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Community Gardens
May 10, 2012 Help GrowNYC Win a New Grow Truck!
Grow Truck is GrowNYC's mobile tool-lending program, delivering tools, donated plants, soil, compost, and lumber, and dispensing on-site technical assistance all across New York City, for free since 1977. We've had our current Grow Truck for 23 years, and it's time...
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Greenmarket
April 30, 2012 The Northeast Grainshed: 2011 Season in Review – Part 3: Retail Innovations and Spring 2012 Preview
The increasing prevalence of grains on New York area farms and in processing facilities throughout the region has manifested itself as a spectacular and delicious array of products and end uses in New York City, and around the Northeast. Conversations with businesses...
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Greenmarket
April 26, 2012 NY Times covers GrowNYC’s efforts to establish Wholesale Farmers Market / Food Hub
The New York Times recently profiled local efforts to include regional farmers in the Hunts Point Food Distribution Center, including GrowNYC's proposal to expand our Wholesale Greenmarket to include a Regional Food Hub that would provide valuable opportunity and...
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Greenmarket
April 23, 2012 GrowNYC’s Hurricane Relief Distributes $100,000+ to Regional Farmers
GrowNYC is pleased to announce that $100,862 in donated funds has been distributed to regional farmers who were hit hardest by last summer’s storms. When Tropical Storms Irene and Lee severely impacted 80% of Greenmarket producers last September, our community...
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Recycling
April 18, 2012 Food Scrap & Textile Recycling at More Greenmarkets!
What better way to celebrate Earth Day than by visiting your local Greenmarket to recycle food scraps and textiles? GrowNYC is happy to help, with new sites for dropping off unwanted clothing, linens, and fruit & veggie scraps opening this weekend and throughout the...
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Greenmarket
March 28, 2012 Rampwatch ’12: Ramps are here!
What do airports, interstate highways, skateboard parks, and Greenmarket all have in common?THEY ALL HAVE RAMPS!Want to get your hands on some ramps? At the Union Square Greenmarket, you can get them on Mondays from Race Farm and on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays...
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