APRIL 11TH, 2010 — This week, I joined food-not-lawns revolutionary Fritz Haeg, borough president Scott Stringer, and Growing Power’s Will Allen on New York’s own WNYC radio. The conversation, a two hour evening event led …
Time to Start Planting!
APRIL 11TH, 2010 — This morning, with the abundance of good weather days we’ve had, I decided to commit the cardinal sin of zone 6: planting before the frost-free date of April 15th. Truth be …
On the Pleasures of Urban Agriculture
MARCH 28TH, 2010 — This post appeared on March 24th with the Atlantic. Photo, Adam Golfer. At 20 years old, when I was a very susceptible young thinker, I read Wendell Berry’s essay “The Pleasures …
Greenpoint Greenthumb
MARCH 7TH, 2010 — This post originally appeared on Greenpointers.blogspot.com Late last year, post rooftop-farm season, I started working on a bioremediation project in north Greenpoint. The land in question is soil-turned-gravel-parking-lot, turned soil again: …
Food, Fiddlers, Farmers: Success!
MARCH 2ND, 2010 — This Saturday night, country mouse and city mouse gathered together to celebrate the simple & beautiful: food, friends, and the end of the wintertime. It was a wonderful night, full of …
Growing Chefs Fundraiser in Brooklyn
FEBRUARY 25TH, 2010 — Join us on Saturday, February 27th at 7pm in north Brooklyn as we gather foodies, green thumbs, and chefs to celebrate the art of eating well from field to fork. Hosted …
Growing with Garden School
FEBRUARY 26TH, 2010 — For twelve weeks from January into April, Growing Chefs is pairing its classic curriculum of cooking and horticulture with The Garden School, in Jackson Heights, Queens. This past week, we prepared …
Gardening and Composting in New York City
FEBRUARY 25TH, 2010 — In the winter, farmers hunker down and start planning for spring. Take off your mittens, get out the seed catalogues, and start planning your backyard, fire escape, kitchen window garden for …
Q&A on Rooftops
FEBRUARY 12TH, 2010 — Alex Mitchell, of the excellent blog and forthcoming book Theediblegardener.co.uk recently put together this series of interview questions for me about farming on a rooftop. It was such fun to answer, …
Winterizing Sky-High Farmland
DECEMBER 26TH, 2009 — Winter is a much-awaited season for me. The anticipation starts for me in August, when after a long (and busy day), I’ll start looking for a place to farm away the …