A farmer's Thanksgiving feast
Photo credit: Doug Young | Farmer Patty Gentry of Early Girl Farm in East Moriches hosts a farm-to-table Thanksgiving dinner for friends at her mother's Remsenburg home. (Nov. 29, 2012)
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Once Patty Gentry has picked up her turkey, she barely needs a shopping basket for the rest of her Thanksgiving purchases. The owner of Early Girl Farm makes a meal almost entirely from what she raises on her 2 1/4-acre plot in East Moriches.
Gentry doesn't grow apples (yet), so those come from Briermere in Riverhead. Nor does Long Island's climate allow her to cultivate lemons, clementines,...