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Comment on New Farm! by Growing Rooftop Farming in NYC, 1,200 acres « limitless life

Growing Rooftop Farming in NYC, 1,200 acres « limitless life — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:55:01 +0000

[...] open with a new rooftop commercial greenhouse, and the Brooklyn Grange plans to launch a new farm on the Brooklyn waterfront to serve the dual purposes of growing food and capturing stormwater, thanks to a grant from the [...]

Comment on New Farm! by Sky Plot: Brooklyn Grange Doubles Its Size With A New Rooftop Farm in The Navy Yard | Nona Brooklyn | What's Good Today?

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:56:33 +0000

[...] Brooklyn Grange, already the planet’s largest rooftop farm, has signed a lease to cultivate 45,000 square foot (over an acre) rooftop in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, beginning this spring. The new plot will more than double the size of their total growing area, bringing them, “one giant step closer to realizing our vision of covering New York City with productive, edible green roofs.” [...]

Comment on First Annual NYC Honey Festival Post Game Wrapup by Brooklyn Grange – Startup Lab

Brooklyn Grange – Startup Lab — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:46:18 +0000

[...] first commercial scale apiary and local bee genetics program, and creating NYC’s first Annual Honey and Tomato [...]

Comment on First Annual NYC Honey Festival Post Game Wrapup by STARTUP LAB – Ep.13: Brooklyn Grange – Urban Times

STARTUP LAB – Ep.13: Brooklyn Grange – Urban Times — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:13:10 +0000

[...] first commercial scale apiary and local bee genetics program, and creating NYC’s first Annual Honey and Tomato [...]

Comment on Chickens fly north in the winter by kim

kim — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:27:30 +0000

They look like they have a spa facility there! nice work.

Comment on People by El cultivo de los tejados de Nueva York se convierte en un negocio « destinosamerica

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 07:58:23 +0000

[...] Ben Flanner, de 30 años, llegó de Wisconsin en la Gran Manzana para trabajar en las finanzas, comenzó a cultivar su primer huerto en la ciudad en una azotea en Brooklyn - de ahí el nombre de la finca, que fundó con algunos amigos ”Brooklyn Grange ‘. [...]

Comment on CSA by Brooklyn Grange | Brooklyn Torch Project

Brooklyn Grange | Brooklyn Torch Project — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:20:29 +0000

[...] and they create enough on their farm to sustain not only a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) member group, but also to represent and sell their goods at Smorgasburg weekly on Saturdays. Ben and Dave both [...]

Comment on Worms for sale! by Romni

Romni — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 00:32:50 +0000

Hi I’d like to have some of your precious worms if you have some left…

Comment on First Annual NYC Honey Festival Post Game Wrapup by Honey by the Sea: Bees & Humans Celebrate the City’s Growing Beekeeping Culture at NYC Honey Fest | NonaBrooklyn | What's Good Today?

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:36:40 +0000

[...] Chase Emmons could barely contain himself on the Brooklyn Grange blog, writing, “I seriously still don’t believe how successful that [...]

Comment on Harvesting a load of honey! by bkgadmin

bkgadmin — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 22:22:52 +0000

That totally depends on who’s keeping bees and selling honey in your hood. This is the time of year to extract the last loads of honey before prepping the hives for winter, so either there should be some shortly, or it could already be sold out. Grange honey will be available next weekend at Schmorgasburgh and Roberta’s.