NEW YORK FARM CITY:
We all know urban farming is really taking root (*ahem*) in many places like Chicago, San Francisco, and New York. Check out this video about urban farmers in NYC showing a bit of what they do, the movements and organizations they’re a part of, and where the food goes once it leaves the rooftop.
This farm provides organic food for a farmers market, CSA, and six organic restaurants, has zero carbon footprint, uses rainwater instead of irrigation, keeps chickens & rabbits for manure and nutrients, and uses compost for soil. It’s a closed loop system: everything that goes out can come back.
Where is this 6,000 square foot model organic farm? On a rooftop in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Meet The Eagle Street Rooftop Farm.
Just came across this cool website that helps novice gardeners by sending seeds and email updates according to your location on when to plant, how to maintain, and when to harvest. Pretty awesome!
(Source: ladlady)
“A customer selects vegetables from a street vender in an alleyway in Shanghai. (March 7, 2011) (Eugene Hoshiko/Associated Press) #
I’m really going to miss this. Already, I’ve seen less and less of these fresh food stands because of the proliferation of Carrefour, Walmart, etc. ”
Eating To Save The Planet from BDH - Burrell Durrant Hifle on Vimeo.
I had never considered seasonal eating. (Although we all do it to some degree: I buy the lowest cost fruit & veg.)
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We’re just under 30,000 Tumblr followers!!!!!! To celebrate, here’s a really dangerous video of 30,000 bottle rockets going off. Hooray!
Old S.F. — An Interactive Map of 16,000 San Francisco Photos Since 1850
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Because it’s Friday. (via JM, an associate producer here.)
