Chef John Mooney believes so strongly in local food that for his latest restaurant in Manhattan’s West Village, most of his produce travels just 60 feet from the building’s roof to his kitchen. via Soil-less sky farming: rooftop hydroponics on NYC restaurant – YouTube.
Move over, urban chickens. Now there’s something even greener. Devotees to sustainable, eco-conscious living can now raise their own organic fish to eat — even in the heart of New York. via AFP
“You don’t need a farm to raise chickens. Meet Megan Paska and Katrina Mauro both Mother Hens to four curious egg-laying chickens inGreenpoint, Brooklyn. They decided to raise chickens for the first time in their tiny urban backyard as a way to live more sustainably. What they discovered is that raising chickens is easier than raising a dog…and just as rewarding. Come take a peek into their backyard operation and see for yourself why keeping chickens should be something more urban dwellers (with a [...]
“My hope is that my children will have the same passion for this as I do…” Meet Larry Althiser, the owner and head meat cutter for Larry’s Custom Meats in Hartwick, NY, a small farming community in the Northern Catskills. Larry takes pride in his slaughterhouse. He’s been butchering and processing animals for over 30 years, learning through hard work his philosophy on the right way to slaughter animals so we can eat. I spent two days upstate with Larry [...]
“Meet Chris Harmon, a local farmer and the Executive Director of CADE, The Center for Agricultural Development & Entrepreneurship. CADE is a non-profit organization working to help build the necessary infrastructure so that farmers can survive and thrive in upstate New York. More and more people are interested in knowing where their food comes from. And with local grass-fed meat in high demand along the East Coast, many farmers are looking towards repurposing their unused dairy land to raise animals. [...]
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