01.22.2016 Columns Guest Column: A new approach needed for North Fork’s wine region My wife, Carey, grew up on Skunk Lane with the back of her family’s home butting up against what would become a Pindar vineyard. Her brother, Chris, spent his...
01.19.2016 Agriculture Farmers: $15 minimum wage is too much A proposal by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to eventually increase the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour — a 66 percent increase from the current rate — has members of...
01.14.2016 Mattituck Cutchogue School District ‘Agriculture of the future’ comes to the classroom in Mattituck Toss out the old pizza party playbook: Mattituck High School just made “salad party” the new standard for classroom events.
01.04.2016 Agriculture Whitman Nurseries expanding operations after 9-acre purchase Those driving down Main Road in Aquebogue recently may have noticed somewhat of a change: nearly 9 acres are being cleared across the street from Vineyard Caterers.
12.28.2015 Editorials Editorial: Suffolk ag plan is good to see; now, time to execute It’s not uncommon for editorials on these pages to refer to Suffolk County using the East End as a cash cow, and while we don’t delve into state politics...
11.20.2015 Agriculture Here’s what it’s like to be a new farmer on the North Fork In 2004, after 20 years as a banker in Manhattan, Chris Browder was ready for a change. So he packed up his desk, grabbed a copy of “The Omnivore’s...
10.08.2015 Editorials Editorial: Introduction to collaboration For local farmers, school children are an untapped market — representing not only future consumers of their products, but future producers who can someday carry the torch and ensure...
07.02.2015 Business Corn crops should be ready for Fourth of July after long winter Fret not, barbecue lovers of the North Fork: you should be able to enjoy local corn during the upcoming Fourth of July weekend. Despite a brutal winter and a...
04.26.2015 Agriculture No major crop damage from cold temps, but farmers frustrated Wading River farmer Robert Andrews’ crops are mostly still in the ground, shielded from the recent cold snaps by warm earth. Mr. Andrews said Saturday morning’s cold snap didn’t...
04.24.2015 Agriculture Southold looks to help agriculture industry in trend toward processing Doug Cooper has no interest in bottling salsa at Cooper Farms, his Mattituck business. “At my age, I’m not going to get into something like that,” he said. But...