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Our annual event for the Design Trust Council, "Glass, Concrete, and Soil: Making Space for Urban Agriculture in a Crowded City," featured NYC's urban agriculture experts talking about the future of the movement.
Across rooftops and vacant lots, school yards and public housing projects, urban agriculture is transforming New York City.This movement creates new opportunities for community development, local food production, environmental stewardship, and public health. At the same time, it poses complex land use and policy challenges.
In advance our Five Borough Farm book launch, Battery Park City Parks Conservancy executive director Tessa Huxley will moderate a conversation with three pioneering practitioners to discuss the future of urban agriculture in New York City: