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04.30.2025 News

Charnews Farm to open stand in early May

The Peconic Land Trust plans to open a new farm stand at Charnews Farm on Youngs Avenue in Southold this spring. Not just any farm stand, it’s the first...

Two women, a man and then another woman stand smiling under the awning of a new red farm stand building.

02.18.2025 News

Peconic Land Trust and DEC agree to conservation easement for Reese Preserve

The Peconic Land Trust and the New York State Department of Conservation recently agreed to a conservation easement for the 29.8-acre Harold A. Reese preserve in Southold; the development...

11.21.2024 Agriculture

Farms for the Future helps Army veteran give back

From the war-torn deserts of Afghanistan to a tranquil field at Charnews Farm in Southold, Tim Curry is the first U.S. Army veteran to participate in the Peconic Land...

02.27.2024 News

New farmers living and working on preserved Southold land

For Leslie Howard, whose family has a very long history as farmers on the North Fork, moving with his wife, Priscilla, to an 18th-century Southold farm is an example...

02.13.2024 Environment

East End environmental roundtable meets again

For at least the 20th time — no one present seemed to know just when it all began — state legislators convened for an environmental roundtable in Riverhead last...

02.02.2024 News

Closing of Satur Farms’ packaging plant another sign of challenges facing North Fork farmers

More than 25 years ago, Paulette Satur and her husband, Eberhard Muller, an acclaimed chef at iconic Manhattan restaurants like Le Bernardin and Lutece, bought an 18-acre farm in...

01.19.2024 Environment

Peconic Land Trust sells land to local farmers

The Peconic Land Trust has kicked off the new year on a high note on Jan. 10, announcing its purchase of 151 acres of rich farmland within the Oregon...

11.20.2023 Environment

First look at Broad Cove preserve

Almost a century ago, a 100-acre property along Hubbard Avenue in Aquebogue was home to the Broad Cove duck farm on Flanders Bay. When that business was no longer...

05.07.2023 Editorials

Editorial: Two local groups are saving land and history

Across the East End, the Peconic Land Trust has preserved more than 14,000 acres of fertile farmland and open space. Our farmland is the rich loam the glaciers left...

05.01.2023 News

Peconic Land Trust’s offer to sell 135 acres of ‘future farmland’ on Oregon Road gets multiple bids

The Peconic Land Trust’s offering of four parcels for sale on Oregon Road in Cutchogue as part of its future farmers preservation program has met with success. The offering...

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