10.19.2022 Agriculture Summer drought hits farm wallets on the North Fork As the summer cools into autumn, many North Fork farmers are left looking back on a season hotter and drier than expected that, with supply chain issues, drove higher...
10.01.2022 Agriculture For 100 years, agricultural research center in Riverhead has served as critical resource to region A seed for Long Island’s powerhouse farming industry was planted with a single question: “Why should we not have a branch of the New York Experiment Station located on...
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...
