Have Farm, Will Travel
Monday, September 28th, 2009Michelle Knapik, Program Director
The highly successful, model urban farm owned and operated by Lorraine Gibbons of Garden State Urban Farms (formerly Brick City Urban Farms) at the corner of Washington and Spruce Streets in Newark is in search of a new plot of land for next year’s growing season.
As of October 15th, the land will be back on track for a planned housing development, but oh what positive impacts the farm has had as an interim use on this once vacant land. It has beautified this central intersection, provided produce to a neighborhood that has little access to fresh foods, trained and employed residents, donated food to a local soup kitchen, launched an urban CSA (community supported agriculture) started contract farming relationships with several local restaurants, and built community, government and businesses relationships in Newark and across the state. (more…)
