Port Jefferson Farmers Market nears the end of their summer season
By Eric DiCrescenzo and Ken Fermin The temperature was 45 degrees when the market opened at nine in the morning along with an overcast sky […]
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Historic Harvest Day keeps Long Island’s farming history alive
By Pamela Wong and Louis Pagillo The Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County hosted their fifth annual Historic Harvest Day at the Suffolk County Farm […]
Yeast culture retrieved from an 1886 shipwreck will star the New York Craft Brewer’s Festival
By Frank Gargano and Arielle Noren A new yeast culture retrieved from an 1886 shipwreck is poised to be the star of the New York […]
New agricultural biotechnology could replace traditional breeding
By Kayla McKiski and Jillian Weynand A new genetic-engineering technique that can increase crop yield was announced by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory this month. The […]
To Avoid Federal Sanctions, Dix Hills Taste NY Seeks to Comply with Federal Regulations
By Mahreen Khan and Dyondra Wilson The state-run Taste NY Dix Hills pop-up installed two self-serve kiosks Sunday in an effort to avoid potential sanctions. […]