We here at Prospect-Lefferts Gardens CSA have produced a brochure about eating fresh (hopefully local and organic) food. The brochure also includes resources for access to good food and health in the PLG/Flatbush area.
Permaculture sounds like a really complicated science-y word. While in fact a science, it is also simply the idea of using the nature of plants and animals to sustain one another in a balanced way. The word is a combination of “permanent” and “agriculture” as well as “permanent” culture. Read the rest of this entry »
Some of you might have already seen the article in the New York Times Sunday Magazine this weekend about Will Allen, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but I thought I would share it anyway. Mr. Allen has managed to create a local food system to feed 10,000 plus people–in mostly underserved and low-income populations. It is an inspiring article and points out the value of connecting people to their food in very direct ways, making it affordable and sustainable, and creating community through food and agriculture. Plus, he is able to keep enough food waste out of landfills to make 100,000 pounds of compost every 4 months!
While not to the same scale, Brooklyn has a couple of local ag projects that do similar work—Added Value in Red Hook and East New York Farms in East New York. Read the rest of this entry »