Festival Shows Added Value of Urban Farm

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On most weekends, the Brooklyn neighborhood of Red Hook sees a steady stream of cars heading to big-box Ikea or Fairway supermarket.

But on Oct. 18, more than 1,000 people gathered at the all-day Red Hook Harvest Festival, located on an urban farm directly across from Ikea, to celebrate urban agriculture and sustainability.

The fourth annual festival at the Red Hook Community Farm demonstrated that there is much more to an urban farm than the farming itself. The farm, run by the nonprofit organization Added Value, serves as a neighborhood hub where education, access to local organic food, youth empowerment/training and community building exist together as key elements of sustainable living.

Tags: Added-Value, Brooklyn, community building, Fairway, food sustainability, Fourth Annual Harvest Festival, Ikea, organic food, Red Hook, Red Hook Community Farm, Red Hook Harvest Festival, sustainable living, urban agriculture, urban farm, youth empowerment

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