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Press

Articles

East New York's Flourishing Caribbean Gardens, October 2012

Compost Story in the NY Daily News, December 2009 Read about what the gardens of East New York are doing to keep leaves out of landfills.

Interactive Journalism, December 2009

Downtown Brooklyn Star, March 2009

New York Times, March 2008

Videos

WNYC audio piece on malabar spinach, featuring backyard gardener Dora Hinds and Farm Manager David Vigil.

Food Day Film 2011 highlighting our youth program

WNYC Youth Farming in East New York

Urban Agriculture: East New York by the Urban Omnibus. A five-part series that covers the factors contributing to the development of urban agriculture in East New York.

ENYF video project by Hannah Nudell

Bill Moyer's Journal (Nov 28, 2008) conversation with Michael Pollan about food systems and the way we eat. It also featured the East New York Farmers Market, our new urban farm, Hands and Heart Garden, and market gardeners James and Jeanette Ware. The segment about East New York Farms starts in the second minute of Part II, and continues until 8 min 30 sec. Watch until the end for footage of our team of youth leaders harvest for the market!

In an Absolut World, Cities Farm by Jim Denevan

America's Heartland, Episode 418, Urban Agriculture

 

The mission of the East New York Farms Project is to organize youth and adults to address food justice in our community by promoting local sustainable agriculture and community-led economic development.

East New York Farms! is a project of the United Community Centers in partnership with local residents.

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