Farming

Will Peckham of West Robins Oyster Company
Farming Recent Southold

Neighbors Question Mattituck Oyster Farm

Beth Young
When the Peconic Land Trust sold a 14.2-acre piece of farmland on New Suffolk Avenue to oyster farmer Will Peckham of West Robins Oyster Company three years ago, it seemed to many like the culmination of a successful land preservation project — between donations from the community, a sale of development rights on most of the property to Southold Town and a willing young farmer ready to use the land
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Jasmine Lane Chicken Farm
Farming Recent Southold

Proposed Southold Chicken Farm May Become a Fruit & Vegetable Farm

Beth Young
Editor's Note: After this article was published, the Planning Board voted Sept. 14 to reopen the public hearing at its next meeting, which will be held Oct. 5 at 5 p.m. Original Story Below: The owner of a property on Ackerly Pond Lane in Southold who had proposed an egg-laying chicken farm earlier this year is planning to instead begin an "organic produce farm focused on fruits and/or vegetables," according
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