farming

Added Value - Teaching NYC How to Farm

posted by kristinmiller

Added Value is a Red Hook, Brooklyn-based organization, dedicated to bringing organic agriculture to the city – especially to lower-income communities. To date they've turned a run-down playground...

CENYC - Council on the Environment of New York City

posted by kristinmiller

The Council on the Environment of New York City (CENYC) oversees all of the city's greenmarkets and has a comprehensive website explaining their practices, with details of participating farms and...

Faux Meat: A Vegan Faux (Food) Pas?

posted by caitlinoconnell

Chicken parmesan. Philly cheesesteak. Barbeque buffalo wings. While the mere mention of these three classic meat meals is enough to tantalize the tastebuds of any meat lover, they have found an...

Fort Greene Clinton Hill Food Coop

posted by peteraxtman

The brainchild of two long-time area residents, the Fort Greene/Clinton Hill Food Co-op has come a long way since the first meeting of 40 or so people in the Presbyterian church on Lafayette and S...

Fort Greene Park Farmers Market

posted by willstaley

7am - 4pm. Saturdays. Year round.

To learn why shopping at the Fort Greene Park Farmer's Market is good for the environment, click...

Hearty Roots CSA

posted by kristinmiller
Hearty Roots delivers excellent farm-fresh vegetables weekly to North Greenpoint/Williamsburg. Their farm is in Tivoli New York, not far from the city, and offers a number of opportunities for...

Just Food

posted by astrangerny

Just Food works to foster environmental stewardship and new marketing and food-growing opportunities that address the needs of regional family farmers and New York City urban gardeners and...

Local Food

posted by erickarlins

“Locavore” was the Oxford American Dictionary Word of the Year in 2007.  As we head towards the peak of the growing season I proclaim this the summer of the locavore!  For...

Organic Produce - Organics Outshine Convention

posted by trudyslabosz

In the 20th Century farming was revolutionized by the introduction of synthetic chemicals in the form of non-organic pesticides, insecticides and herbicides and the widespread systematic use of...

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