Monday January 25, 2010

upcoming events at 388 atlantic

There’s a budding new meeting space in Brooklyn. It’s at 388 Atlantic Avenue (between Hoyt & Bond) and there are some great events happening that I thought you should know about…

388 Atlantic Ave – Brooklyn –

Categories: blog community education events health movies Tags: beekeeping bees ecology transition

Tuesday August 11, 2009

forbidden sweetness

As we rebel against the current crappy industrialized food system, and as more & more people migrate to big cities, urban agriculture is going to become more & more prevalent. And where would a successful urbanized

Categories: agriculture blog food/drink Tags: bees brooklyn/nyc farming nyc politics urban agriculture

Wednesday June 24, 2009

standing up for bees

[Image: Green Brooklyn]

There’s a movement happening in this city right now to develop a strong localized food system. Urban farms, community gardens, backyards, and rooftops are the sites for productive vegetable gardens, chicken coops, and even

Categories: agriculture blog food/drink Tags: bees farming food justice gardens local nyc politics urban agriculture

Tuesday June 9, 2009

food rules: events coming (really) soon!

Food. We can’t live without it. This fact is especially clear to two disparate groups: the impoverished and the powerful (i.e., big agro-biz). And because of this (and other reasons), our current food system is pretty

Categories: agriculture blog events food/drink Tags: bees brooklyn/nyc eating entertainment farming nyc

Tuesday June 9, 2009

a philly in the white house garden

Just watched this great little vid (via elephant journal, via Huffington Post) featuring Ryan Howard of the Philadelphia Phillies and of course, Sam Kass, the White House Chef. What a great way to promote organic gardening

Categories: agriculture bees blog food/drink Tags: bees eating farming gardens organic politics sports

Wednesday April 22, 2009

earth day events from just food

In keeping with the Earth Day theme today, here are some more ways to get involved – through education – from local food advocacy group Just Food.

Garden Maintenance, Planting Techniques and Growing for Market: April

Categories: agriculture blog events holidays Tags: bees earth day farming gardens

Thursday April 9, 2009

buzzin’ and a-bumblin’

I feel all abuzz and I’m going to thank the lovefast for it.

I’m also feeling buzzed ’cause the bees in NYC are getting some new attention. I’ve mentioned before that beekeeping is illegal in this crazy

Categories: agriculture blog Tags: bees endangered species nyc