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...
07.29.2019 Agriculture Program in memory of Lyle Wells to benefit start-up farmers The Peconic Land Trust has rolled out its new Lyle Wells Farm Equipment Co-op, a program developed to meet some of the equipment needs and capital challenges faced by...
06.21.2019 Agriculture Legislation aims to bolster young farmers with debt forgiveness Aspiring farmers crippled with student loans may have their debt forgiven under legislation introduced in the House of Representatives last week.
01.29.2018 Obituaries Services set for Lyle Wells; memorial scholarship started in his name While family and friends prepare to say their final goodbyes to Lyle Wells, his children have created a scholarship fund in his name to help carry on his legacy.
02.25.2017 Columns Guest Column: The positive impact of the North Fork’s wine industry The first day in 1973 that my then-husband, Alex, and I arrived on the farm we’d bought in Cutchogue, on Long Island’s North Fork, to plant the region’s first...
04.25.2016 Editorials Editorial: Sowing seeds for the future of agriculture From time to time, farmer and North Fork Legislator Al Krupski will call attention to the image on the Suffolk County seal: an ox. The context surrounding his references...
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...
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...
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...
