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Jet Espresso is owned by Paul Bannister, a Jackson Heights resident who is passionate about coffee and roasts sustainably grown and ethically sourced coffee beans right here in the neighborhood. Lewis Waite is delivering (to Farm Spot members only) by pre-order. They are a meat farm and offer a delivery service to CSA’s in the NYC area of local meats, eggs, cheeses, breads and other products that are grown, raised, produced, harvested and processed at a network of farms in their area of NY and Vermont. Lewis Waite Farm is owned by Nancy and Alan Brown and is located upstate in Greenwich, NY. No herbicides are used underneath the trees, and on-farm produced compost from leaves is the only fertilizer/nutrient source for their fruit crops.
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The tree fruit is sprayed with 1 or 2 synthetic insecticides and fungicides at some point typically earlier in the season. At Briermere Farms, insecticides and fungicides are used only when needed to produce marketable fruit. Long Island is a difficult region for tree fruit production because of the high humidity levels which contribute to fungus disease pressure, and can decimate fruit quality (and sometimes the whole tree). Although Briermere Farms is not certified organic, some of their crops, including raspberries, blueberries and blackberries are grown in a way which would fulfill the organic standards. The farm produces a wide variety of tree fruit and berries. Together, they grow over fifty different vegetables, berries and herbs for a CSA program with 14 local sites and 2 farmers’ markets.īriermere Farms is located just a short drive away from Golden Earthworm Farm on Sound Avenue in Riverhead. Since 2005, the farm has been co-owned and managed by Matthew and long-time friend and fellow farmer James Russo.
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The farm was startedin 1996 by Matthew Kurek, a chef turned farmer with a passion for growing beautiful, high-quality organic produce for the communities of Long Island. The Golden Earthworm farm is nestled on 40 acres of pristine land protected bya land preservation program on the North Fork of Long Island.
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