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Urban Agriculture

A Farm in Danger: Help Save the Bed-Stuy Farm

Leslie Hatfield | Posted 11.13.2009 | New York

Read More: Hunger, Community Gardens, Urban Agriculture, Bed-Stuy-Farm, Brooklyn, New York City, Food Politics, Bedford Stuyvesant, New York News
Leslie Hatfield

Bed-Stuy Farm, once a garbage dump, was transformed into an urban oasis that produces over 7,000 lbs of fresh food every year. Now, though, the project is threatened by development.

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An Apple a Day to Combat Obesity

Laurie M. Tisch | Posted 10.14.2009 | New York

Read More: Healthy Food, Vegetables, Local Food, Cdc, Childhood Nutrition, Urban Agriculture, Organic Food, Fruits, New-York-City-Food-Trucks, Food Deserts, New York News
Laurie M. Tisch

In New York, a unique private-public partnership is deploying specially-permitted street vendors selling only fresh fruits and vegetables to neighborhoods with significant health problems

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Community Coup: Chickens Are the New Dog

Zem Joaquin | Posted 10.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Farming, Chickens, Solar, Organic Garden, Domestic Pets, Grow, Trends, Urban Agriculture, Rural, Organic, Agrarian, Urban, Eggs, Chicken, Poultry, Environment, Hens, Green News
Zem Joaquin

We got our hens after we had to give up our dog due to my son's allergies. I decided that if I was getting a new pet, it was going to reciprocate and have some positive environmental claw-print.

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USDA to Unveil Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food Initiative

Grist | Posted 11.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Know Your Farmer Know Your Food, Food, Gardening, Usda, Urban Agriculture, Local Food, Food Politics, Green News

I think the potential is enormous, especially in formerly industrial cities, where the big factories are not going to come back, but there are large t...

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Bad Seed Farm in Kansas City Brings Urban Farming to the Next Level: Legislation

Paula Crossfield | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Food, Urban Agriculture, Zoning, Food Access, Urban Farming, Kansas City, Missouri, Organic Food, Green News
Paula Crossfield

How do we value urban land, and what are the existing laws on the books that keep urban agriculture from flourishing and feeding locals?

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Bring On The Front Yard Farmers

Kerry Trueman | Posted 09.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Front Yard Farmers, Kitchen Gardens, Lawns, Urban Agriculture, Edible Estates, Edible Landscaping, Fritz Haeg, Local Food, Gardening, Green News
Kerry Trueman

Reusable shopping bags and compact fluorescent light bulbs are an easy place to start, once you've resolved to curb your carbon footprint. But why n...

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Light A Fire Under Your Council Member To Curb NYC's Carbon "Foodprint"

Kerry Trueman | Posted 08.21.2009 | New York

Read More: Sustainability, Foodprint, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, Urban Agriculture, Mayor Bloomberg, NYC Foodprint Alliance, Global Warming, Climate Change, Planyc, New York News
Kerry Trueman

We have a golden opportunity to curb NYC's carbon foodprint, if only you'll pitch in and share your 2 cents. Because small change will add up to sea change.

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Adventures in (Secret) Dining: Dinner Down on the (Queens County) Farm

Katherine Goldstein | Posted 06.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Supper Clubs, Not Eating Out in New York, Farms, Queens, New York City, Akiko Moorman, Cathy Erway, Michael Grady Robertson, Underground Supper Clubs, Queens County Farm, Urban Farms, Hapa Kitchen, Urban Agriculture, New York City Supper Clubs, Green News
Katherine Goldstein

Was I in the middle of Amish country or the middle of Queens? This is the magic of urban agriculture. I was charmed before I even had my first bite.

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Think Global, Act Local- Bedstuy Meadow Project

Robyn Hillman-Harrigan | Posted 05.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Michelle Obama First Lady, Michelle Obama, Deborah Fisher, Guerilla Gardening, Wildflowers, Community Organizing, Urban Agriculture, Bed Stuy Meadow, Gardens, Green Living, Hattie Carthan, Green News
Robyn Hillman-Harrigan

An interview with Deborah Fisher who planned the Bedstuy Meadow Project: "The goal is to sow wildflower seeds on every single patch of abandoned soil in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bed Stuy."

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Shovel-Ready (Garden) Projects Abound

Leslie Hatfield | Posted 04.03.2009 | Green

Read More: The Who Farm, Hunger, Local Food, Sustainable Food, Youth Programs, Garden-Raised Bounty, Community Gardens, Economic Stimulus, Eat the View, Usda, Urban Agriculture, Grub, Green News
Leslie Hatfield

As record numbers of Americans apply for food stamps and trickle into the nation's already-strapped food banks, it seems like community gardens should be a high priority.

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Food, Fuel and Farming: the Sky's the Limit

Jacqueline Leo | Posted 06.06.2008 | Living

Read More: Green, Food, Farming, Urban Agriculture, Food Crisis, Carbon Footprint, Living News
Jacqueline Leo

Think of agriculture on the 34th floor of a big city skyscraper: the environment benefits, there's the "buy local" idea... the Flatiron building could be a farm stand on the corner of 22nd and Broadway.

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