#05 – Community gardens and AgTech in New York City: urban agriculture in its cradle
Update: 2021-02-08
Description
In this episode, Crystal Eksi, architect at the New York City Planning Agency, presents New York City as the cradle of community gardens and urban agtech. Why and how do these two different forms of urban agriculture thrive in New York City ? What roles do they play in the environment of city dwellers and the food supply of the metropolis ?
Music :
- Money Trees, Kendrick Lamar (Feat. Jay Rock)
- Honeysuckle Rose, Sarah Vaughan, live at Mister Kelly's, Chicago, 1957
- Far Rockaway, Kamauu
- Wildcat, Ratatat
Some readings:
- An essay of AgTech definition
- The Green Thumb Program website , and the community gardens map
- New York State Urban Department of Agriculture and Market urban agriculture website
- The NYC AgTech Collective website
- On the controversy about the integration of community gardens in the New York City Comprehensive Plan for urban agriculture :
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