Sandy damage hurting 5 historic LI farms
Photo credit: Randee Daddona | Prudence Heston, owner of Salt Air Farm in Cutchogue, walks along a dike that separates saltwater from freshwater. Many of the dikes on the East End gave out during superstorm sandy flooding farmland with saltwater. The problem for farm owners is that no federal or state compensation plan covers repairs to dikes. (Feb. 28, 2013)
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Five historic farms face an uncertain future after superstorm Sandy breached, damaged or destroyed 4.5 miles of dikes, allowing saltwater to flood nearly 800 acres in Cutchogue and Orient.
If the earthen barriers to prevent runoff and keep out the tides aren't repaired, the fields used for centuries to grow wildflowers, hedges, vegetables and fruit will continue to flood.
"When saltwater...
