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Agriculture official sees Long Island agri-tourism
Kathleen Merrigan, deputy secretary of the U.S. Agriculture Department, came out Wednesday to the Harbes Farm in Mattituck to see how it had changed the nature of its business from agriculture to agri-tourism — with rides for children, a corn maze, a wine-tasting barn and a dozen other activities along with its U-pick pumpkin field.
Rep. Tim Bishop (D-Southampton), who accompanied Merrigan,...
