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Small Steps, Big Vision: Oyster Farming on Long Island’s Great South Bay
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Mike Miezianka and Ray Smith, founders of Toasted Oysters, are building a viable farm business on Long Island’s Great South Bay. Mike Miezianka and Ray Smith have found a way to beat the average Long Island commute time by almost seventy-five percent. They take a boat. After a fifteen-minute crossing of Great South Bay, their…
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Agricultural Basic Training for Farmers
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Armed to Farm returns to New York State to again assist veterans explore careers in agriculture. “I’m a veteran, and I want to be a farmer!” This statement comes in emails and voicemails to the Cornell Small Farms Program staff on a frequent basis. In different stages of transition out of military service, each veteran…
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Developing a community of ocean farmers for healthy seas, healthy food, and healthy economies
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Small-scale ocean farming is restorative and provides valuable ecosystem services through nutrient extraction and carbon sequestration. There are opportunities to put skilled, entrepreneurial people to work for a more sustainable, less exploiting use of the sea. I boarded the skiff with my camera strapped to my neck to keep it from plunging into the depths…
Lee Rinehart
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