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There are two ways to record your harvest with Farming Concrete:

Harvest Kit: Get a scale and a harvest log book from us. Record the weight of your harvest by crop. All materials are free for NYC community gardens. Not every member in your garden needs to be weighing in order to get a garden-wide yield estimate. Download the form in English or Spanish.
Crop Count: Count the number of plants of each crop that were planted in each raised bed in your community garden. You may submit this up to three times to account for succession planting. Download the form in English or Spanish.

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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.