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.