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03.29.2020 Agriculture

What does the COVID-19 pandemic mean for local farmers?

As the outbreak of the novel coronavirus continues to disrupt virtually all industries, farmers are calling on the federal government to ensure a crucial lifeline for their operations remains...

03.05.2020 Agriculture

New law requires overtime for farmworkers after 60 hours, but changes could already be coming

The New York State Department of Labor has convened a new wage board to investigate and make recommendations regarding a new law that requires farmworkers be paid overtime for...

12.20.2019 Agriculture

Four more North Fork farms sold to Stefan Soloviev

Stefan Soloviev, the East Hampton man who has been buying North Fork farmland for the past several years, recently bought three large farm parcels along Route 25 in Jamesport...

05.22.2019 Government

Typo delays vote on agricultural processing proposal

A much-anticipated vote on whether to allow on-site agricultural processing at local farms was put on hold for another two weeks because of a typo in the minutes.

04.12.2019 Agriculture

Proposed zoning change would allow easier path to construct processing facilities

Southold farmers are nearing an agreement that would allow them to process their products on-site. The Agricultural Advisory Committee discussed the proposed changes to the town’s zoning law that...

07.14.2018 Editorials

Editorial: Is marijuana the next big North Fork crop?

The idea of the North Fork as home to a wide array of vineyards may have seemed far-fetched more than a half-century ago, when potato farmers ruled the land.

10.08.2017 Agriculture

Southold students learn agriculture, gardening and history of potatoes

Southold Elementary School fifth-graders got a special treat last Wednesday that they helped grow and cook themselves.

04.24.2017 Agriculture

Estate tax repeal and the North Fork’s farm families

Jonathan Wickham remembers that at age 14, maybe younger, he was involved in planning for the estate tax on his family’s 300-acre fruit farm — something the average teen...

04.25.2016 Agriculture

Farming gets a say in Suffolk’s future — for good

Last Tuesday, during the same meeting at which they officially adopted a long-term agricultural stewardship plan, Suffolk County legislators also gave another nod to the vital role farming plays...

04.08.2016 Uncategorized

Local farmers react to $15 minimum wage standard

In a ceremony Monday morning, Gov. Andrew Cuomo — flanked by Democratic legislators and his lieutenant governor — signed a state law that will gradually raise the minimum wage...

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