Posts by Sarah Bacio

Dear Friend,For Brooklyn resident Terra Cabey, an internship with East New York Farms turned into career and growth opportunities, finding a new passion, and years of leadership development! United Community Centers (UCC) launched East New York Farms (ENYF) as a project to address food justice within East New York, by promoting local sustainable agriculture and…

Written by Mariano Trevino for CityChangers.org, read the full article HERE From farming fish in high-tech warehouses to growing mushrooms under city streets, interest in urban agriculture is well and truly coming into season. But producing food in urban areas is nothing new, and there’s much to be learned from those who’ve been doing it…

Written by Amanda Ang for Civil Eats, Read the full article HERE Half an acre of farmland sits just off New Lots Ave subway station, where the 3 train terminates in Brooklyn, New York. Here, youth interns, staff members, and volunteers amble about, wheelbarrows and shovels in hand. They joke and laugh with each other…

We’re in the news! ENYF! Staff and youth attended two actions last week – rallying with NYC Community Composters to save Big Reuse’s composting facility from becoming a parking lot, and marching with NYC First Fridays youth to call for Joe Biden to declare a climate emergency. Click the links below to read the articles!…