Urban Agriculture Specialist, Cornell Cooperative Extension. Supporting urban farmers throughout NYC. #urbanfarming @Harvest_NY
New York, NY
Joined October 2017
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It’s here! We’re doing a ginger trial this year to better understand its potential as a high-value urban ag crop in NYC. Growing a bunch of it ourselves, but also with cooperators: @accidentenviron @isabahlialoef… instagram.com/p/B9ZjohVBAe_/…
DIY field kit for soil bulk density sampling, $8.25 in all. We’re using the excavation method rather than a core/cylinder, accounting for sandy and organic soils in NYC urban ag. More to come this year on bulk… instagram.com/p/B8twRHYBEh6/…
Until the ground finally freezes here, soil sampling continues. Back in the office, checking soil bulk density, salinity, and pH, and sending the rest to @Dairy_One for analysis. Updated results coming soon from the… instagram.com/p/B77GWAbhER8/…
Queens County Farm Museum, nailing wintertime with cold frames and cover crops. 👏 @queensfarm #urbanfarming #coldframe #covercrops @ The Queens County Farm Museum instagram.com/p/B7bSZRoBPUu/…
Spiff new @tffjinitiative growing space at Manhattan Hunter Science High School, another well thought-out hydroponic system to fit a unique space, this one right next to the cafeteria. It’s going to look pretty… instagram.com/p/B7J8xcNBmnY/…
Any NYC urban farmers interested in growing some ginger for market next year? Or want to share your cautionary tales about why we maybe shouldn't even bother? Either way, drop us a line! instagram.com/p/B5DwpMfhlnk/…
Harlequin bugs are here. This brightly colored stinkbug is a very annoying fall pest of brassicas in NYC - a fairly recent arrival by most accounts, still mostly thought of as a southern pest and rarely seen upstate… instagram.com/p/B4AGzDVhtFu/…
Truelove Seeds outside Philadelphia, home of photogenic flowers and culturally important crops from around the world. Not pictured: over 20 community and justice-oriented farms participating as seed growers for… instagram.com/p/B3KOpNGhCtc/…
Whirlwind of farm visits with @USDA NRCS NY leadership, listening to urban farmers and chatting about soil health, water conservation, and new possibilities for supporting urban agriculture. #nrcs #urbanfarming… instagram.com/p/B27IidxB5Ib/…
It was all about those mushrooms this week as we wrapped up the last workshop of the summer series at @accidentenviron (thank you!) and completed construction of the highly anticipated mushroom chamber at seeds2soil… instagram.com/p/B2oqPgGB-WE/…
Brenda took us on a whirlwind tour of @isabahlialoef sites, and at every stop we saw young people getting involved. It's amazing what a few dedicated people can do - bringing green spaces to life and growing food… instagram.com/p/B1oCOkIhn0G/…
Indoor and outdoor visits at the Navy Yard ( @farmshelfco / @brooklyngrange ) @ Brooklyn Navy Yard instagram.com/p/B1aFE4rBcOI/…
Bumper crop from our sulfur/soils trial - here we have 479 serrano peppers from 60 plants. In a few weeks we may have some thoughts on the effects of elemental sulfur applications to lower pH in soils with high… instagram.com/p/B1XDXZPhRA5/…
Building urban garden towers at Vertical and Micro Gardening (VMG) in Kampala, Uganda. Food waste into the middle column, soil around that, worms traveling throughout, castings dropped into a compartment below, and… instagram.com/p/B0qdfKPB6f0/…
Another successful mushroom workshop last night 🙌🏼 Thanks to all for participating, and @isabahlialoef for hosting! #repost Our #urbanfarming workshop on specialty mushroom production last night in #Brooklyn… instagram.com/p/B0EP0ZLBSt5/…
Bacterial canker alert! NYC growers, send us photos if you've seen these symptoms on your tomatoes, especially these "bird's eye" spots on fruit. Bacterial canker is not to be messed with, and we're trying to figure… instagram.com/p/B0Ge1nWhFOv/…
Join Cornell Cooperative Extension, along with Farm School NYC, and Just Food for the next mushroom workshop on July 17th 5:30-7:30pm @isabahlialoef farms in Brownsville. We’ll be inoculating shiitake logs, planting… instagram.com/p/BztWsF8BhTm/…
We're seeing black rot on brassicas, especially kale/collards - caused by a bacterium which likes warm, wet weather (go figure) and enters at leaf edges or wounds, e.g. the cabbageworm holes you see in this leaf. It… instagram.com/p/BzqHhxvBh-O/…
Action pose + a sea of greenery at redhookfarms
#urbanfarming #urbanagriculture #redhook #farmlife @ Red Hook, Brooklyn instagram.com/p/BzeQdcsh7EA/…
Agustín, tremendo agricultor 👨🏽🌾 enseñándonos su trozo de paraíso. (Staten Island Family Farm) #agriculturaurbana @ Staten Island, New York instagram.com/p/BykpldoBX5g/…