04.01.2017 Columns Guest Spot: Working to enhance, protect our land Since the first settlers came to this area, Long Island has been defined by its agriculture. The farmer’s way of life — deep concern for the land and a...
10.29.2015 Education Riverhead, local schools work together for a grant to make your kids’ gardens better Children have historically resisted eating their vegetables — something proponents of school gardens are trying to change.
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...
08.17.2013 Business Local college-age crew a first for Peconic farm Looking out into the fields at Sang Lee Farms in Peconic, a group of local young men can be seen baling hay and stringing up cherry tomatoes. These young...