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Greenmarket
October 25, 2010 Pumpkin Carving at Union Square
Marc Evan and Chris Soria from Maniac Pumpkin Carvers came out to the Union Square Greenmarket on Saturday and carved two 150-pound pumpkins. Amazing!These locally-grown ghoulish gourds will be on display at the market all week so stop by and see them. Sugar...
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Greenmarket
October 22, 2010 Taste of Greenmarket 2010: A success!
Our 3rd Annual Taste of Greenmarket took place on October 6th at The Altman Building and was a huge hit.Over 600 people joined GrowNYC and 30 of the city’s best chefs and mixologists, who were serving Greenmarket-inspired dishes and cocktails. The event benefited...
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Environmental Education
October 20, 2010 Learn It, Grow It, Eat It students in the garden and at market
We started our Learn It, Grow It, Eat It (LGE) program in 2005 as a collaboration between our community garden and environmental education programs. LGE students, from four high schools in the Bronx and one in Manhattan, take part in a three-part program: growing...
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Greenmarket
October 15, 2010 Carlo Petrini at Union Square
Left to Right: Jim Buccheri of Wild Hive Farm, Mike Yezzi of Flying Pigs Farm, Beth Linksey of Beth’s Farm Kitchen, Carlo Petrini, Founder of Slow Food, and Don Lewis of Wild Hive Farm.Carlo Petrini, founder of the International Slow Food Movement, visited Union...
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Community Gardens
October 12, 2010 Collecting Sunday night’s shower
Last night's downpour covered New York City in an inch of rain and caused flooding in some neighborhoods. Storms place a huge burden on the city's sewer system, the effects of which are felt by the local watershed. GrowNYC has helped build over 60 rainwater...
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Community Gardens
October 08, 2010 A garden grows on Randall’s Island
For the past 6 months, GrowNYC's Open Space Greening program has been hard at work building a Children's Garden on Randall's Island. The garden features over 30 raised beds, currently growing kale, collard greens, carrots, four varieties of tomatoes, and many other...
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