05.13.2021 Agriculture More than 11 acres of Wells Farm in Aquebogue preserved as farmland The children of the late Lyle Wells — who died in a tractor accident in January 2018 — have now sold the development rights to 11.16 acres of farmland...
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...
02.06.2019 Agriculture Grant honoring Lyle Wells available for innovative LI farmers The late Lyle Wells’ passion for furthering the farming community has inspired a grant aimed at helping the future of Long Island agriculture. The Wells family established the Lyle...
02.02.2018 Editorials Editorial: We love their farms, but their work is dangerous Most of us on the East End have the luxury of enjoying all that local farms have to offer from a distance — a safe distance, if you will....
02.01.2018 Community A packed barn of family and friends says goodbye to Lyle Wells A standing room only crowd packed into a barn at Martha Clara Vineyards Thursday morning to celebrate the life of Lyle Wells, the iconic and enterprising Riverhead farmer and...
01.31.2018 Government Zeldin remembers Lyle Wells in Washington, D.C. Congressman Lee Zeldin paid tribute to Lyle Wells, who died in an apparent farming accident last Thursday, while on the floor of the House of Representatives on Tuesday.
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.
01.26.2018 Agriculture Lyle Wells, giant of Riverhead farming community, killed in workplace accident When his family’s farm turned 350 years old in 2011, Riverhead’s Lyle Wells had 60 L.L. Bean jackets printed displaying the words “Wells Homestead Acres 350 Years.”
