I was in Denver last week for a few mapping and programming conferences that might be of interest to those following Farming Concrete. One of these was State of the Map, the annual meetup for the community behind OpenStreetMap (OSM), the collaborative (wiki-esque) map of the world. I’ve been a part of the project for … Continued
Open Space Institute, our fiscal sponsor, has included us in this month’s newsletter alongside a few other great food & farming organizations. Check out the article here to read about us, Brooklyn Food Coalition, and the Rondout Valley Growers Association. From the preservation of huge swaths of farmland in the Hudson Valley and the Catskills … Continued
A big thank you to Carmen and Abe from the Volky Flower Garden in The Bronx for sending us pictures of a great looking harvest! We can’t wait to see what else you guys have growing. … Continued