Many farmers take a break while the fields are frozen. Not Zach Pickens. He’s in the business of saving and selling “Rooftop Ready” seeds that are regionally adapted for New York City gardens.
Tag: Brooklyn Grange
Group Theory has created a documentary called Brooklyn Farmer that explores Brooklyn Grange and the unique challenges inherent in operating a large, urban rooftop farm.
Along with Stone Barns, Food Not Bombs, Harlem Seeds and others, we attended CUNY FoodFEST.
[nggallery template=carouselag id=17] Not that long ago, it might have been hard to believe that…
Back for another year, the New York City Honey Festival is set to “come out stinging”…
In this week’s NY1 segment, we visited Hayseed’s Big City Farm Supply in Greenpoint, an urban farming shop and training center that will be open through June.
Brooklyn Grange may have single handedly propelled the rooftop farming movement into headlines, creating a tipping point of sorts for urban agriculture. And now the folks behind rooftop fresh lettuce have set out to alter the ecosystem once again, this time by saving some fellow plant lovers–the bees!
This Earth Day, April 22, Slow Money New York City is putting on a program to help readers like you figure out how to invest in the local food scene. The two-hour program will take place at Stone Barns Center for Sustainable Food and Agriculture in Pocantico Hills, NY (cool!) and feature pitches from 5 awesome food and farm entrepreneurs looking to raise funds for their big ideas.
With help from Laena McCarthy, who runs Brooklyn’s Anarchy in a Jar, head Brooklyn Grange farm guy Ben Flanner uses tomatillos, chiles and an surprising selection of herbs from his Long Island City fields to create salsa verde that’s bright, layered with flavor and utterly fantastic. Damn, is this stuff good.
M. Wells may sit in Long Island City, but this shiny diner is worth the trip from anywhere in Brooklyn.
