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 […]
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New York Grown Tomatoes are Safe and Salmonella-Free
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 […]