farm city forum - pecha kucha - farming concrete - mara gittelman
DESCRIPTION
On 09/25/2010, cartographer Mara Gittelman presented her project, Farming Concrete, that aims to research and map food production in community gardens in NYC. Farm City Forum concluded Farm City, a three-week series of events exploring the possibilities for urban agriculture in the current reality of NYC as part of Crossing the Line: FIAF Fall Festival from 9/12 to 9/25/2010. Farm City Forum took the format of an “unconference,” a lively participant-driven series of discussions exploring how to shape the future of urban agriculture. Three Sessions, each with its own distinct approach, brought together artists, farmers, urban planners, architects, food activists, and authors. The Primary Goal of the Forum was to engage participants in a visioning process about transformative possibilities of urban agriculture as a means to generate new thinking and experimental action positively impacting a more sustainable future. The Forum's Secondary Goal was to explore how artistic interventions transform and illuminate urban agricultural endeavors and vice versa.TRANSCRIPT
measuring food production in nyc community gardens
500 community gardens
93 acres of land
65.6% compost
20 of these are public
42.8% partner with at least one local
school, another
39.1% would like to
81% grow food
100scales distributed
80+harvest logs collected
83+maps drawn
We are tracking yield from at least
530 tomato plants across participating gardeners
One gardener in Brooklyn harvested
12.5 lbs of garlic one day in June
11.5 lbs 6 days later
12.5 lbs 3 days after that
Another collectively harvested
8 lbs of callaloo in one day for their farmers’ market
A gardener in Harlem harvested
10.5 lbs of okra in one day
