SNAP: As Congress lays down, Long Islanders step up
By TERRY LYNAM // When I was 20 years old, my girlfriend (now my wife) and I applied for and received food stamps for about a month. We’d just driven…
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No. 1005: Winterfylleth is here! (So are Manufacturing Month, SBU’s best future and vegetarian cookies)
Winterfylleth (not the band): Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, and not just any Wednesday but the first Wednesday of October 2025 – the first day of October, in fact,…
Walking the $225M walk at CCE’s Suffolk County Farm
By GREGORY ZELLER // A working farm known for cultivating educational opportunities is inviting visitors to take a walk and smarten up. Of course, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County…
Something for all tastes at FuzeHub food-bev forum
By GREGORY ZELLER // The future of New York State’s food and beverage industries spiced up FuzeHub’s latest manufacturing forum, held Thursday at Farmingdale State College. Growth of the Urban…
NY, CT senators pump up Plum Island preservation
By GREGORY ZELLER // The preservationist armada blockading Plum Island is enlisting some big guns. Just two months after the Long Island Regional Planning Council announced its support of public…
Conservationists push Plum Island National Monument
By GREGORY ZELLER // Regional preservationists have already convinced the federal government not to sell Plum Island to private developers – now, they want the largely undeveloped islet crowned as…
Food-and-bev biz must adapt as supply chains suffer
By NANCY PAK // The COVID pandemic dramatically reminded us of the role cookie snacks and other comfort foods play in confronting disruptions to our traditional social connections – and…
Community wins as Suffolk doubles down on Double Up
By KATE FULLAM // As the poundage of produce arriving in our East End Food Institute kitchen swings from hundreds to thousands of pounds per week, I’m encouraged to see…