ENYF News

Fresh Veggies in a Food Desert

CUNY Interactive Journalism, December 2009 But with only a handful of full-service grocery stores in East New York, no major progress is yet visible. Indeed the East New York Food Coop, at 419 New Lots Ave. just closed down. East New York Farmers Market is one way the community is addressing the problem.

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A Farm Grows in East New York

Brooklyn Downtown Star, March 2009 A closer look at the farmers market in East New York reveals the neighborhood – and other high-density, lower-income urban areas like it – does, in fact, represent the next logical front in the burgeoning green food movement.

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