Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Online grocer, Fresh Direct, is touting fresh vegetables from area farmers.
North Fork visitors who live in New York City have the opportunity to have fresh East End produce delivered right to their homes. Online grocer, Fresh Direct, has spent the last two years growing its inventory of North Fork grown produce to satisfy the demands of its clientele. Fresh Direct, which has no physical stores, delivers groceries to New York City and the surrounding areas. Emma Frelingheysen, director of front of store merchandising for Fresh Direct, said to stay within the company's policy of selling high quality, perishable foods they wanted to develop partnerships with a number of North Fork farms to sell in season products. "Fresh spring Asparagus from Wells is always the best," Frelingheysen said. Frelingheysen said the …
Friday, November 18, 2011
With plenty of fresh fruit available, the North Fork has many locations that sell homemade pies.
With the holiday entertaining season here, if you’re just not up to making your own crust, finding just the right pie for your gathering can be a challenge. The following is a list of area businesses that specialize in baking fresh holiday pies. Many of the businesses require reservations for pies for the major holidays, but will also have a limited supply on-hand. This gem in Greenport does all baking on premises. Owner Claudia Helinski and her staff work around the clock near the holidays to help prepare some of the North Fork’s best pies. Call Salamander’s at 477-3711 to reserve your pie today. 2. Wickham’s Fruit Farm When this bicentennial orchard's fruit is picked, this Cutchogue farm remains open to sell its homemade pies, which are…
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Take advantage of this week's heat wave and hit local farm stands for some fresh and flavorful tomatoes and melon — a few crops in abundance this time of year.
Cantaloupe and blackberries have made their debut this week at local farm stands, joining an abundant stock of tomatoes, cucumber and the sweet corn — ears of which usually run out around mid-October, according to Jamesport Farmer Tom Wowak. Despite the 100-degree-plus heat on Friday afternoon, Wowak's small farm stand in Laurel had a steady flow of customers seeking the fresh produce. "I come here a few times a week every year," said Mattituck resident Jack Berdinka, adding that Wowak is the only farm stand he patronizes. Harbes Family Farm Stand on Sound Avenue in Mattituck is currently stocked with fresh melon, bell peppers and plenty of the misshapen but delicious heirloom red tomatoes, the first batch of which came out a few weeks ago…
Though irrigation costs are up, four North Fork farmers say that this week’s heat wave is greatly benefiting their summer harvest.
Though Peconic farmer Al Krupski isn’t enjoying this week’s record-breaking heat wave, he says his plants are. “Everything's growing, with the sunshine and heat,” Krupski said after a morning of work Friday afternoon. “Corn, tomatoes, melons — they like it hot. They're happy. We're starting to pick tomatoes, and the melons are beautiful. It's summertime weather, it's what they like — it's just brutal for us.” Krupski is one of at least four North Fork farmers who say that the recent heat, though excessive, is normal for mid-July and very good for summer harvest — just uncomfortable and potentially dangerous for people. The National Weather Service issued a “dangerously hot and humid” heat warning around noon on Friday, with the heat …
Erin Schultz
1:50 pm on Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Dorie Lederfajn Paparo said on Facebook: "if only FD would deliver on the north fork, like they do in the hamptons, this would be great news." more ›