Long Island Green Guide Features HOG
Check out the great article about the Hamlet Organic Garden in the Long Island Green Guide! Here’s an excerpt:
“Sometimes, to find a better way of doing something, all one has to do is look close to home. For hundreds of Long Island families who love fresh, organically-grown produce, that means being a member of the Hamlet Organic Garden, a local bastion of the ‘growing’ activity known as Community Supported Agriculture, or CSA.Since 1996, the “HOG” as it’s affectionately called by members, has grown certified-organic vegetables, fruits, herbs, and cut flowers on a five-acre farm field in Suffolk County’s Brookhaven Hamlet. Most of what’s produced is sold as CSA ’shares’ to it’s membership; whatever surplus exists is donated to local food banks…” read entire article here.
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