by Dulce Fernandes and Chris Hunt | 11.19.2010 | 1 Comment | Food post on Ecocentric
I like when people undertake big bold projects that innovate and inspire. So naturally, when my friend and former colleague Gwen Schantz decided to build a one-acre farm on the roof of a seven-story office building in an industrial section of New York City, I was pretty excited. And when she and her partners began construction, I ventured out to Queens to spend a day rolling felt and shoveling growing media on what would become Brooklyn Grange, which is now believed to be the world’s largest rooftop farm (view the slideshow in our archives for an overview of the process).
Biggest Rooftop Farm on the Planet? Brooklyn Grange, Revisited on Ecocentric Blog | Food, Water and Energy Issues
Saturday, December 18, 2010
The Brooklyn Paper: Love it, locavores! Bklyn campus to host urban farm
Talk about food for thought!
Kingsborough Community College will introduce an urban farming program this spring, making it the first New York City college to host a full-fledged farm worked entirely by students.
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“Urban farms are becoming very popular in Brooklyn and agriculture is an important part of our future,” said Dr. Stuart Schulman, the Kingsborough professor who is in charge of the project, called Build a Garden in Brooklyn. “We want to show students the whole farming process, from the planting, growing and harvesting.”
The Brooklyn Paper: Love it, locavores! Bklyn campus to host urban farm
Kingsborough Community College will introduce an urban farming program this spring, making it the first New York City college to host a full-fledged farm worked entirely by students.
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“Urban farms are becoming very popular in Brooklyn and agriculture is an important part of our future,” said Dr. Stuart Schulman, the Kingsborough professor who is in charge of the project, called Build a Garden in Brooklyn. “We want to show students the whole farming process, from the planting, growing and harvesting.”
The Brooklyn Paper: Love it, locavores! Bklyn campus to host urban farm
Friday, December 17, 2010
New York City Seeks Engineering Campus on City Land - NYTimes.com
Worried that New York City is not spawning enough technology-based start-up companies with the potential to become big employers like Google, city officials are inviting universities around the world to create an engineering campus on city-owned land.
New York City Seeks Engineering Campus on City Land - NYTimes.com
New York City Seeks Engineering Campus on City Land - NYTimes.com
Monday, December 13, 2010
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