North Fork Works

Craig Jobes, Environmental Analyst at Southold Town, talks about his role in managing the overpopulation of white-tailed deer, as well as hunting and hunters, new State legislation and, now, the arrival of coyotes on the scene. (WPKN, February 7, 2024)

Farmer-artists Agathe Snow and Anthony Holbrooke talk about learning to grow mushrooms on their farm Mattituck Mushrooms, why they believe mushrooms can help feed the world and how they have integrated mushrooms into their art. (WPKN, January 3, 2024)

Amy Folk,  author and Southold Town historian, talks about the North Fork Project which works to uncover the names of all the enslaved people and the enslavers who have ever lived on the North Fork. She also talks about rewriting some of the town’s history for greater accuracy and engaging the Town’s people in her […]

 Wendy Zuhoski, native of Mattituck on the North Fork of Long Island, talks about the deli she opened 30 years ago when she was 23 and how Wendy’s Deli has become the place for not only her mother’s much appreciated soups and sandwiches but also a hub for the community’s people helping each other in […]

Steve Schott, Marine Botany/Habitat Restoration Educator at Cornell Cooperative Extension, talks about sugar kelp and eelgrass, crucial to protect and restore the waters around Long Island, and the responsibilities that come with managing the ecology of our estuarine habitats. First broadcast on WPKN August 4, 2021, rebroadcast September 6, 2023.

Filmmaker Jim Morrison‘s latest shorts –“The Clam Kid” and “Rent a Neighbor”– depict with humor and insight some of the encounters a resident faces when his hometown has become a tourist destination. In this North Fork Works interview with Hazel Kahan, Morrison describes the challenges a filmmaker faces in his quest for a place on […]

Bob Jester, resident of Greenport, returns as North Fork Works guest for a third time, 11 years after he told us about being a chimney sweep, scientist and teacher and seven years since he talked about his terrible accident.This time he tells us what he has learned about pain management, including the use of narcotic […]

Drianne Benner and Anne Murray, members of North Fork Civics of Southold,  take us through a the history of their hamlet’s civic organizations and the factors leading to the formation of the North Fork Civics coalition and how this larger group of seven individual civic organizations functions and regulates itself. (Broadcast on WPKN May 3, […]

Mary Foster Morgan, co-founder of Drawdown East End, and co-columnist for East End Beacon’s Climate Local Now, talks about the amount of food wasted by America’s families when they could be turning their leftovers into compost. Listen as Mary takes us deeper into this story.  (WPKN April 5, 2023)

Aimee Weldon, coordinator with the Atlantic Coast Joint Venture of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service works with a team to conserve and restore saltmarsh habitat for the Saltmarsh Sparrow whose steadily declining population has been described as the canaries in the coal mines for saltmarsh ecosystems. Weldon explains how she and her colleagues, along […]

About Hazel

Born to German Jewish refugee physicians in Lahore (now Pakistan, then British India) Hazel has lived, studied and worked in many places–India, England, Australia, Israel and the United States. She makes her home in the woods of the eastern end of Long Island, New York where she produces the art of leafages, the radio sounds of Tidings and writes about growing up Jewish in Lahore. Read more about Hazel…

About Leafages

"Credo" statement

Leafages by Hazel Kahan are made from real leaves, vines and tendrils interwoven with calligraphy, decorative pen and ink flourishes and imaginary Latin botanical names. Leafages contain a philosophical or inspirational thought, quotation or verse from sages, poets or religious texts. Some leafages are specially created for an individual, a couple or a family with words or leaves reflecting their personal narrative. They are available on the Leafages shop on Etsy although the supply is low right now, all my energies having been absorbed by the book I’ve been writing. Do come back soon when the shop will be full of new leafage abundance or contact me.