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Video: Rooftop To Table Farming In NYC


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Jaya Saxena

Published Apr 12, 2011

Modified Apr 12, 2011


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Still shot from New York Farm City

 


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Jaya Saxena

Published Apr 12, 2011

Modified Apr 12, 2011


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Urban farming is so hot right now, and with Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe breaking ground on the new Battery Park Farm, it's definitely become more than just a hobby for people with big enough fire escapes. Petrina TV recently produced this short film, New York Farm City, of the urban farming movement in New York, featuring the likes of Brooklyn Grange and People's Garden NYC. As one woman in the introduction exclaims, "It's exciting to see the process. You plant it, it grows and you eat it!" And of course it's partially shot in tilt-shift, which makes it look that much artsier.

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