Entries Tagged as ‘NYC’

April 21, 2008

Earth Day Events in NYC

So it just dawned on me that tomorrow is EARTH DAY!
I am going to be running a vermicompost workshop at the Hope Gardens Community Center in the morning, then heading over to the Woodbine Garden to plant some seeds with student groups.

If you can’t join us out in Bushwick, here’s a list of events you [...]

April 21, 2008

Skyfarming: Big Budget Development of Urban Agriculture

Just came across this article in New York Magazine, written a few weeks ago by Lisa Chamberlain.

When I took a glimpse of the image above, I saw a valiant attempt at an organic system packaged and marketed to fit the “profitable development” aesthetic. The funny thing is that urban farming can be even simpler than [...]

April 20, 2008

The Season is Here

Welcome.
At Xposure, we are just starting some of our seeds.

The kids planted their own clusters of carrots (above), cucumbers, tomatoes, lettuce and dahlia flowers. However, my friend Lewis decided to get a head start because he gets such great light in his apartment…

Pictured above: corn, peppers – fantastic city veggie, herbs – these are mint [...]