Urban gardening goes up around the city
Trending Now: More urban gardens sprouting in New York City
New York City’s Goat Town restaurant in the East Village sources ingredients from their own backyard garden
https://paigepapers.com/2011/08/23/newyorkcity_urbangardening/
Tavern on The Green soon to be a salad dressing product line?
An investor by the name of Louis Bivona wants to buy the naming rights from Tavern On The Green
With plans of developing a salad dressing line, Mr. Bivona sees the name as a historical delicacy
https://paigepapers.com/2011/08/19/louisbivonabuystavernonthegreen/
Event: The World’s Financial Center Greenmarket grand opening is today. Festivities last until 7pm with live demos from Fatty Cue in Battery Park City
Find out more
https://paigepapers.com/2011/08/18/greenmarketinbatteryparkcity/
Investing into local New York City establishments are seeing
lots of “green”
Trending Now: Locavesting, the new way entrepreneurs are getting funding for the start-ups operations with the help of local investors within their community
Find out tactics that can be used for your start-up
https://paigepapers.com/2011/08/15/locavestinginto_newyork_businesses/
A New York City Hot Dog revolution
New York Hot Dogs Get Upgraded: Good to Go Organics’ food cart uses grass-fed organic beef and sauerkraut from the Union Square Greenmarket
Dine-in hot dog eateries also experience an upgrade– Crif Dogs and Bark Hot Dog offers guests a new twist to the New York street staple in a cozy setting
Gov. Cuomo introduces The New York Fresh Connect Farmers’ Markets program
As the demand for access to fresh produce and foods becoming an important factor to the American economy, farmers are trying to meet the demand by creating more farmers markets– especially in urban cities such as New York.
New York’s Governor Cuomo introduced a new plan that the state will be launching to expand the current demographics in which existing farmers markets serve and place more into communities that have little to no access to them. The plan, which is called The New York Fresh Connect Farmers’ Markets, was announced on Tuesday and will grant up to $15,000 per location to help local farmers set up the markets. The program also caters to people that use food stamps for purchases.
Fresh Produce. Photo Credited by Politics on The Hudson
Read more about the store here.
https://paigepapers.com/2011/08/10/thenewyorkfreshconnectfarmersmarkets/
Roaming Acres might be moving from the
Tri-State Area
Roaming Acres, an ostrich farm located in Andover, N.J., will not be is its current location for much longer. Todd Appelbaum, the owner of the 7-year old farm, has decided not to renew the lease after several complaints from neighbors of damages caused by the ostriches. In hopes of finding a new location close to the expanding greenmarket in New York City, Todd is currently seeking a new location in New Jersey before his current lease expires at the end of September. The farm also raises Berkshire pigs and emus.
Roaming Acres' Ostriches - Picture taken by Jo Piazza, WSJ
Wall Street Journal reports on the possible closing of Roaming Acres
Forsyth Street Market vendors dispute against city tickets
The Forsyth Street Market, which started in 2005 as a way to give Chinatown access to fresh produce, fights back against New York authorities.
Food vendors are being forced out due an increase in tickets received by city police mostly for produce items not being in or under the cart. Vendors held a protest on July 20th during the Urban Justice Center’s press conference on Forsyth Street
https://paigepapers.com/2011/07/29/forsythstreetmarket_fightnyc/
$1 million tax break incentives given to Bread Manufacturer
Pain D’Avignon plans to expand its operations and keep their manufacturing facility in New York City after the city’s Industrial Development Agency agreed to $1 million in tax break incentives. The bread manufacturing company plans to add more jobs and increase production by 30% with the purchase of new equipment for the new space. The space which was formerly owned by City Baking, will be taken over by Pain D’Avignon in August.
Read more and tell us what do you think about the tax break given to Pain D’Avignon?
The Kensington Youthmarket: The latest GrowNYC pop-up greenmarket
In efforts to bring the greenmarket to the outer boroughs while teaching teens about the local produce and sustainability, GrowNYC launches The Kensington Youthmarket. The youthmarket, located on Fort Hamilton Parkway and E. Fifth St., is operating now until Oct 29th, 2011. This is an opportunity to not only give back, but also, build a sense community.
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