This Thanksgiving I went upstate for a traditional family feast at my uncle’s farm. He lives outside of Cooperstown on several dozen acres complete with hay fields and pasture and woods and a creek. I always assumed that some day I would move out to the country and buy a farm like his to satisfy [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Rooftop Livestock
Posted in Inspiration, tagged bees, brooklyn, brooklyn grange, chicken, city, green roof, livestock, new york, roof farm, roof garden, rooftop farm, sheep, urban, urban agriculture, urban farm, urban farming on November 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s your beeswax
Posted in Inspiration, tagged apiary, bee, beekeeper, beekeeping, bees, brandon hoy, brookly, brooklyn, brooklyn grange, chicken, city, green roof, new york, roof farm, roof garden, rooftop farm, urban agriculture, urban farming on November 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Our first two queens we named Michelle Obama & Mata Hari
Planning Season
Posted in Farm Progress, tagged brooklyn, brooklyn grange, green roof, new york, roof farm, rooftop farm, urban agriculture, urban farming on November 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last week Brandon and I shut down the garden at Central Ave, pulling up the last few handfuls of kale, mixed greens and pea shoots before blanketing it with clover seed and hay for the winter. The cold weather and low light are forcing us to spend less time in the dirt and more time [...]
The Unlikely Farmer
Posted in About the Farmers, Uncategorized, tagged Anastasia Plakias, brookly, brooklyn grange, city, green roof, new york, roof farm, roof garden, rooftop farm, urban, urban agriculture, urban farm, urban farming on November 19, 2009 | 4 Comments »
As far as candidates for urban farmer go, I’m pretty damn unlikely. Ten months ago, I had never even planted a seed. Born and raised in Manhattan, I graduated from a prestigious liberal arts college and took an office job working for a big deal restaurateur in New York. Other than a healthy appetite [...]
Friday the 13th Fundraiser
Posted in Events, Uncategorized on November 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This Friday, November 13th, we’re throwing the fundraiser from hell to raise money for the farm. There will be food, there will be drink, and there might even be strippers.
Music and dancing brought to you by:
DJ Lauren Flax
Team Robespierre
Anamanaguchi
Wild Yaks
Triage
Finger on the Pulse
DJ Jon Santos
So come out and get crazy for a good cause!
When: Friday [...]
Planting Seeds in Brooklyn
Posted in Farm Progress, Uncategorized, tagged brookly, brooklyn grange, city, green roof, new york, roof farm, roof garden, rooftop farm, urban, urban agriculture, urban farm, urban farming on November 5, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Welcome to Brooklyn Grange. We’re a small team of Brooklyn residents working together to launch a commercially-viable roof farm. Today we’ve got a plan – a seed – and a lot of expertise. Next summer, we’ll have a one-acre rooftop farm.
Please check in with our website and watch as our farm germinates and blooms, and [...]
