Farm School NYC May Updates
05/20/2022
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This past Saturday, a white supremacist opened fire at a supermarket in a Black neighborhood in Buffalo, NY. Our sibling organizations Food for the Spirit and Northeast Farmers of Color Land Trust have been working to gather support for our Buffalo relatives. They are organizing to aid families who have lost loved ones and have created this list of organizations to support to ensure your donations are going DIRECTLY to those already doing the work: Buffalo Go Green, Buffalo Freedom Gardens: African Heritage Food Co-Op: Urban Fruits and Veggies
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Citywide students have recently started Carpentry with co-facilitators, Kitty and Sea. For our first in-person session, students spent time at the Havemeyer Community Garden, familiarizing themselves with a variety of tools before beginning to build endwall support for a caterpillar tunnel.
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Last month, Claudia worked alongside GreenThumb to tour high tunnels across the Bronx. We visited New Roots Community Farm, Garden of Happiness, and Bissel Gardens. These three sites warmly welcomed participants into their community space, allowing us to explore their high tunnels. We learned which crops are grown, how they coordinate who grows in the tunnels, and how they paid for them.
Additionally, Claudia hosted a Q&A session with NRCS regional conservationist, Liz, to create clarity surrounding the EQIP and AMA application process. Check out [โฆ]
