Building Moratorium in the Shinnecock Hills and beyond

Before the Town of Southampton closed its offices to the public til the end of March,  the Southampton Town Board was set to approve legislation regulating what should happen when native grave sites are unearthed. 

The Board also was to consider placing a temporary moratorium on building in parts of the Shinnecock Hills, a once pristine area, where natives buried their dead.

But as development of multi-million dollar properties continues throughout the town, and reasonably priced housing is scarce, we asked real estate veteran Michael Daly, and local architect Bill Chaleff to consider what type of development is needed, and if we need a moratorium on building throughout Southampton.

Also we asked Shinnecock graves-protection activist Becky Genia for her viewpoint.  

More about these issues next month on Sustainable East End.

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Scott Chaskey on NOFA - Rematriation - and more

Organic Farming pioneer Scott Chaskey is retired director of the Quail Hill farm in Amagansett New York that he led for 30 years.

He was a founding member of the New York chapter of NOFA. the Northeast Farming Association 

Chaskey was our guest on the very first Sustainable East End.

We talked again with Scott Chaskey last week.  Here is that conversation:

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Scott Chaskey’s book Seedtime: On the History, Husbandry, Politics and Promise of Seeds was published in 2014 by Rodale Press. 

Also Chaskey’s This Common Ground: Seasons On An Organic Farm was published by Putnam in 2005.