Cornell publishes extensive guide to urban farming
Cornell University’s Northeast Beginning Farmers Project has published an extensive guide to urban farming in New York State, and it is available for free online.…
Parks get greener
We should not automatically view parks as being environmentally friendly by their nature…
Brownfields or Vacant Lots In Your Life?
Is the New York City summer weather inspiring you to start a garden or farm? Unsure if your local vacant, empty space or yard is…
Mid-Summer Workshop Saturday July 14th
It’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.
2012 Workshops at the Field Lab
We will be spending a lot of time at La Finca del Sur this summer again, testing out some new plants and growing some more…
Opening Day at the Field Lab
Saturday, April 14th is opening day at La Finca del Sur. Come launch season 2 at the field lab with us. We will be planting…
Free lecture series!
Check out leaders in planning and development at the Pratt Program for Sustainable Planning and Development Spring 2012 Lecture Series!
Lab results for 2011
Got a little too busy at the end of the year to follow up and soil sampling results we had sent to the lab in…
Field Guide printed
We 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…
Final Harvest
This past Sunday, we harvested the last standing sunflower, mugwort plants and Indian mustard. We took some soil samples too. So -fingers crossed- soon we…
Field Lab Garden Party
thank you all for coming out to the Field Lab this past Saturday. It was great to share some thoughts and ideas about the experiment…
hurricane survivors
The field lab survived hurricane Irene mostly intact and is getting ready for next week’s opening party. Saturday, September 10, 5 – 8 pm at…
Field Day
Sunflower, Indian Mustard and Basket Willow have been growing at La Finca for a while now, but last night we finally installed the infographics that…
kickstarter campaign for Field Lab
In 2010, youarethecity created the Field Guide to Phytoremediation, a DIY handbook to cleaning up toxic soils in your own backyard, neighborhood vacant lot, or…