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A participant in Greenmarket's New Farmer Development Program loads up produce headed to city farmers markets.

On Monday Night: Eat, Drink and Help Immigrant Farmers

Comment | January 26, 2012 | By Gabrielle Langholtz | Photographs by Greenmarket/GrowNYC.org

Monday night we’ll be getting down for a great cause at a fundraiser for the New Farmer Development Project, and you should too. Presented in partnership with Gourmet Latino, tickets are $75. What, you ask, is the NFDP? An inspiring Greenmarket effort, it helps immigrant farmers set up their own farms in the NYC area. (In-the-know urban eaters seek them out especially for seldom-seen herbs like papalo and pepiche.)

As Reports of Farm Damage Roll in, GrowNYC Has Set Up a Donation Page Earmarked for Hurricane Relief

Comment | August 30, 2011 | By Rachel Wharton

As we mentioned yesterday, GrowNYC is just beginning to hear about Irene-related damages from Greenmarket farmers throughout New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Connecticut. Wind, water and flooding may not have affected us so much here in Manhattan, but they have taken their toll on many areas just outside of the city.

Migliorelli Farm's vegetables welcomes visitors as they enter the greenmarket

Been to Union Square Greenmarket Today? File a Post-Irene Crop Report

Comment | August 29, 2011 | By Rachel Wharton | Photographs by Cheryl Chan

We haven’t yet had a chance to hit the Union Square Greenmarket — which opened as per its normal schedule this morning — so we’re wondering if any readers who have might fill us in on a crop report. Unlike farmers in Eastern North Carolina — who took a serious wallop to their fields — we’re hoping Irene spared our foodshed.

Field Trip: The Rockefeller Center Greenmarket (Go Soon, as it Closes for the Summer in September)

2 comments so far | August 25, 2011 | By Cheryl Chan

Sometime soon, take a long lunch break and catch The Rockefeller Center Greenmarket at 50th Street in its final two weeks. Under shaded white tents, sandwiched between a row of international country flags on one side and J. Crew and offices on the other, this outdoor market rocks its very cosmopolitan spot, but only until next Friday, September 2.

Sample the vine ripened tomatoes from Kernan Farms

East Village Field Trip: The Saint Mark’s Church Weekly Greenmarket

Comment | August 18, 2011 | By Cheryl Chan

Each Tuesday from May to late December, the Saint Mark’s Church Greenmarket sets up near E. 10th Street and 2nd Avenue, nestled between the 216-year-old Saint Mark’s Church in the Bowery and Abe Lebewohl Park.

“Giving Good Weight”

Comment | May 10, 2011 | By John McPhee | Photographs by GrowNYC

John McPhee’s 1977 Essay on working in the Greenmarket

How we feel today. Photo from Cochon 555's worth-a-read guide to heritage breeds. Just click here to do so.

Congratulations to the Weekend’s Masters of Fat and Flavor

Comment | January 24, 2011 | By Rachel Wharton

After a weekend spent consuming massive quantities of meat for two excellent causes, we just wanted to congratulate the winners. We’ll start with Brad Farmerie, of Public, who won yesterday’s Cochon 555, the Heritage Pork lovefest. His pork creme caramel…

Cassoulet 2011, Plus The Story of How Headcheese Met Flemish Sour Ale And Fell In Love

Comment | January 21, 2011 | By Rachel Wharton

There are countless cookoffs in New York City these days, but one we give the Edible Manhattan seal of approval to is surely the annual cassoulet competition at Jimmy’s No. 43 on E. Seventh Street this very Saturday.
The $20…

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