Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'produce'
August 25, 2008
Enjoy it folks -- blueberries are in peak season. Although technically they are in season from May to October, they've exploded recently. They're showing up in farmers' markets (here's a map of map of NYC Greenmarkets), CSA shares, and even the New York Times magazine's sunday recipes. The recipes feature both cultivated and wild blueberries, both of which are available locally. This "superfood" is not only tasty, but rich in antioxidants, so you can have......
Continue Reading "A Bounty of Blueberries"May 7, 2008
For decades, residents of low-income neighborhoods under-served by supermarket chains have been getting their hands on produce the old fashioned way: By growing it in their own gardens. In recent years, outer-borough farmers have taken urban agriculture a step further by selling their mostly organic haul at well-organized community markets. An article in the Times Dining & Wine section notes that the trend is proving to be healthy and lucrative. Groups such as GreenThumb and......
Continue Reading "More Urban Farmers Becoming Urban Entrepreneurs "February 11, 2008
Photo: Food of the Future The East Williamsburg Moore Street Retail Market is one of four remaining city-run public markets built during the tail end of the Depression; opened by Mayor Fiorello La Guardia in 1941, the Brooklyn market was created to clear the streets of unhygienic peddlers and monitor the scales for customers. Today the market is occupied by 13 vendors selling mostly tropical produce, roots and other ethnic foods to the local......
Continue Reading "Vendors' Fate at Williamsburg Market Still Uncertain"
