Category Archives: Field Lab

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Mid-Summer Workshop Saturday July 14thJuly 11, 2012It's mid-summer and thanks to the persistent sun, the sunflowers are doing great this year. We will be at La Finca this Saturday from 11-2pm to discuss the project and phytoremediation. Please join us.
 
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2012 Workshops at the Field LabMay 17, 2012We will be spend­ing a lot of time at La Finca del Sur this sum­mer again, test­ing out some new plants and grow­ing some more of what worked well. We will have a series of work­shops on SATURDAY, MAY 19     11 – 2PM SATURDAY, JUNE 16    11 – 2PM SATURDAY, JULY 14    11 – 2PM SATURDAY, AUGUST [...]
 
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Opening Day at the Field LabApril 10, 2012Sat­ur­day, April 14th is open­ing day at La Finca del Sur. Come launch sea­son 2 at the field lab with us. We will be plant­ing the first new plants, spruce up the exhi­bi­tion and give out field guides to phy­tore­me­di­a­tion. We could use some help. Come any time between 11 and 2pm. Direc­tions: 138th & Grand Con­course [...]
 
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Lab results for 2011January 4, 2012Got a lit­tle too busy at the end of the year to fol­low up and soil sam­pling results we had sent to the lab in late Octo­ber. But here they are and they are bet­ter than we could have ever hoped for. All four plants have reduced the level of con­t­a­m­i­na­tion in their respec­tive plots, in [...]
 
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Field Guide printedDecember 29, 2011We put together a field guide to phy­tore­me­di­a­tion based on our research and expe­ri­ence at La Finca del Sur this sum­mer. It’s a 40+ page book­let that trans­lates a lot of sci­en­tific research into com­pre­hen­si­ble lan­guage and graph­ics. Like for instance, Where did the con­t­a­m­i­na­tion of soil come from to begin with? What plants work best to reme­di­ate [...]
 
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Final HarvestOctober 25, 2011This past Sun­day, we har­vested the last stand­ing sun­flower, mug­wort plants and Indian mus­tard. We took some soil sam­ples too. So –fin­gers crossed– soon we will be report­ing on the results of the first sea­son of phy­tore­me­di­a­tion. Espe­cially the sun­flow­ers grew strong roots, so we are hop­ing they are sat­u­rated with heavy metals. but this [...]
 
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Harvest FestivalOctober 18, 2011Join Field Lab this Sun­day 10/23 at La Finca del Sur for a har­vest fes­ti­val. La Finca will be cel­e­brat­ing Hal­loween, the har­vest, the clos­ing of a won­der­ful sum­mer with food, activ­i­ties, and per­for­mances. We will be answer­ing ques­tions about phy­tore­me­di­a­tion for the last time this year, will har­vest the remains of sun­flow­ers and Indian Mus­tard and [...]
 
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Field Lab Garden PartySeptember 14, 2011thank you all for com­ing out to the Field Lab this past Sat­ur­day. It was great to share some thoughts and ideas about the exper­i­ment and wel­come every­one at La Finca. We will have more gath­er­ings over next weeks to share the progress and what we have learned so far about phytoremediation.
 
hurricane survivorsSeptember 4, 2011The field lab sur­vived hur­ri­cane Irene mostly intact and is get­ting ready for next week’s open­ing party. Sat­ur­day, Sep­tem­ber 10, 5 – 8 pm at La Finca del Sur, in the South Bronx 138th Street and Grand Con­course (4,5 train to 138th Street) learn about La Finca, the progress of the exper­i­ment and enjoy a drink where infra­struc­ture [...]
 
Field Lab Infographics
Field DayAugust 20, 2011Sun­flower, Indian Mus­tard and Bas­ket Wil­low have been grow­ing at La Finca for a while now, but last night we finally installed the info­graph­ics that explain to vis­i­tors and vol­un­teers what phy­tore­me­di­a­tion is, where con­t­a­m­i­nants in the soil come from, what they do to our body and how these plants can help.
 
kickstarter campaign for Field LabJuly 18, 2011In 2010, youarethecity cre­ated the Field Guide to Phy­tore­me­di­a­tion, a DIY hand­book to clean­ing up toxic soils in your own back­yard, neigh­bor­hood vacant lot, or other urban space. We cre­ated a kick­starter cam­paign to expand and share our research on phy­tore­me­di­a­tion. Work­ing with soil sci­en­tists, urban farm­ing activists, com­mu­nity groups, and oth­ers inter­ested on (and in) the [...]