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The Riverpark Farm at Alexandria Center

Location:  New York, NY

Day Job:  Urban farmer

The Digs:  Other

Crops:  Bell Peppers, Collards, Green beans, Jalepeno Peppers, Kale, Oregano, Rosemary, arugula, Asian greens, baby lettuces, bronze fennel, collard greens, endives, lamb’s quarters, purple mizuna, red amaranth, roquette, ruby streak mustard greens, Swiss chard, Tuscan kale, bush basil, chives, cilantro, cinnamon basil, English thyme, lemon balm, lemon thyme, lemon verbena, lemongrass, lime basil, lovage, opal basil, oregano, parsley, peppermint, rosemary, sage, sorrel, spearmint, summer savory, sweet basil, tarragon, Thai basil, black radish, bull’s blood beets, Chioggia beets, Cocozelle squash, Crème de Lite carrots, Danvers carrots, deep purple daikon, Delicatta squash, dragon carrots, early wonder tall top beets, English cucumbers, golden beets, Italian eggplant, Japanese eggplant, Kirby cucumbers, little finger eggplants, long radish, Miyashige radish, okra, Paris carrots, purple scallions, Romanesco, Scarlet Nantes carrots, shell beans, white eggplant, white scallions, yellow beans, yellow carrots, yellow squash, zucchini, bird’s eye peppers, Fresno peppers, habanero peppers, hot cherry peppers, sweet frying peppers, seasoning peppers, beefsteak tomatoes, black pineapple heirloom tomatoes, black prince heirloom tomatoes, cherry gold tomatoes, green zebra heirloom tomatoes, Hawaiian pineapple heirloom tomatoes, Italian heart heirloom tomatoes, Piriform red pear heirloom tomatoes, plum tomatoes, white beauty heirloom tomatoes

Why I'm Getting Dirty:  We want to bring agriculture to the heart of New York City - www.riverparkfarm.com

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  • Posted by: Inspirations From Nature on December 27th, 2012 at 04:31 am

    Wow! Gardening to the max.
    Wonderful!
    You should be farmer of the century!

 
  • Posted by: The Riverpark Farm at Alexandria Center on August 23rd, 2011 at 01:05 pm

    Thank you for the support for the Riverpark Farm at Alexandria Center!

    Here is some information about New York City's most urban farm:

    The 15,000-square-foot Riverpark Farm supplies fresh, local produce to the adjacent Riverpark restaurant each day. Riverpark is located at 450 East 29th Street in Manhattan, along FDR Drive and the East River.

    The Farm, which is entirely portable (the plants are all inside milk crates), is located on a stalled construction site, making productive use of what would otherwise be a vacant space. Once construction resumes, the milk crates will be relocated nearby.

    To learn more about the Farm, visit www.riverparkfarm.com.

 
  • Posted by: Chris D on August 20th, 2011 at 09:40 pm

    Congratulations! Keep up the good work

 
  • Posted by: Nebraska Dave on August 20th, 2011 at 04:27 pm

    Congrats on being farmer of the day.

    From the list of vegetables, you have indeed brought agriculture to the heart of New York City.

    Have a great farmer of the day.

 
  • Posted by: Nebraska Dave on August 19th, 2011 at 05:57 am

    An urban farmer in NYC. How cool is that? Your picture looks to be rooftop.

    Have a great urban farmer day.

 
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