Home > Suffolk County Culture & History > History & Heritage > Agricultural Heritage While many would not expect a region so close to New York City to be so agriculturally rich and vast, Suffolk County is in fact New York’s largest revenue-producing agricultural region.

While here explore history & heritage museums, historic windmills, Native American history and more.

While farming started purely as a means of sustenance over 300 years ago on Long Island, it has expanded to encompass a range of activities that invite families to come and enjoy the bounty of the land.

Explore Long Island’s farms all summer, where you’ll find fresh picked vegetables and homemade goods such as pies, honey and jams. Or pick your own berries, apples, pumpkins and more.

While in our farm country, visit Long Island Wine Country on the North Fork and parts of the South Fork, where over three dozen wineries and thousands of acres of vineyards await. Experience the vineyard harvest, and enjoy tasting the latest vintages at tasting rooms and wineries open to the public year-round.

Long Island’s Suffolk County, which comprises the eastern 2/3rd of the island, has always held a favorable climate for agriculture owing to the fact it is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the Long Island Sound and Peconic Bay, all of which combine to provide a temperate climate conducive to a rich bounty of fruits, vegetables… and since the 1970s, wine grapes. The Island also features rich, well-drained soil and an abundance of water from underground aquifers.

All of this combines to create a bucolic, scenic and tourist friendly destination to explore. Plan to stay a while. There are plenty of small hotels, motels and B&Bs, along with recreational boating, fishing, swimming in the area, as well as family friendly attractions, museums, parks and shopping. When here, explore our rich maritime history or climb to the top of a lighthouse.

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