Comments for Farming Concrete http://farmingconcrete.org Civic Science in Community Gardens Mon, 23 May 2011 11:41:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Comment on A poster about our 2010 results by susanna dalton http://farmingconcrete.org/2011/05/09/a-poster-about-our-2010-results/comment-page-1/#comment-306 susanna dalton Mon, 23 May 2011 11:41:32 +0000 http://farmingconcrete.org/?p=558#comment-306 The need for community gardens growing food is so vital esp. for neighborhoods w little access to affordable ,nourishing, fresh(v.local) produce for the obvious health reasons,and the equally important need for hands on education in science, understanding the connection between nutrients and health, community relationship+marketable skill building. But wait, don't all neighborhoods need these things. I'm in midtown +can't afford apples+pears at $1 ea,tomatoes for $3 each,peppers that are $5/lb, which are not organic or local, and the map you did of Com gardens show only one in manhattan south of 125 St. on 55th and 10th ave I think, and a couple on theLES none of which grow food. There is the new urban farm in Battery Park, but don't know if 'outsiders' are welcome. If this is due to lack of space, i say every roof top of every school ,post office and govt office bldg.shud be cultivated asap. Tho we have 'access' to grocery stores, the cost, quality and health value is so prohibitve, we are now at a significant disadvantage(in this regard.) What can be done to advocate for the undernourished, pesticide riddled newYorkers in most of Manhattan? is there a class on how to get one? Thanks so much, susanna The need for community gardens growing food is so vital esp. for neighborhoods w little access to affordable ,nourishing, fresh(v.local) produce for the obvious health reasons,and the equally important need for hands on education in science, understanding the connection between nutrients and health, community relationship+marketable skill building. But wait, don’t all neighborhoods need these things. I’m in midtown +can’t afford apples+pears at $1 ea,tomatoes for $3 each,peppers that are $5/lb, which are not organic or local, and the map you did of Com gardens show only one in manhattan south of 125 St. on 55th and 10th ave I think, and a couple on theLES none of which grow food. There is the new urban farm in Battery Park, but don’t know if ‘outsiders’ are welcome. If this is due to lack of space, i say every roof top of every school ,post office and govt office bldg.shud be cultivated asap. Tho we have ‘access’ to grocery stores, the cost, quality and health value is so prohibitve, we are now at a significant disadvantage(in this regard.) What can be done to advocate for the undernourished, pesticide riddled newYorkers in most of Manhattan? is there a class on how to get one? Thanks so much, susanna

]]> Comment on About by 5-19-11 « urbanfarmingemma http://farmingconcrete.org/about/comment-page-1/#comment-300 5-19-11 « urbanfarmingemma Fri, 20 May 2011 13:18:12 +0000 http://farmingconcrete.org/?page_id=2#comment-300 [...] Today we met with a man named Matteo who works with Farming Concrete! Farming concrete is a community based research project to measure the amount of produce grown in individual farms all over the 5 boroughs. Today, Matteo explained just how successful so many gardens really are, and how only 67 small gardens around the city grew 200,00 dollars worth of food! I was so amazed! Also, he took measurements of our berms and weighed our harvested lettuce which came out to be about .7 of a pound! find out more about Farming Concrete on their site! (http://farmingconcrete.org/about/) [...] [...] Today we met with a man named Matteo who works with Farming Concrete! Farming concrete is a community based research project to measure the amount of produce grown in individual farms all over the 5 boroughs. Today, Matteo explained just how successful so many gardens really are, and how only 67 small gardens around the city grew 200,00 dollars worth of food! I was so amazed! Also, he took measurements of our berms and weighed our harvested lettuce which came out to be about .7 of a pound! find out more about Farming Concrete on their site! (http://farmingconcrete.org/about/) [...]

]]> Comment on 2010 Harvest Report by Lori Bushway http://farmingconcrete.org/2011/04/19/2010-harvest-report/comment-page-1/#comment-246 Lori Bushway Mon, 09 May 2011 19:25:47 +0000 http://farmingconcrete.org/?p=508#comment-246 What great data you all are generated. Our Vegetable Varieties for Gardeners project at Cornell University is also trying to tap the enthusiasm and expertise of gardeners to gather valuable information for gardeners. Share your reviews of the varieties you grow and check out what your fellow gardeners are saying about the ones they grow. http://vegvariety.cce.cornell.edu/ We also mention this report in our facebook group vegetable varieties for gardeners. Join our group. What great data you all are generated. Our Vegetable Varieties for Gardeners project at Cornell University is also trying to tap the enthusiasm and expertise of gardeners to gather valuable information for gardeners. Share your reviews of the varieties you grow and check out what your fellow gardeners are saying about the ones they grow.

http://vegvariety.cce.cornell.edu/

We also mention this report in our facebook group vegetable varieties for gardeners. Join our group.

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