Guide to NYC Greenmarkets
Summer is a great time to get local food in the city, because in a while, all of the city’s Greenmarkets will be open. This guide lists all of the Greenmarkets in the city.
New programs challenge urban food deserts
Two new micro farm projects want to bring greens, and ideas, to underserved city blocks.
Vermont Sail Freight Project sails into New York City
A sailboat, filled with local produce and other goods, sails from Vermont to New York City, delivering its Northeast Kingdom bounty along the way.
What is the future of food in New York City? Quinn, DeBlasio, Weiner weigh in
Strategies for building a more integrated and resilient food systems will likely emerge when candidates are pushed and held accountable.
15 great websites about food
15 websites that are “saving the environment by changing the food system.”
Summer solstice on 119th Street
The arrival of summer was toasted with lemonade at a garden on 119th Street.
Urban foraging: a lost art?
In the world of NYC foraging, appetites, and sometimes tensions, are high. Here’s our guide to the landscape.
Cicadas: harmless, noisy, edible, cute?
What to do about the impending swarm? If you can’t beat ’em, eat ’em!
Times Up! takes over Williamsburg lot as first garden
In its twenty-five years of action, Times Up! has never had its own community garden. Until now.
West Harlem’s CSA offers affordable, fresh produce from local farmers
A sliding membership fee plus four hours of community service in exchange for a bag of fresh produce a week.
It’s National Grilled Cheese Day!
It’s National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day! A guide to making and eating in NYC.
Growing the Battery Urban Farm
Battery Urban Farm is unique in two ways. First of all, we’re very accessible, located at street-level in the middle of a public park… Second, we are the largest educational farm on public land in all of Manhattan.
Apply to be an Organizing Fellow at 596 Acres
596 Acres is a growing, innovative nonprofit that makes use of vacant land, helping organizers turn it into productive community gardens and urban farms. They…
New Yorkers forge ahead with rooftop farming
New York has never settled for second place, and the city already has the largest rooftop farms in the world.
Sustainable date night: Chelsea and the West Village
Whether you are a couple who share the dream of a positive, sustainable future or just a group of friends wishing to have an eco-conscious night on the town, sustainable date night is City Atlas’s ongoing itinerary to help New Yorkers plan a forward-looking evening in NYC.
Brooklyn’s holiday markets bear green gifts
Tis the season to give a gift. Whether for a relative, a significant other, or even your dog, the borough of Brooklyn is now presenting…