News & Updates

Our Farmer’s Market opens for it’s 15th Season on June 29th 2013. Below is a listing of some of the events and activities scheduled for the market season. Join us for another fantastic year!

“…some of the most devoted and prolific gardeners in the City of New York.” Sounds about right! Check out the whole wonderful article and slideshow.

The last 6 weeks have been busy, but we have a lot to show for it.  On May 1st, HPD transferred jurisdiction of our new farm site to Greenthumb/DPR, and on May 3rd we cut the lock and got to work! With the help of our youth interns, volunteers, and a surprise visit from Sanitation,…

Planting season is here, and all of us in East New York are working overtime to get seeds and plants in the ground. We’ve had a lot of visitors coming to check out our work, and there have been some great articles in the last couple weeks. -Hands and Heart gets a mention in the…

A group of stores in East New York that have been working the Brooklyn District Public Health office, as part of their Creating Healthy Places Program, to expand the healthy foods available in their stores, including things like produce, wheat bread, low-sodium canned goods, no-added sugar juices, and more. Check out the locations here, and…

Open Volunteer Days Spring is here and we’re ready to begin work in the gardens!  We have expanded volunteer days this year to four Saturdays a month, divided between our two farms.  Volunteer days are a great way to get to know our farms, meet the youth and gardeners involved in our project, and learn…

On Saturday November 20th, East New York Farm-ers were honored to attend the first Annual Black Farmers and Urban Gardeners Conference, and receive the George Washington Carver Youth Award for the strides we have made in youth development and the food justice movement! To learn more about this amazing conference, click here

Check out this article in the Daily News about urban farms in Brooklyn, including this quote from one of our customers: “I’d rather spend my money on healthy stuff than unhealthy supermarket products,” said Janet Brown, 42, a skin therapist who lost 26   pounds this year in part, she says, because she’s eating more fresh…