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For decades, residents of low-income neighborhoods under-served by supermarket chains have been getting their hands on produce the old fashioned way: By growing it in their own gardens. In recent years, outer-borough farmers have taken urban agriculture a step further by selling their mostly organic haul at well-organized community markets.
An article in the Times Dining & Wine section notes that the trend is proving to be healthy and lucrative. Groups such as GreenThumb and other city agencies provide land, training and even seed money to people like Denniston and Marlene Wilks, who’ve turned four city-owned vacant lots in East New York into a mini agrarian empire. Now they sell about $3,000 in produce annually at a market run by community group East New York Farms.
Another example is what high school students at Red Hook's Added Value community farm have done. Last year, they sold more than $25,000 in Italian arugula, Asian greens and heirloom tomatoes. The movement has gotten so much attention that on Saturday 60 delegates from the U.N. Commission on Sustainable Development are scheduled to visit Hands and Hearts, a Bed-Stuy Farm, as well as two traditional community gardens in Brooklyn.
Photo of two East New York farmers courtesy Seamus Murray.
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seed money indeed!
A majority of immigrants must grow something in thier back yards. Its not just a low income neighborhood activity.
My dad and his brothers grow tomatoes and cabbage in their back yards, and then they brag to each other about their crop, going as far as to send pictures.
I think this is fantastic on many levels.
Excellent!
Hey-
Thanks for linking to the piece I did on this in the Times today, but I'm a little confused about how this stuff works. This looks to me like it's something written by the person who posted it, but it's all my original reporting? I really appreciate your interest in the topic, but it seems weird to summarize an article without actually crediting it.
All best,
Tracie McMillan
Ohhhh, Gothamist got FACED!!
This afternoon, Gothamist was confronted for "summarizing" a Times article Tracie McMillan wrote about poor people's vegetable gardens. Tracie was a little confused about how Gothamist works. To Tracie, it looked as if the article was written by Gothamist, but it was all her original reporting. Although Tracie really appreciated the interest in her topic, she thought it was weird that Gothamist would summarize an article without actually crediting it to her.
Gothamist: The New York Times summarized for dumb people, by dumb people.
John Del Signore, professional paraphraser and occasional plagiarist.
Hey locavores: come try my Gowanus Canal cranberries!
OUCH! Gothamist has been caught plagiarizing. A big no-no especially in college.
A clear mention that this post was prompted by the the NY Times' Dining section article is definitely missing from this post. There is a link to the article, but that is not enough.
Yes, i was going to say you attributed it to a link, at least, but ultimately, a specific name may have been needed.
But really, it's all about the link, isn't it? If you want to read more... follow it?
Jen, as editor, shouldn't you be the one saying that BEFORE the post gets published?
Nick S, yes, it was my fault as well and I apologized to Ms. McMillan in an email.