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Community gardens nourish our neighborhoods
Improving the environment doesn’t always entail a big undertaking. It can start small, with local, eco-friendly initiatives like . . . more
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At the farm, there are different plants, fruits, and veggies grown.
East Meadow Farm provides fresh produce to Long Islanders
The Cornell Cooperative Extension of Nassau is dedicated to providing and teaching about local agriculture and how beneficial it is for Long Island residents. CCE Nassau, with its main office in … more
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The Cornell Cooperative Extension of Nassau hosts its farmers markets on Saturdays in Eisenhower Park. Fresh produce is available from numerous vendors across Long Island.
Fresh food, grown right around here
Local agriculture and fresh food are important to the health and economy of Long Islanders, and the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Nassau County is committed to making them available to … more
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Phil Kingsbury, of Wantagh, in 2017 on the Wantagh Parkway mixed-use path that leads to the Ocean Parkway Greenway. On Tuesday, Governor Cuomo announced a 10-mile, $16.2 million extension of the greenway.
Governor: Ocean Parkway Greenway to get 10-mile, $16.2M extension
The Ocean Parkway Coastal Greenway, a path that extends east of Jones Beach for bicyclists, runners and walkers, is expected to get a 10-mile, $16.2 million extension by 2021, according to Gov. … more
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East Meadow Farm Master Gardeners Veronica Caiazza and Nonie Muellers joined community members for the farm’s annual Family Fun Day on Sept. 16.
East Meadow Farm harvests treats for families
To celebrate a successful summer season—and the start of fall—the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Nassau County’s East Meadow Farm held its annual Family Fun Day on Sept. 16. more
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Master gardeners Karen Rose, Robbie Gluck, far left, and Dawn Avento, center, helped Matt Blackstone, of East Meadow, far right, choose the ripest vegetables at East Meadow’s Horticulture Center and Demonstration Gardens’ first farm stand of the season last Friday.
East Meadow's Farm stand opens for the season
Two ducks and three hens weaved in and out of vegetable gardens, rows of herbs and fields of flowers in East Meadow’s 2½-acre Horticulture Center and Demonstration Gardens on Merrick Avenue. more
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Adorned in butterfly wings were cousins Mia Saputo, 3, Lilly Turner, 6, Rylie Sena, 5, and Sophie Turner, 6, all of North Merrick, next to the farm’s butterfly garden.
Having fun with nature on the farm
For the fourth straight year, the East Meadow Farm welcomed residents for a weekend to engage in fun and educational fall activities. more
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Miles Tobon, 2, picked out his favorite pumpkin at last year's festival at the East Meadow Farm.
Fall Festival is this weekend at E.M. Farm
The two-day 4th annual Fall Festival at the East Meadow Farm will kick off this Friday, Sept. 18. more
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Congress must renew the Zadroga Act
After the World Trade Center collapsed in a fireball on Sept. 11, 2001, a cloud of toxic dust enveloped Lower Manhattan. That dust contained a witches’ brew of cancer-causing agents . . . more
Kaitlyn Ditchik, 2, found a bargain at the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Nassau County’s third annual fall festival at the East Meadow farm on Merrick Avenue last Saturday.
A fall celebration at the East Meadow farm
With autumn officially under way, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Nassau County kicked off the season in style with a fall festival at the East Meadow farm, located on Merrick Avenue, just south of Prospect Avenue. more
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