November 13, 2023
NY1: Urban farms and mobile farm stands bring relief to city food deserts
Over the past 12 years, Tony Hillery and his team at Harlem Grown have transformed a vacant lot filled with junk on West 134th Street in Manhattan into a garden oasis.
It is part of a network of urban farms that feed the surrounding community.
“Now, collectively over our 14 sites, we grow just shy of 6,000 pounds of organic produce. We have free farmers markets every Wednesday and Saturday, but it’s complete with nutrition education, cooking demonstrations and recipe writing,” Hillery said.