According to Sunday's (October 9) NEWSDAY, "It takes tradition and creativity
to make a go of vegetable farming in suburbia. Only four families in Nassau
still do it."
NEWSDAY continues, "In 1950, Nassau County was home to 618 farms totaling
192,000 acres, according to U.S. Census data. Now, while horse farms and
nurseries still dot the landscape - in fact, the 2002 federal Census of Agriculture
counted 65 "farms" in Nassau, totaling 1,118 acres - the classic family
vegetable farm is becoming scarce. Only four such farms remain."
The 4 farms are the Grossman Farm in the Hamlet of Malverne, Town of
Hempstead; the Rottkamp Brothers Farm in the Village of Old Brookville, Town of Oyster
Bay; the Youngs Farm, also in the Village of Old Brookville, Town of Oyster
Bay; and, the Meyer's Farm in the Hamlet of Woodbury, Town of Oyster Bay.
For the complete article, "The farmers… in the 'burbs", please go to (you may
need to copy and paste the entire URL, beginning with "http" and ending with
"-print"):
http://www.newsday.com/features/printedition/longislandlife/ny-lfcov4458242oct
09,0,2668750.story?coll=ny-lilife-print
I hope this information is useful or, at least, interesting.
L'Shannah Tovah* & Happy 5766,
Walter Greenspan
* L'Shannah Tovah (li-SHAH-nuh TOH-vuh; li-shah-NAH toh-VAH)
Hebrew. Lit. for a good year. The common greeting during Rosh ha Shannah and
the Days of Awe. This is a shortening of "L'Shannah tovah tikatev v'taihatem"
(or, to women, "L'Shannah tovah tikatevi v'taihatemi"), which means, "May you
be inscribed and sealed for a good year." This year, Rosh ha Shannah begins
at sunset on Monday, October 3 on the civil calendar.
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