Hi all, I posted a while back about Farming Concrete<http://farmingconcrete.com/about/>- a project to quantify food production in NYC community gardens, when we were first calling for interns and participants. With a summer team of 25 volunteer researchers, we're in full swing, and have a lot to announce!
Much has happened since we had our first meeting<http://farmingconcrete.com/2010/06/04/launch/>on June 3. We've traversed neighborhoods in dozens of neighborhoods on foot, bike, bus, and subway every day, including evenings and weekends. We met loads of inspiring gardeners<http://farmingconcrete.com/2010/07/12/ms-betty/>, and scored an article in the Wall Street Journal<http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2010/06/10/fertile-grounds-sizing-up-nycs-garden-harvest/>. As of last week, we've also distributed almost all of our 100 scales<http://farmingconcrete.com/2010/07/16/100-scales-are-out/>, and nearly 300 community gardeners are beginning to track their harvests (!!). *Get your garden on the map* If we haven't yet reached your garden and you'd like to get going tracking your harvest, please email [email protected] and we'll get on it right away! *Please consider a small contribution* With demand so high and such a successful participation rate, we need to order more scales! Please consider a small contribution<http://farmingconcrete.com/donate/>to our entirely volunteer-run project - $16 buys a scale, and goes a long way toward preserving community-run green spaces! New York Restoration Project has pledged $1,000 if we can raise $1,000, and we're well on our way toward achieving this goal, with $224 raised as of this morning. We're also looking for $1,000+ donors to help take our project to the next level - please contact me ([email protected]) for more info. *Help us map gardens<http://farmingconcrete.com/2010/07/13/how-mapping-works/>in your neighborhood * One of the most important aspects of this project is measuring areas under production. Each map takes 1-3 hours, depending on the size of the garden. If you have a few hours to spare one evening or weekend this month or next, please email [email protected] with your availability and preferred neighborhood(s). No experience necessary! This is a great excuse to spend time in NYC's amazing community gardens, and you're guaranteed to learn a ton about urban agriculture and community-managed green space. All you need is a measuring tape and a sheet of paper. *Intern <http://farmingconcrete.com/volunteer/> for Farming Concrete this fall* We're currently on the hunt for folks who can commit 10 hours/week September-December. Interns will map gardens and maintain contact with gardeners who are weighing their produce, as well as enter data from completed harvest logs. Hours are flexible and bilingual is a plus. If you're interested, please send a resume and cover letter to [email protected] Happy gardening! In sun and solidarity, Mara Mara Gittleman Project Director Farming Concrete [email protected] 908-787-2711 www.farmingconcrete.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20100719/8d1bc29f/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org
