The combine, short for combine harvester, is an essential and complex machine designed for efficient harvesting of mass quantities of grain (such as wheat) and other crops. The most common type of combines harvests cereal grains and typically incorporates a header which cuts and collects the grain from the crop field; the cutting auger then … Continued
Hi everyone! It’s been such a long time! We at Farming Concrete hope your gardens are growing and blossoming this season. There have been some major changes in Farming Concrete that we’d like to tell you about. For the past year, the Design Trust for Public Space and Farming Concrete have been collaborating with a group of 30 gardeners to develop the Five Borough Farm Data … Continued
2011 harvest data is now available on our Harvest Map! Explore our data on urban agriculture yields in community and school gardens through this interactive webmap http://harvest.farmingconcrete.org/ Map users can toggle between 2010 and 2011 data, as well as filter by crop and by neighborhood. Harvest Map is a fun way to look at data … Continued