| Joseph Byrne Monday, July 30, 2012 |
Recently, a building was being sold by Blackman Plumbing Supplies on Long Island. John King had been watching the facility for about eight years, but has been holding back because the facility was much larger than what he needed it for.
Rather than making changes to the facility or trying to expand his own operation, King realized that he had the perfect facility to help out the local farming community. The Long Island Farm Bureau has been working with local farmers to help in making sure that the farms are able to stay profitable and market their produce to the surrounding areas of the state and country.
One of the problems that the LI Farm Bureau was facing was the problem with storage. The farms simply do not have any storage. This created a major problem when hurricane Irene made landfall last year. Crops were ruined without anywhere to put them after being harvested. The new facility will give the farms a place to put harvested crops if there is a storm threatening. It will help to increase shelf-life for crops and will give the farms more of an opportunity to market their offerings.
Also welcomed into the facility are local wine-makers and seafood mongers. The facility has 108,000-square feet and will be divided to provide space for all of the different areas. This will provide the much needed agri-park that Long Island has been searching for ever since receiving $500,000 from the state to find such a facility. The proposed facility to meet this need would have been a multi-million dollar facility at Enterprise Park in Calverton, but the facility would have taken too long to get up and going according to King. His facility will be outfitted to start hosting those with produce, wine or seafood within a month.
The Long Island Farm Bureau is being given about 30,000-square feet. The wineries are going to have access to 10,000-square feet for processing and cold storage. There will even be between 8,000 and 10,000-square feet of space in which farmers and wineries may meet with clients and other farmers. The facility will even make available the distribution of J. King, Inc. The distribution is not required to go through King, but it is available for those who are in need of a way to get their produce to its intended markets.
The longer shelf-life for produce and a centralized distribution point will give the Long Island Farm Bureau the much needed opportunity to be more profitable. The new facility will up and running very soon for all parties to start using as a new agri-park on Long Island.
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