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Festival Shows Added Value of Urban Farm

By kieran

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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 [...]

Starting a New Brooklyn Food Cooperative

By kieran

A group of Brooklynites in the Fort Greene / Clinton Hill area are working to start a new local food co-op in the neighborhood. The founders of the Greene Hill Food Co-op cite the great need of a low-cost and affordable health food store that is accessible to the neighborhood’s residents. When founders DK Holland [...]