Camilla Hammer, left, and Alexanna Ashley-Roth till the earth at their first planned farm in Lower Manhattan. Photo by Librado Romero/The New York Times.

A Farm Grows in the Battery – only one acre in size

By James Barron
New York Times
April 10, 2011

Exceprt:

The idea for an urban farm there originated with the environmental club at Millennium High School on Broad Street, a short walk from the park. The Battery Conservancy says that 650 students from 8 schools have now signed up to farm, and it is expanding the program to include community groups, Lower Manhattan residents, even people who just work there and want to do some digging, planting and nurturing.

The planting officially begins on Monday, when the the students will plant enough vegetables to fill the produce section at a corner deli.

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Illustration by Anastasia Christoe 2010.

Food Sensitive Planning and Urban Design (FSPUD) Report Released

This new resource – Food Sensitive Planning and Urban Design: A conceptual framework for achieving a sustainable and just food system – is intended to raise the awareness of planners, architects, urban designers, engineers, policy makers, community members and elected representatives of the need to integrate food considerations into urban land use and development.

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The Marathon Farm in North Philadelphia’s Brewerytown neighborhood will both ship food to the six Marathon restaurants throughout the city and sell produce to local residents. Photo by Dan Nessenson.

Urban farms surge around Philadelphia

By Hayley Brooks
The Daily Pennsylvanian
April 13, 2011

Excerpt:

Marathon Restaurants — a Philadelphia chain with six locations, including 200 South 40th St. — recently acquired 15,750 square feet of land at the corner of Master and 27th streets. The formerly vacant urban spot in North Philadelphia’s Brewerytown neighborhood has been transformed into “Marathon Farm.”

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Triscuit Declares Home Farming Day

Excerpt from press release April 12, 2011:

Triscuit and non-profit Urban Farming will unveil plans for 65 community-based home farms in 20 U.S. cities in 2011, including five home farms to be grown at low-income housing subsidiaries. These farms, located in urban areas, will provide local residents with greater access to more nutritious and healthier foods, consistent with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) mission of creating more sustainable and diverse communities.

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New York Farm City from Petrina TV on Vimeo.

Video by Gina and Scott Keatley
Nourishing NYC, East Harlem

Featuring:

Ben Flanner and Anastasia Plakias
Brooklyn Grange Farm, Queens

Patrick Connolly
Bobo, Greenwich Village

Daniel Bowman Simon
People’s Garden NYC
City Hall, Manhattan