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 [...]
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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 »
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 [...]
