Urban and Community Agriculture

Mayoral Candidates Vie for Food Cred

Brooklyn Grange's Urban Oasis in Today's Village Voice

Hannah Palmer Egan contemplates the complexity of baby mustard leaves as she stands in one of the rooftop farms sown by Brooklyn Grange. "The leaf has a green, vegetal flavor, with a strong wasabi note, a warm sensation on the tongue," she writes. "Moments later, my mouth explodes in a fiery burst o ... More >>

Bed-Stuy's Hattie Carthan Community Farmers' Market Opens for the Season (PHOTOS)

With summer blooming in full color around us, farmers' market season is in full swing. And while Union Square's famous Greenmarket proffers some of the freshest food around, crowd-wary shoppers don't necessarily have to join the swarming masses on 14th Street. Throughout the city, many community gar ... More >>

JUST GROW IT

Learn how to farm in the city

The Power of New York City's Farmers' Markets

In a populist sense, a farmers' market is like the gastronomic version of a town hall; citizens come to barter with other citizens, trading locally grown strawberries instead of talking points. Every day of the week, you can find one of these fine establishments in almost every borough. It is a tren ... More >>

Q&A, Part 1: Restaurateur Carlos Suarez on His New Venture Rosemary's, Rooftop Gardens, and the West Village Community

[See More Interviews: Dan Ross-Leutwyler of Bellwether | Chez Jose's Jose Ramirez-Ruiz and Pam Yung] Maybe it's the food or the cleverly designed space--or perhaps it's just the bees on the roof--that have created all the buzz surrounding Rosemary's, the latest West Village venture from restaurateu ... More >>

SURVIVAL SKILLS

Foraging for a good time

Moscow 57 Brings A Taste of Russia To East Harlem

A greenhouse-turned-lounge, tucked under the Metro-North Railroad, sounds like a strange location for a night out on the town, but that's exactly what lures visitors to Moscow 57.Part of a weekly summer pop-up event series, Moscow 57 is the brainchild of Ellen Kaye. If she sounds familiar, it's beca ... More >>

Moscow 57: Has Russia Come to East Harlem?

A greenhouse-turned-lounge, tucked under the Metro-North Railroad, sounds like a strange location for a night out on the town, but that's exactly what lures visitors to Moscow 57.Part of a weekly summer pop-up event series, Moscow 57 is the brainchild of Ellen Kaye. If she sounds familiar, it's ... More >>

Gardening Art Grows into Activism in the Age of Occupy

How green was my alley

Andrew Coté, NYC Beekeeper, on Urban Apiculture (And Getting Bees in His Nose!)

Last week, the Voice brought you news of bees(!), which have been swarming New York with the onset of warm weather. If the thought of thousands of stinging insects flying around the city en masse sounds scary, fear not! We had the chance to catch up with Andrew Coté, often billed as the city's "bu ... More >>

Brooklyn Soon to House the World's Largest Rooftop Garden

An old warehouse in Sunset Park, Brooklyn will become the new home of the world's largest rooftop garden. A Manhattan-based company, BrightFarms, is in charge of planting the garden, which will grow in a 100,000-square-foot hydroponic greenhouse, and hopefully produce 1 million pounds of local pro ... More >>

FARM AID

Grow organic food locally (real local)

In the Annals of 'Boooo!': Tomato Thieves Abound in the City's Community Gardens

Jaako/flickrTomatoes for the taking.​One of the best lines in the New York Times article on people who pilfer from the 700 community gardens in the city is this one: "I know that people who garden in the country have trouble with squirrels and deer and turkeys; here in our neighborhood, we ha ... More >>

East Village Backyard Spaces You Can Use for a Pittance (That Aren't 'Timeshares')

Steve Cannon's backyard​It might be tempting to fork over $350 for the right to grill and party (but not imbibe) for four hours in an urban "backyard timeshare" like the one we wrote about earlier today. If, however, you're looking for more recession-friendly options in the neighborhood, we've ... More >>

French Restaurant Gives Back Michelin Star; Food Blogger Sent to Jail For Negative Review

