This is Todd Bieber. You may remember him as the man who traveled to Europe to reunite blizzard photos with their rightful owner earlier this year. The Brooklyn-based filmmaker's latest project is a little bit closer to home, though—calling himself the "Vigilante Gardener," Bieber has spent the past six months planting vegetables in abandoned lot a block from his house. It's urban agriculture in a whole new, not-quite-legal way. more ›

With all the hoopla about urban farming lately, we're always intrigued by new green-leaning projects from cute Brooklyn do-gooders. The Fort Greene/Clinton Hill Local brought aspiring mobile farmers Nick Runkle and Justin Cutter to our attention today, and they need your help. more ›

Urban farming is so hot right now, and with Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe breaking ground on the new Battery Park Farm, it's definitely become more than just a hobby for people with big enough fire escapes. Petrina TV recently produced this short film, New York Farm City, of the urban farming movement in New York, featuring the likes of Brooklyn Grange and People's Garden NYC. As one woman in the introduction exclaims, "It's exciting to see the process. You plant it, it grows and you eat it!" And of course it's partially shot in tilt-shift, which makes it look that much artsier. more ›

After receiving a stop work order last week, rooftop farm Brooklyn Grange can finally get back to installing over a million pounds of dirt and seedlings on their Long Island City rooftop. Though they insist they began work only "after many months of intensive planning, exhaustive fundraising, and rigorous preparation," the New York City Department of Buildings claimed the group never secured the right permits for the project. But as of yesterday, they're back up and running. more ›

The New York Restoration Project is holding its NYC Grows event at Union Square tomorrow. NYC Grows will give people the opportunity to learn more about gardening, urban farming, organic cooking and more through demonstrations and activities. And Woolly Pockets—which makes recycled gardening containers for indoor and outdoor use—has put up a “Living Green Wall” of edible plants and lush Native New York plant species on the Southern plaza of Union Square. And if you sign up to be a member of NYRP tomorrow, you get a free plant, too! more ›

With rooftop farms all the rage right now, it's nice to see the eco-trend has even made it over to the South Bronx. We're told "a new state of the art affordable housing complex planned for the South Bronx will feature a 10,000 square feet (930 sq meters) fully integrated rooftop farm. The greenhouse will use left-over heat from the residential portion of the building and water harvested from the greenhouse roof. The farm will be used to provide fresh, perishable vegetables to a local non-profit food cooperative." All in all, the farm will supply enough produce to meet the annual veggie needs of up to 450 people! A great thing in any neighborhood, but particularly the South Bronx, which we're told "suffers from food deserts, where residents lack access to fresh vegetables at affordable prices." Learn more about the urban farm here; that's one step closer to becoming the urban farming capital of the world! more ›

It's not uncommon to hear about animals being housed in New York apartments -- not just cats and dogs, but tigers and monkeys, oh my. The latest animal house can be found in a 50-story luxury condo complex on the East Side. more ›

Last year a farm floated into the city on a barge and this coming summer a farm will sprout at PS1, but will a sustainable urban farm ever take root in New York for good? more ›