney from brother Brothers Joe and John Gergela are celebrating life in a big way this year. Joe Gergela, 57, the longtime executive director of the Long Island Farm Bureau in Calverton,...