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Join us this Saturday at Brook Park in the Bronx!

14 March 2012 No Comment

Happy Spring!

Farming Concrete is excited to announce our first workshop of the season, in partnership with NY Botanical Garden.

Where: Brook Park, Brook Avenue and 141st Street,
When: Saturday, March 17, 2012 – 2-4pm.
How to get there: 6 train to Brook Ave

Details:
Garden Planning and Record-keeping with Farming Concrete
Do you want to know how much food you grow? Come to this workshop and learn methods for planning and keeping track of your harvest. Join a citywide effort to quantify food production in NYC with Farming Concrete.

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Farming Concrete: Measuring Food Production in NYC’s Community Gardens

The American Community Garden Association defines a community garden as "any piece of land gardened by a group of people." These spaces - peaceful enclaves where one can reconnect with their soil, food, and fellow gardeners - are meaningful across age groups and cultures, and serve as valuable assets for community identity. Healthy food production in community gardens is especially relevant today, when the number of New York City residents who rely on emergency food and lack access to affordable fresh produce in grocery stores is increasing. In the context of a dysfunctional food system, urban agriculture is becoming evermore indispensable.

No one knows just how much food NYC community gardeners are growing. That is what this project seeks to measure.