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How to Spend a Spring Saturday? Visit Brooklyn’s New Farm Store in Greenpoint

The turquoise shovels aren't for sale, but everything else is at Hayseed's Big City Farm Supply, which opened on the border of Brooklyn and Queens last week. Hidden off an industrial street near the...

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East New York Gardeners Needed for a New Farm Site and Weekly Market Stands

Photo courtesy East New York Farms! It’s not often there’s a call for city farmers, but East New York Farms!–read more about the eastern Brooklyn community farming/farmer’s market here–has put out...

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IN OUR CURRENT ISSUE: 596 Acres of Abandoned Lots Spell Opportunity for New...

In our current issue, Rachel Nuwer profiles Paula Segal—a 34-year-old lawyer who’s organization 596 acres is helping aspiring gardeners gain access to that many abandoned city-owned lots.  Read about...

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IN OUR CURRENT ISSUE: A Greenhouse Grows in Brooklyn

In our latest issue, Ann Monroe introduces us to BrightFarms, the company planning to grow a million pounds of produce a year in a 2-acre, state-of-the-art hydroponic greenhouse on a warehouse rooftop...

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IN OUR CURRENT ISSUE: 66 Square Feet of Homegrown Happiness

In our current issue, Marie Viljoen tells the tale of how she fled loathesome landlords and found solace in a tiny apartment with 66 square feet of terrace space.  Read the story for more on how she...

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IN OUR CURRENT ISSUE: Seeds Tailored for City Living

  If New Yorkers can learn to thrive in small spaces, it only stands to reason our plants can, too.  But not just any seeds will do in your window planter.  Read the story for more on Rooftop Ready...

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IN OUR CURRENT ISSUE: Balcony-friendly farming

In our current issue, Gabrielle Langholtz comments on the new gardening book (no relation to this magazine) Edible Balconies: Growing Fresh Produce in Small Spaces.  Read her story and learn more about...

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IN OUR CURRENT ISSUE: Turning Brownsville Green

It was a simple thing — a fateful bike ride through Brownsville that altered Nora Painten and the kids of PS 323′s lives in the most fruitful of ways. Check out Rachel Wharton’s story on how one woman...

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3rd Annual Honey Festival Returns to NYC This Weekend

Facebook/NYC Honey Festival Back for another year, the New York City Honey Festival is set to “come out stinging” on the 86th Street Boardwalk at Rockaway Beach this Saturday, September 7. As in past...

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Back to School: Upcoming Food and Drink Classes

Facebook/3rd Ward Brooklyn You don’t have to be enrolled in (insert name of some academic institution) to go back to school this fall. Brooklyn’s very own Brainery and 3rd Ward host affordable classes...

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Edible Schoolyard NYC Seeking Volunteers for Fall Program

Edible Schoolyard NYC Who doesn’t appreciate a helping hand? One of our favorite local farm-to-school organizations Edible Schoolyard NYC is always welcoming volunteers. For the duration of the fall...

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PHOTOS: Pork Scratchings on the Roof – A Dinner at the Brooklyn Grange

  Not that long ago, it might have been hard to believe that a rooftop view of the Manhattan skyline would ever be framed by waning tomato plants. Last Friday’s Outstanding in the Field event at the...

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East New York Gardeners Needed for a New Farm Site and Weekly Market Stands

Photo courtesy East New York Farms! It’s not often there’s a call for city farmers, but East New York Farms!–read more about the eastern Brooklyn community farming/farmer’s market here–has put out...

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IN OUR CURRENT ISSUE: 596 Acres of Abandoned Lots Spell Opportunity for New...

In our current issue, Rachel Nuwer profiles Paula Segal—a 34-year-old lawyer who’s organization 596 acres is helping aspiring gardeners gain access to that many abandoned city-owned lots.  Read about...

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IN OUR CURRENT ISSUE: A Greenhouse Grows in Brooklyn

In our latest issue, Ann Monroe introduces us to BrightFarms, the company planning to grow a million pounds of produce a year in a 2-acre, state-of-the-art hydroponic greenhouse on a warehouse rooftop...

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PHOTOS: A Takeaway for Everyone at CUNY FoodFEST

  Apiaries decorate each hive uniquely to prevent bees from drifting away. Sixty-eight percent of low-wage workers report wage theft within the last week. The secret to fluffy basmati is to rinse the...

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IN OUR CURRENT ISSUE: Balcony-friendly farming

In our current issue, Gabrielle Langholtz comments on the new gardening book (no relation to this magazine) Edible Balconies: Growing Fresh Produce in Small Spaces.  Read her story and learn more about...

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IN OUR CURRENT ISSUE: Turning Brownsville Green

It was a simple thing — a fateful bike ride through Brownsville that altered Nora Painten and the kids of PS 323’s lives in the most fruitful of ways. Check out Rachel Wharton’s story on how one woman...

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PHOTOS: A Takeaway for Everyone at CUNY FoodFEST

[nggallery template=carouselag id=38]Apiaries decorate each hive uniquely to prevent bees from drifting away. Sixty-eight percent of low-wage workers report wage theft within the last week. The secret...

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