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City Farms

BECAUSE LOCALLY-GROWN, ORGANIC PRODUCE CAN BE HARD TO FIND IN CITIES, URBAN GARDENS ARE GROWING INTO AN IMPORTANT FOOD RESOURCE.  LEARN MORE ON TODAY’S ENVIRONMINUTE.

NEW YORK CITY’S COMMUNITY GARDENERS NOT ONLY BRING BEAUTY TO URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS – THEY ALSO PROVIDE SUSTAINABLY GROWN FOOD.  JACQUIE BERGER IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CITY FARMS PROGRAM – AN INITIATIVE THAT HELPS CITY GARDENERS EXPAND THEIR FRESH PRODUCE PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION.

BERGER: WE’VE HELPED SOME OF THE REALLY SUCCESSFUL URBAN GROWERS TO START THEIR OWN COMMUNITY-RUN FARMERS MARKETS.

AT THESE MARKETS, THE GROWERS SELL HEALTHY, NUTRITIOUS VEGETABLES. SOME ALSO OFFER ORGANIC EGGS – A VALUABLE SOURCE OF PROTEIN – FROM CHICKENS THEY RAISE THEMSELVES.  AND NOT ALL OF THE PRODUCE IS SOLD.  MUCH OF IT IS DONATED TO LOCAL SOUP KITCHENS AND FOOD PANTRIES SO IT TRULY BENEFITS EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY.

THE ENVIRONMINUTE IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE HEINZ FAMILY PHILANTHROPIES AND THE HEINZ ENDOWMENTS.  LEARN MORE BY VISITING ENVIRONMINUTE-DOT-COM.     

For more information about City Farms visit http://www.justfood.org/cityfarms/

Locate an organic Farmer’s Market near you at http://www.localharvest.org/