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3 New York Restaurants that Grow Their Own Food
Riverpark restaurant in New York grows its produce in milk crates.
One of my favorite parts of my internship with Sustainable America this summer was that I was encouraged to explore new ideas I was interested in. While I was researching the green roofing trend, I stumbled upon a rooftop farm in New York City called Brooklyn Grange and signed up for a tour. Learning about the farm inspired me to visit some restaurants that are growing their own food in the city. Here are a few interesting eateries I found.
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Tagged aeroponics, Bell Book & Candle, New York City, restaurants, Riverpark, rooftop farms, Rosemary's, urban farming
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High-Rise Urban Farming
The view from Brooklyn Grange, a rooftop farm that covers a 65,000-square-foot building in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Farming may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of New York City, but some of its residents have solved the challenge of restricted space by utilizing the city’s most underused space: rooftops. A recent visit to Brooklyn Grange demonstrated how creative farmers today can produce local food no matter where they live.
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Tagged Brooklyn, Brooklyn Grange, garden, green roofs, local food, New York City, Nikki Carenza, sustainable agriculture, urban agriculture, urban farming
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New York City May Enlist Citizens to Help Enforce Idling Laws
Laws against idling vehicles are on the books across the country, but in many places, including New York City, they aren’t heavily enforced. Two New York City Council members are hoping to change that by introducing a bill on Wednesday that will reward citizens for reporting idling violators. If adopted, citizens could upload videos of idling vehicles to a city website and receive a payment if fines are collected.
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Tagged anti-idling, anti-idling laws, idling, iturnitoff, Jeremy Kranowitz, New York City, reduce idling
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Compost Parks: A New Vision for Food Waste
Green Loops would be built like piers in New York's waterways with compost facilities at street level and park space on the upper level.
A big problem like food waste in America is going to take big ideas to tackle, and that’s why we like the visionary new plan for dealing with New York City’s organic waste floated by a young architecture firm earlier this month. Present Architecture proposed building a network of Green Loops on the waterways surrounding the city that would have a dual purpose: compost organic waste and provide new park space.
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Tagged Amy Leibrock, composting, curbside composting, food waste, food waste solutions, Green Loops, interviews, New York City, Present Architecture
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How to Make Chocolate Local
What do you get when you mix two bearded Brooklyn chocolatiers (who happen to be brothers), a sailboat captain (and the ship he built in his Cape Cod backyard over 25 years), and a shipment of 20 tons of cocoa … Continue reading
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Tagged Brooklyn, carbon foo, chocolate, cocoa, Dominican Republic, local food, Mast Bros, Mast Brothers, New York City, shipping by sail, shipping by wind, sustainability, wind
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