Long Island Horticultural Research and Extension Center

Explore the 20 varied demonstration gardens planted and maintained for Long Island Horticultural Research & Extension Center by the Cornell Gardeners at the annual Open House, on Saturday, July 12,  from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Riverhead Town is conducting a pilot food scrap collection program, with the goals of providing material for composting to local farms and reducing greenhouse gas emissions to mitigate climate change.

The Long Island Horticultural Research and Extension Center in Baiting Hollow, founded in 1922, provides a crucial service to the region's growers. Yesterday the center celebrated its centennial with a gala at its sprawling 68-acre campus on Sound Avenue, attended by the president of Cornell University.