By Sue Pierre Pretty soon FC will experience an influx of volunteers; enthusiastic people who want to help but first need to know how it all goes down and what will come out of this at the end. To help incoming volunteers as well as any curious passersby, I’m going to spell out how mapping … Continued
Gardener Profile by Sue Pierre The Jackie Robinson Community Garden sits at the corner of E 122nd and Park Ave. Like other older community gardens, it shows it ages with the wear of its shed, the dust coming up from the worn, dry ground, the declining upkeep suggesting an aging leader. As Ricky and I … Continued
Self-analysis from within the Farming Concrete Research Group by Sophie Lubin By far one of the most interesting parts of our Farming Concrete project to me is the question of money. In my street-roaming, scale-distributing, and countless conversations with garden members around the city I find myself always coming back to the same topic—to the … Continued