GreenThumb is about to issue the new 4-year license agreement for community gardens operating on NYC Parks land. In preparing the rights and requirements for the new term, GreenThumb is asking gardeners to respond to an online survey. NYCCGC urges everyone to…
Category: Community Announcements
Notes from the Urban Ag Town Hall
Councilmember Espinal and Brooklyn Borough President Adams hosted an Urban Agriculture Town Hall on May 8, 2018. Community gardeners and many supporting organizations including NYCCGC attended to communicate the value and needs of urban ag in our city’s public gardens.…
NYCCGC and NYC’s Urban Ag policy
I want to offer some information on our early organizing work to help engage existing soil-based as well as other community-driven urban ag growers, activists, and leaders as local elected officials begin to consider the development of urban ag policy…
Time is running out to complete US Census of Ag
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is reminding farmers and ranchers that the window is closing on the opportunity to participate in the 2017 Census of Agriculture. To date, NASS has received more than 1.5…
Help Shape NYC’s Urban Agriculture Policy
The City is in the process of developing an Urban Agriculture Policy. This will affect all of us. Your input is important. We will be at the table for an upcoming listening session with stakeholders and City officials. Be part of…
#Sandy5 Mobilization Around Fifth Anniversary of Superstorm
Five years ago, Superstorm Sandy blasted our city and our communities. Join us on October 28th as we remember, resist, and rise together five years after the storm. It will be a powerful display of our resilience and our commitment…
Join NYC’s Browns Distribution Network
Calling all NYC woodworkers, landscapers, coffee roasters, community composters, gardeners, and more! Do you produce a chemical-free, carbon-rich byproduct (like sawdust, woodchips, or coffee chaff)? Are you a composter looking for locally-produced “waste” materials that can amend your piles and…
Run for the board of the NYC Real Estate Investment Cooperative
The NYC Real Estate Investment Cooperative (REIC) is a group of over 500 New Yorkers pooling money and power to invest in real estate that preserves, restores and enhances local spaces for cultural, commercial and charitable uses in New York City.…
Feed Your City: UN Call for Submissions
The UN Food Gardens Initiative, in partnership with UN-Habitat, is organizing a showcase of small scale urban agriculture initiatives in the Americas in order to share experiences, raise awareness about urban agriculture in the region, and incentivize policy action in…
Aug 5: Public meeting to discuss Mayor’s Rat Reduction Plan
Loisaida United Neighborhood Gardens (LUNGS) and the NYC Community Garden Coalition would like to invite you to a public meeting to discuss Mayor DeBlasio’s Rat Reduction Plan and how it will affect our neighborhood. The Mayor has included the East Village…