On the Roof of a Baptist Church in Hell’s Kitchen, and across the urban landscape
from the New York Times by Michael Tortorelo If you wanted to find someone picking a fat tomato this week in the City of New York, you could go see Esther and Pam, near the kiddie-pool planters on the rooftop of the Metro Baptist Church in Hell’s Kitchen. Or Maggie, Benia, Iyeshima and Kristina at […]
Farms to Vacant Acres: April Conference Resources
New York City’s 596 Acres hosted a conference back in April, and so many good things came out of it! Read a full report about the conference, see the photos, hear the audio and more! 596 Acres updated their Community Land Access Network page to reflect the awesome projects they learned about at Vacant Acres. Materials from […]
Farms Forever
If you have driven through Massachusetts along the Connecticut River, you’ve likely spotted the simple signs scattered among acres of Hadley Loam that say “Preserved Farmland.” The program is a collaborative effort to accelerate the pace of farmland conservation in Massachusetts’s Connecticut River Valley through strategic planning, raising public awareness, and sustaining charitable investments to leverage state […]