Resources for growers
Soil Testing: Brooklyn College Urban Soils Lab
Essential Urban Soil Info and Resources: Healthy Soils Healthy Communities
Urban Agriculture Support: Cornell Cooperative Extension NYC Specialists
NYC Compost Project funded by the NY Department of Sanitation
The Urban
Farmer-to-Farmer Summit
The growing of food is an act of resiliency and sustainability, often led by People of Color, specifically Black, Indigenous, and Latinx communities. We acknowledge that during this current health pandemic, issues of food access, sovereignty, justice and inequity have been exacerbated.
The Urban Farmer-to-Farmer Summit has been created in solidarity to provide more structure for the NYC Urban Farm Community to come together. In community and collaboration, we aim to share resources, reflect on misadventures, strengthen connections, and highlight new opportunities to rise to the challenges of our times. Our hope is to make this an annual farmer-driven event with a low barrier to participate.
Lead/Led/Lead
A collaboration with artist Jan Mun, Dr. Howard Mielke, the Brooklyn College Urban Soils Lab, and a range of New Orleans residents to share resources for reducing harm from legacy lead in soils.
Legacy Lead
Legacy Lead is a coalition of concerned residents, city employees, scientists, advocates, and greening organizations collaborating to assist fellow New Yorkers in reducing the potential harm we face from lead in soil. From 2016-2019, the coalition met regularly to share resources, create signage, create a comic, and hold a Town Hall.
Urban (Soil) Bioremediation
The Greenpoint Bioremediation Project (gBP) is an interface that activates the use of mycoremediation, beneficial microbes, and art to incite the imagination of a historically contaminated community.
sewing lab coats at the lab
The Sew Math mobile sewing laboratory made its NYC debut at the Brooklyn College Urban Soils Lab. Artist Jan Mun provided fabric, and lab interns sewed lab coats.
Sew Math
An experiment engaging with systems of clothing production and consumption, using mathematical skills to make works of art to wear.