120 results for “farms to the future”
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Hallockville Museum Farm and Hallock State Park (former KeySpan Property)
The former Keyspan Property (and formerly LILCO) is now home to Hallockville Museum Farm and Hallock State Park Preserve -- along with multiple farm operations. These are important places for visitors...
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Peconic Land Trust announces farmland exchange with Al and Mary Krupski in Southold
Exchange provides Trust w/additional acreage near its Agricultural Center at Charnews Farm – increasing land available for leasing to 98 acres as part of the Trust’s Farms for the Future Initiative.
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Historic Case House Becomes a Home
The Peconic Land Trust is pleased to announce that the Historic Case House at Cleo’s Corner in Southold is now home to a farming family. Following a request for proposals this Fall, the house has been...
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Wading River Farmland Initiative
Wading River is often called the gateway to the North Fork. It is here that farms and farm stands begin to dot the landscape – a legacy that continues all the way to Orient. Development pressure is e...
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Peconic Land Trust Receives Additional Restrictions on Protected Farmland From Russel C. McCall
APRIL 14, 2016. SOUTHAMPTON, NY. John v.H. Halsey, President of the Peconic Land Trust, is pleased to announce the donation of additional restrictions, including affirmative farming covenants, on ab...
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Soil & Water Health: Protecting Our Groundwater Resources
Recently, I spoke at a hearing of the Long Island Commission for Aquifer Protection (LICAP) regarding groundwater and aquifer protection and the soon to be published planning work of the Commission. ...
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New Farm Equipment Co-Op for Local Farmers Named in Memory of Lyle Wells
With the help of a generous donation from the LSW Foundation, the Peconic Land Trust developed the Lyle Wells Farm Equipment Co-op in order to meet some of the challenges faced by many of the startup ...
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Donor Spotlight | Carolyn and Rob Brennan are Stewards of the Land
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New York Times | Food | Features North Fork Livestock Farms
The New York Times writer Florence Fabricant explores the growth of livestock farming on the North Fork . . . and featuring many of the farmers and organizations the Trust has worked with over the yea...
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Trust Hosts Session at the Long Island Agricultural Forum
The annual Long Island Agricultural Forum is a two-day educational conference, trade show and networking social open to all agricultural professionals. Sessions of interest to growers in the commercia...
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Who’s Farming with the Trust in 2021?
Have you noticed all the activity in the fields! The 2021 growing season is upon us and the Trust staff has been busy working with the many farmers who lease land from the Trust. This year, we are wor...
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Peconic Land Trust and Mattituck Farm Holdings Announce Sale of Farmland in Cutchogue
JANUARY 17, 2024. Southampton, New York. Peconic Land Trust and Mattituck Farm Holdings, owned by the Bacon Family Trust, are pleased to announce the purchase of 151.93 acres of farmland – 7 separate...
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Peconic Land Trust Announces Sale of Enhanced Restrictions on Hayground Farms to the Town of Southampton
The enhanced restrictions ensure that this farmland will be accessible and affordable to farmers who grow food now and in the future. APRIL 4, 2016. SOUTHAMPTON, NEW YORK. Peconic Land Trust Pre...
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Browder’s Birds
In the film "Growing Farmers," Chris Browder explains the start of Browder's Birds: "I was working as a banker . . . and I wanted to do something that I was more passionate about and that certainly wa...