Farm Share Takes New York
Food in the U.S. travels an average 1,400 miles from farm to store each year. With environmental concerns on the rise, more people are making an effort to eat locally, whether by transforming their lawns into gardens or purchasing directly from farms.
But Whole Foods aside, is the local food movement lost on those living in big cities like New York, where outdoor space is rare—and farms even rarer?
Here’s some good news: Come June, Farm Share, a family-run food distributer in Larchmont, N.Y. will begin delivering produce from local farms to doorman buildings. The program is a more city-centric example of Community Supported Agriculture, a national movement in which consumers buy a share of local farmers’ harvests before the start of the growing season. The farmers, in turn, provide them with fresh produce each week, using the upfront cash for funding and maintenance.
As in other CSA chapters, New York members will be able to eat fresh, knowing their money is going directly to the farmers. But direct delivery solves CSA’s biggest drawback: The driving distance between a members’ home and the produce pickup point—a contradiction to the local food movement’s footprint-reducing ambitions.
Until November, Farm Share will piggy-back boxes of fruits and vegetables onto milk trucks making their early morning route through Manhattan. Next year, Brussel hopes to expand the program into New York’s outer boroughs, as well as New Jersey.
But Whole Foods aside, is the local food movement lost on those living in big cities like New York, where outdoor space is rare—and farms even rarer?
Here’s some good news: Come June, Farm Share, a family-run food distributer in Larchmont, N.Y. will begin delivering produce from local farms to doorman buildings. The program is a more city-centric example of Community Supported Agriculture, a national movement in which consumers buy a share of local farmers’ harvests before the start of the growing season. The farmers, in turn, provide them with fresh produce each week, using the upfront cash for funding and maintenance.
As in other CSA chapters, New York members will be able to eat fresh, knowing their money is going directly to the farmers. But direct delivery solves CSA’s biggest drawback: The driving distance between a members’ home and the produce pickup point—a contradiction to the local food movement’s footprint-reducing ambitions.
Until November, Farm Share will piggy-back boxes of fruits and vegetables onto milk trucks making their early morning route through Manhattan. Next year, Brussel hopes to expand the program into New York’s outer boroughs, as well as New Jersey.
Posted by: Audrey Tempelsman on May 15, 08 at 02:16 PM PDT
thank you very much
keep it
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شات منتديات صور حب يوتيوب توبيك صور قصص توبيكات جديده رسائل
Posted by naz on 11/28/08 10:59PM PST
That's great, I just wish we had more high quality foods avail. If more people used a refractometer & tested the BRIX they'd find that we're eating empty food....
Posted by Christi on 05/15/08 05:52PM PDT
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