15,000 Square Foot Urban Farm Goes Portable
http://www.visualnews.com/2011/12/26/15000-square-foot-urban-farm-goes-portable/
Amidst the towering skyscrapers and busting New York City traffic is a mobile, 15,000 square foot urban farm, called Riverpark Farm. Born through ideas of sustainability and more portable approaches to urban farming, Riverpark Farms partnered with Alexandria Center for Life Science and Riverpark restaurant to create one of the largest urban farms in New York City. The unique farm is located on the future site of Alexandria Center’s west tower. With the downed economy, building on the site has been suspended, leaving the lot a perfect place to create an urban farm.
More than just being a beautiful addition to the city, it supplies fresh produce to the Riverpark restaurant. Growing over 100 different types of crops, the farm proves a greener and more sustainable method of supplying local companies with produce. And the best part is, when construction starts back up on the site, all of the gardening is done in stacked milk crates, so they can just be picked up and moved to a new location.
Cofounder and Chef, Sisha Ortúzar, offered to answer a few more questions I had about their unique style of urban farming. In order to answer the rest of your questions, check out their website at Riverparkarm.com.
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