a reblog covering NYC’s sustainability scene
Posted in Community, Environmental Justice, Food on Aug 3rd, 2008
[Photo from Sudbury/Childrens Press Line]
A truly wonderful story by the Daily News and Childrens Press Line about East New York farms. We’d say this qualifies as a must read:
If passengers looked outside the No. 3 train as it roared above Livonia and Schenck Aves., they would see a train station, apartment buildings - and rows […]
We’ve covered Dr. Despommier’s vertical farm concept before, but today the Times gets into it:
…what if skyscrapers grew off the grid, as verdant, self-sustaining towers where city slickers cultivated their own food?
Dickson Despommier, a professor of public health at Columbia University, hopes to make these zucchini-in-the-sky visions a reality. Dr. Despommier’s pet project is the […]
Posted in Food on Jun 27th, 2008
The Times has an interesting piece on two local food markets duking it out for dominance of the Fulton Fish Market space:
In one corner, the underdog: the New Amsterdam Public, a one-day market, with more than 60 handpicked regional food vendors, whose organizers hope to make it permanent. It will include New York chefs and […]
Posted in Community, Food, Urban Environment, Water on Jun 22nd, 2008
Urban Studio Brooklyn (USBK), a project of Habana Works, has a very cool project going on this summer.
WHAT:
In 2008, Urban Studio Brooklyn will partner with the Lower East Side Ecology Center and pedicab designer George Bliss to design and build a one-of-a-kind mobile wetlab and fishing clinic: The Fishmobile. The human-powered vehicle/spectacle will be built […]
Posted in Food on Jun 11th, 2008
[Photo: Tomatoes by flickr user Brouhaha (Jonathan)]
UPDATE: SOME NYC TOMATOES ARE TAINTED. UNCLEAR STILL IF THEY’RE LOCALLY-GROWN. (WE’RE GUESSING THEY’RE NOT, BUT NO WAY TO BE SURE AT THE MOMENT.)
Salmonella in tomatoes? For real?
Fortunately, local NY-grown tomatoes are totally safe. NY 1 reports:
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Food. Drinks. Music. Community.
Live bees, mozzarella making, local farmers, bamboo t-shirts, edible seedlings, a photobooth and much more!
GOOD, Greenmarket, Solar One and JetBlue team up for a day of local farmers market foods and Greenmarket inspired cocktails.
Performances by Jacques Renault, These New Puritans, and David Prince “The Daily Swarm”.
5:00p Jacques Renault
7:30p These New Puritans
9:00p David […]
Friend and colleague Ethan Oringel of Green Brooklyn fame has launched a new feature on his ever-enlightening blog called “Off the Grid.” The first “Off the Grid” award goes to John Howe, Brooklyn beekeeper extraordinaire. From the source:
It is with my great pleasure to announce that the GBK editorial board — aka me — […]
GOOD Magazine organized a field trip for readers and community to the floating urban farm known as the Science Barge last week. From their blog:
In Issue 010 we mentioned The Science Barge, a sustainable urban farm floating on the Hudson River in New York City. Powered by solar panels, wind energy, and biofuels, the Science […]
Posted in Food on Apr 22nd, 2008
The Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture, just 30 miles north of midtown Manhattan, is something of a sterling example of local, sustainable food production done right.
From their website:
Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture is a farm, a kitchen, a classroom–an exhibit, a laboratory, a campus. The mission of this unique, nonprofit, member-driven […]
Posted in Food on Apr 18th, 2008
Gothamist is all over some eco-friendly fare being served up special for Earth Day (Week, Month, etc). They highlight il Buco, Neuvo Latino, and Habana Outpost (the latter deuce both in our ‘hood!). Check it out.