Meet “Generation Organic”: The Young American Farmer
of Today

Generation Organic Young Farmer

Photo of Farmer Josie Johnson from Maryland. Photo by Maggie Starbard, NPR


250 young adults nationwide gathered at a recent event in Tarrytown, NY at the Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture to learn more farming techniques to purchasing land. Some of these young adults already own a farm.
Generation Organic seeks to find new ways to grow produce locally without the use of chemicals

https://paigepapers.com/2011/12/13/generationorganic_youngamericanfarmers/

Leckerlee Pop-Up Shop

Bringing a little bit of Germany closer to home, Leckerlee introduced its holiday pop-up shop in the Lower East Side last week Saturday, December 10th. The shop will open this weekend and throughout holiday season until Christmas Eve.
Find out more information here

https://paigepapers.com/2011/12/13/leckerlee_holidaypopup/

The Bean is now open again- same neighborhood, new location

After the recent closing of their original East Village location on 824 Broadway, The Bean is back in business on 2nd Avenue and 3rd Street.
The original shop closed due to the landlord signing an agreement with Starbucks to open up shop within the same space. EV Grieve shows us what the 2nd Avenue location looks like

https://paigepapers.com/2011/12/13/thebean_nowopenon_2ndavenue/

Brooklyn Night Bazaar: Thursday, December 15th – Saturday, December 17th from 5pm to 1am

Hosted in Williamsburg at 149 Kent Avenue, the event will included local vendors from clothes to food and art along with live music. For food and beverage, expect to see Luke’s Lobster, AsiaDog, Brooklyn Winery and much more.
See the full vendor list here
They are also seeking more vendors. Fill out an application here.

https://paigepapers.com/2011/12/13/brooklynnightbazaar_dec152011/

Now Trending: Small-Scale Artisanal Bread Bakers

From upstate to downtown and throughout Brooklyn, New York is becoming the catalyst to a new bread trend. Bread making is seeing increased popularity amongst many bakers in the New York as upstate farmers are digging up more grains for inspirational baking.
New York Magazine list the top ten bread trends and the contributing bakers behind it all…

https://paigepapers.com/2011/12/13/nowtrending_artisanbreadmaking/