Chickens fly north in the winter
By Chase Emmons Over the past month, a lot of people have asked what was going to happen to our birds for the winter. We’d tell them not to worry and that we’d find a good winter home for them so they could come back in the spring. Most people would just snicker, [...]
First Annual NYC Honey Festival Post Game Wrapup
By Chase Emmons OK, I seriously still don’t believe how successful that was. It’s like I’m going to wake up and it’s still Friday night before, subways to Rockaway are down, and a sudden storm front is about to roll in. 3 MONTHS EARLIER I was hanging around with my beekeeping mentor, Dan [...]
Beehive ‘sploding!
From Beekeeper Chase Emmons One of our hives has gone off the hook, in a good way. Bit of background: I setup 4 brand new hives, from packages, this spring. I started each on a single deep of mostly drawn comb, so they had a bit of a jump start. But the spring was abnormally [...]
Belated Happy New Year
There hasn’t been much farming going on these days – the roof is covered with snow, icy wind is constantly blowing, and even the bees are staying indoors, balling around their queen for warmth until the weather warms. But we farmers have been hard at work nonetheless, cultivating relationships with the community, planting the seeds [...]
Copenhagen: City of the Future!
As part of Copenhagen’s effort to become the world’s first carbon-neutral city by 2025, a new law has been adopted that requires all new flat-roofed buildings in the city to have green roofs. How cool is that? Let’s just hope that New York and other American cities aren’t far behind… To learn more, check out [...]
A lot to be thankful for
Happy Thanksgiving! In its first year our farm has flourished in part because of the hard work that our team put into it, but mainly because of the enormous outpouring of support that we’ve received. Thanks to all of you who volunteered on the farm and bought our vegetables. Thank you to the chefs and [...]
Goodbye Summer
Today marks the end of summer and the beginning of the fall season. The plants and farmers alike are winding down and as the days get shorter and the cooler weather rolls in (finally!), we’re all geared up for one final push before the 2010 farming season comes to a close. The tomato plants have [...]
Bird’s Eye
It’s hard to get a sense of the scale of our roof farm when you’re standing on it. There are air conditioners and other objects that keep you from seeing the whole thing at once. We really need a helicopter, but until we get one this photo is a sweet representation of our enormous little [...]
What’s Fresh
Check out our snazzy heirloom tomatoes! They were green this afternoon but in just a couple days they’ll be red as roses and good for eating. Most of the tomatoes that you find in NYC are picked while they’re still green, and they ripen while they’re trucked about 3,000 miles from California or Mexico. Not [...]
