09.23.2024 Agriculture CSAs help keep area farmers in the green Bunches of broccoli, vibrant flowers, succulent berries and green cardboard boxes of freshly picked yellow squash are part of the homegrown produce that greets customers when they pull into...
01.19.2024 Community 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...
05.03.2018 Community Peconic farmer travels the world as spearfisherman At 60 feet below sea level, William Lee feels as if he’s flying. Wearing a wetsuit with a mask on his face and fins on his feet, he relies...
12.12.2017 Videos Making healthy desserts with Sang Lee Farms and Reboot Food Home cooks looking for holiday dessert ideas that wouldn’t leave them feeling lethargic walked into the right place at Sang Lee Farms Monday evening.
04.01.2017 Columns Guest Spot: Working to enhance, protect our land Since the first settlers came to this area, Long Island has been defined by its agriculture. The farmer’s way of life — deep concern for the land and a...
03.03.2017 Videos 2016 Businessperson of the Year: Lucy Senesac It’s hard to sum up exactly what role Lucy Senesac plays at Sang Lee Farms in Peconic. Customers of the certified organic operation might find her selling Romanesco cauliflower...
07.07.2016 Business A not-so-super option for farms as demand for ‘local’ produce grows Have you ever walked down the produce aisle at your area supermarket, noticed a “buy local” sign and wondered exactly where the vegetables you were about to purchase were...
04.02.2016 Agriculture Cutchogue girl growing vegetables for the greater good Behind Sang Lee Farms in Peconic is a 1,000-square-foot plot where 11-year-old Victoria Witczak of Cutchogue spends at least one day a week planting tomatoes, lettuce, cucumbers, peppers and...
10.29.2015 Education North Fork schools work together for a grant to make your kids’ gardens better Children have historically resisted eating their vegetables — something proponents of school gardens are trying to change.
07.27.2014 Agriculture These young farmers will eat — and plant — their veggies “Eat your vegetables.” The phrase may generate a certain queasy feeling in your stomach and an innate desire to defy your mother. Uttered sternly by countless moms over the...