Liza de Guia’s Videos – NYC’s Cool New Backyard Farms: Growing More Than Just Produce

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Liza de Guia’s Videos – New York City Food Storyteller

Shot & Edited by storyteller, Liza de Guia.
On-air host, documentary filmmaker and editor.
Her hosted shows (Daily Greens, Media Mulch, Versus and Planet Police) featured on the on-line web channel TitanGreen.com was recently awarded a 2008 People’s Voice Webby Award for Best Online Video in Public Service and Activism.

NYC’s Cool New Backyard Farms: Growing More Than Just Produce

Urban NYC farmers have set their eyes on a new prize: transforming privately owned backyards into lush, fruitful farmlands.

By signing up to share your yard with a urban farmer, you can eat fresh from your own personal farm during the harvest months, and even sell produce to your neighbors – growing a community built around fresh local food. The best part is, you don’t even have to lift a finger, BK Farmyards does all the farming for you.
Find out more at bkfarmyards.com

Brooklyn’s Urban Beekeepers: Breaking The Law For The Planet (Part I)

Brooklyn’s Urban Beekeepers: Breaking The Law For The Planet (Part I) from SkeeterNYC on Vimeo.

Shot & Edited by storyteller, Liza de Guia.

Sometimes laws are meant to be broken. Meet a passionate crew of illegal urban beekeepers in Brooklyn, New York working on their very first honey harvest for their restaurants. Find out why raising bees on NYC rooftops is important for Mother Earth. And be inspired to get into the illegal “bees”ness of urban beekeeping in your own backyard or rooftop. It’s not only fun, but dangerous, especially if you don’t like wearing bee suits!

Brooklyn’s Urban Beekeepers: “Watch Out Ladies” Honey Harvest

Brooklyn’s Urban Beekeepers: “Watch Out Ladies” Honey Harvest from SkeeterNYC on Vimeo.

Shot & Edited by storyteller, Liza de Guia.

Six hours later, the first drop emerges… Follow the eccentric crew of Brooklyn beekeepers for their very first illegal honey harvest for their restaurants. See how the entire process takes place over a few laughs and a little help from friends – from stealing honey from the hive to collecting every last sticky drop. After this, you’ll definitely want an illegal hive of your own.

A Farm Grows in Brooklyn…on a Rooftop!

A Farm Grows in Brooklyn…on a Rooftop! from SkeeterNYC on Vimeo.

Shot & Edited by storyteller, Liza de Guia.

Brooklyn’s very first Rooftop Farm, started April 2009, is harvesting its crops for the summer season! Meet Ben Flanner and Annie Novak, the farmers who founded the project, and see for yourselves the optimistic future for urban farming. NYC’s skyline has never looked this cool.

Anella’s Rooftop Farm Goodness: Zucchini Parmesan

Anella’s Rooftop Farm Goodness: Zucchini Parmesan from SkeeterNYC on Vimeo.

Shot & Edited by storyteller, Liza de Guia.

Get ready to salivate! Watch Chef Michael Sullivan of Anella Restaurant whip up a Rooftop Farm inspired dish at his Greenpoint, Brooklyn kitchen. With produce coming in daily from Farmer Ben’s Rooftop Farm down the street, food seriously can’t get any fresher.

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