Morning Edition goes to the garden
All this week we're going to be talking about community gardening in New York City on WNYC's Morning Edition. Senior Producer Alec Hamilton spoke with Morning Edition host Michael Hill about what to...
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People have been farming in New York City for centuries, but there hasn’t been a focused effort from the Mayor’s Office to help urban farmers thrive until recently. The City Council created the Mayor’s...
View ArticleAs curbside composting rolls out, small-scale collection faces an uncertain...
Community gardens can be a great resource if you're looking to grow some delicious vegetables in the city. But many of them also provide an environmentally-sound way for New Yorkers to deal with food...
View Article'Everything in the garden teaches us about life': Farmer Yonette Flemming on...
Morning Edition is broadcasting live Friday from the Hattie Carthan Community Garden in the heart of Brooklyn's Bedford–Stuyvesant neighborhood.This garden was named for Hattie Carthan, a resident of...
View ArticleCommunity gardens grow plants to preserve food traditions
Gardens have long been a place where people save seeds, pass on heirloom varieties of plants, and preserve old-timey variations that might have fallen out of fashion in the garden catalogs. But there’s...
View ArticlePhotographing NYC's community gardens
Brooklyn-based photographer Zachary Schulman is capturing portraits of some of New York City's community gardeners. It's part of the "Community Gardener Portrait Project" put on in part by the Brooklyn...
View ArticleHow can New Yorkers join their community garden?
More than 550 community gardens are blossoming across the five boroughs, tucked between highrises or blooming in once-vacant lots of land. These vital green spaces depend on New Yorkers to plant seeds,...
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Green Guerillas marks 50 years of fighting for green spaces
New York City is home to hundreds of community gardens, and each one has their own distinct character. But rewind 50 years and the landscape was much different. The city was in the throes of an...
View ArticleJuggling NYC's need for affordable housing and green spaces
Housing insecurity remains an ongoing threat to many New Yorkers. At the same time, the city is facing demands for more green spaces across the five boroughs—and a lack of access to nature and fresh...
View ArticleLocal New York City gardeners show off this year's abundance
Local community gardeners will show off their most impressive produce at this year's 44th annual NYC GreenThumb Harvest Fair on September 23rd at El Jardin del Paraiso in the East Village. Cindy...
View ArticleNewark's Hawthorne Avenue Farm looks towards abundance in a food desert
The Hawthorne Avenue Farm in Newark, New Jersey, sits on the outer edge of one of the state's worst food deserts. Access to fresh and nutritious produce is scarce, but members of the community and...
View ArticleBefore becoming urban jewels, NYC's community gardens overcame neglect – and...
Bushwick City Farm may be an outlier in its full-throated commitment to addressing the migrant crisis in New York City, but it shares something with many other community gardens across the five...
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