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Expanding the Long Island Wine Market

Image: istockphoto.com Long Island wines are growing up. It’s been 40 years since the planting of the first grapes among the potato fields and though the number of vineyards remains small the quality of the wine has improved dramatically as has the popularity of the wine. The number of New York farm-based businesses

Expanding the Long Island Wine Market2015-03-17T13:36:48-04:00

Before Park Slope was the place to be there was Franny’s

Before there were any real restaurants on Flatbush Avenue in Park Slope, before the Barclays Center, before Park Slope was “the place to live,” there was Franny’s. In the comfortable pizzeria at 348 Flatbush Avenue, it’s just as likely to find young-harried looking parents eating with their kids, as it is to find chicly dressed

Before Park Slope was the place to be there was Franny’s2015-03-12T18:38:45-04:00

Growing Shortage of Farm Workers

Photo: valentinrussanov A working farm is a living, breathing entity. One that just doesn’t need land to survive but people. Five years ago Long Island farmers had laborers knocking on their doors looking for work. Today, it’s the farmers that search out workers, sometimes resorting to stopping by train stations to find day

Growing Shortage of Farm Workers2015-01-10T14:52:38-05:00

Planning for Farmland

There are residential districts; planned shopping districts, historic districts, the list goes on and on. Zoning districts help plan the way towns, cities, counties and states use land. And farmland.

Planning for Farmland2015-01-10T14:48:48-05:00

Critical Mass of Farmland Left

At a Stop & Shop in Long Island there’s a sign reading local under which the season offerings of produce reside. It’s the same at Whole Foods and other neighborhood markets throughout Long Island and New York State. Head East, to where expressways give way to wide open spaces of land and farm stands dot

Critical Mass of Farmland Left2015-01-10T14:49:29-05:00
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