Five hundred and ninety-six acres is the area of vacant city-owned lots in Brooklyn
Print Issue: Summer 2012: Issue No. 26
Jade Bush Beans are going to seed- in a window box.
When Brooklyn’s own Tracie MacMillan set out to investigate the dietary disparities between the nation’s…
At Butter Beans, kids ages 4 to 12 hit rooftop farms, make ice cream and create cookbooks.
Edible Brooklyn has always fostered feasting on our foodshed, but the philosophy leaps off the page during our annual eat Drink Local Week.
This teacher helps locavore home cooks tackle weekday meals.
The greenhouse effect.
City-owned parcels add up—and online tools help turn them green.
Is the region poised to usher in a liqueur revival?
A meet-up celebrates ancient preservation—the kind that requires collaboration with wild microbes.
Why take a tiny apartment? Because the terrace offers room to grow.












