ENYF News
Discover the Impact East New York Farms Has on Residents Like Terra Cabey
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…
Read MoreThe Grounded Community: East New York Farms!
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…
Read MoreA Community of Growers: How East New York Farms builds food security and provides jobs for its neighborhood.
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…
Read MoreENYF in the News – April 2024
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!…
Read MoreThe Many Different Hands at East New York Farms! with Sol Bacio
By LinYee Yuan for Field Meridians Sol Bacio: We have our two, half-acre farms: the Youth Farm, where we are now, and Pink Houses with NYCHA, which serves a lot of community gardeners and is comprised mostly of raised beds. We also have two smaller gardens: Fresh Farms, around the corner from here on Livonia,…
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