​French eatery Le Lisita just couldn't take the pressure anymore and decided to voluntarily give back its Michelin star after the increased staff costs that came with the ranking hurt profits post-global financial meltdown. [The Telegraph] A food blogger in Taipei was sentenced to 30 days in ... More >>

Foreign Policy Weighs in on the World's Stupidest Food Fads

​Foreign Policy has just published its very first food issue. As you might expect from a publication better known for its discussions of AIDS in South Africa and the effect on economic stagnation upon democracy, it doesn't feature pretty pictures of unsmiling Bay Area artisans or Proustian rec ... More >>

Community Gardens Fear Wilting Under Massive Cuts in Federal Block-Grant Money

Growing dissent: Urban gardeners besiege City Hall​By Adrian Fussell Looming federal budget cuts mean that community gardens across New York City will likely face a severe, life-threatening drought. And the seeds of protest are already sprouting. Supporters of GreenThumb, the city's primary comm ... More >>

Greenwich Paper Will Definitely Grow a Restaurant and Rooftop Farm

Greens on Greenwich?​A rooftop farm will grow where Keith McNally's empire will not: three months after the community board approved his plans, Bobo's Carlos Suarez has finalized his lease for the former Greenwich Paper space.

At the French Culinary Institute's California Campus, Students Will Learn Animal Husbandry

planetpinkngreen.com​ Yesterday, the French Culinary Institute announced it would be expanding to the West Coast with a branch campus at the former Professional Culinary Institute in Campbell, California. Curious to know why the school was expanding its operations to California -- and how it i ... More >>

Seats Still Available for Next Week's Outstanding in the Field Dinners

Outstanding in the FieldAl fresco dining at its finest.​Outstanding in the Field, the self-described "roving culinary adventure" known for staging five-course, white-tablecloth dinners in the farm fields and urban gardens where the food on the table originates, will hold a series of dinners in ... More >>

The Brooklyn Grange Gets the Food Curated Treatment

The Brooklyn Grange: NYC's Biggest Rooftop Farm from SkeeterNYC on Vimeo. Beauty shots of lettuce and basil abound in this look at Brooklyn Grange, the (nearly) 40,000-square-foot rooftop farm in Long Island City, Queens. You can buy the farm's produce at The Brooklyn Grange Farmer's Market, Robert ... More >>

KEYS TO THE WORLD

No point in locking your doors now

Roberta's Brooklyn Grange Will Be in Queens

tibchris/FlickrComing to Long Island City.​It looks like the meatballs finally paid off: the folks at Roberta's have found a 40,000 square-foot rooftop home for their Brooklyn Grange Farms. And it will be in Queens.

HAT TRICK

Celebrate the return of an East Village tradition

Q&A: Earth Day Art Exhibit Commemorates Demolished NYC Gardens

​In honor of Earth Day, we wanted to tell you a story about a garden -- The Magic Garden -- that's going to be torn down to make room for a high-rise housing development. Oliver Rios, an East Harlem-bred artist, grew up around gardening when his mother Lydia Roman began transforming abandone ... More >>

Scott Stringer Has a Real Plan for Overhauling the City's Food System

Andrew SchwartzScott Stringer, Manhattan Borough President and food reform guy.​ Plenty of enterprising politicians have paid lip service to the idea of trying to make the city's food supply healthier, more easily accessible, and environmentally sound, but far fewer have actually done anything ... More >>

Nature Calls

New Yorkers love cell phones. How about the bees?

Rudy Deflowers New York

Across the City, Communities Fight the Mayor's Garden Auction

It's Not Easy Being Green: Gardeners Show Their True Colors

The Endangered Garden

AvalonBay makes concessions, but will Liz Christy's trees and plants survive?

Time's Up!

Cycling for a better city

War of the Roses

Garden Vote Could Settle Perennial Problem

Rudy Deflowers New York

Across the City, Communities Fight the Mayor's Garden Auction

Uprooted

The City Yanks More Gardens Out of Harlem