When Long Island Spirits began more than a decade ago, it produced a potato-based vodka that quickly became very popular. Their newest venture is Pine Barrens barrel aged gin.

An East End chef looking for locally raised snails couldn't find them -- so be became the first and only snail farmer in the United States.

This time of year, Long Island farmers are getting ready to plant things in the ground. But an East End artist works with something that comes out of the ground.

In this week's East End show, News 12 Long Island's Doug Geed visits Kurt Weiss Greenhouses in Center Moriches, Shellfisher Preserve in Southold, and a farm that harvest one of the first crops of the season - horseradish.

The Shellfisher Preserve in Southold is a farm that grows not produce, but shellfish. The property was once a private oyster company. It's now owned by the nonprofit Peconic Land Trust, and several companies operate out of the shellfish hatchery.