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A Rooftop Farm at the Waldorf

One of the best things about living in New York is that you are constantly discovering new fascinating and bewildering facts about the city. Did you know there are rice paddies on Randall’s Island? A still-running 19th-century power plant at Pratt University? A rooftop garden with beehives at the Waldorf Astoria? The last one I [...]

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Inside Peek at Bon Appetit, Food52, and The Daily Meal

Years ago while in culinary school, I spent a summer interning at Food & Wine. Food writing was my dream future career and I was ecstatic to spend a good part of my work days in their test kitchen. Until this week, even after many years of working in the food world on both the [...]

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Riverpark Farm

Earlier I shared a post on Battery Urban Farm in lower Manhattan, where I went as part of last week’s Urban Agriculture Conference. One of our other visits that day was Riverpark Farm, overlooking the East River. Granted, the East River and the FDR aren’t the first locations that come to mind when you think [...]

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Battery Urban Farm

Although this blog is dedicated to mapping Brooklyn, occasionally I’ll venture across the bridges to report on noteworthy places on the isle of Manhattan (and further afield.) Last week, I attended the Urban Agriculture Conference, which focuses on sustainable farming in urban environments. As part of the 2 1/2-day event, conference goers got a chance [...]

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