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.