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I’ve been missing a bunch of deadlines lately. NOFFN recently partnered up with the Office of Service Learning at Delgado to develop a brochure about NOFFN’s work. I was late turning it in, but the pressure of having to give something to students forced me to confront the question that many non-profits face – What…
“Bryant Terry visits an aquaponics farm in Oakland, California’s Mosswood Park. Urban Organic is a three part series that features cutting-edge chefs, urban farmers and social innovators who are bringing urban agriculture to neighborhoods in America that need them most.” A short film that brilliantly shows the simplicity and productivity of aquaponics — not a…
The NOLA Edible Forest is growing in Algiers at the Magellan Street Garden. Tony Lee, NOFFN Garden Leader, has created a beautiful Parkway Partners community garden at 3320 Ma assignment help gellan Street, Algiers, LA 70114. He's always looking for folks to get involved. Please contact him at sunikat53@gmail.com zp8497586rq
Listen to internet radio with Dr Jeanette Gallagher on Blog Talk Radio Dr. Jeanette Gallagher talks with Sanjay Kharod, of the New Orleans Food and Farm Network, and Marianne Cufone, of the New Orleans based, Recirculating Farms Coalition. The two non profits have joined together in building an Urban Food and Farm Center in the…
http://ourhomelouisiana.org/2012/08/09/blue-cross-foundation-sparks-nearly-30-million-in-healthy-living-projects-statewide/ The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation announced on August 9, 2012 the 12 Louisiana programs that will be awarded grants through its Challenge for a Healthier Louisiana. One of the 12 projects awarded is Growing LA: Rebuilding A Healthy and Sustainable Local Food Culture – a partnership of the New Orleans…
Resurrection After Exoneration (RAE) is working to develop a Community Garden on Columbus Street within the 7th Ward neighborhood. The proposed space will be used as an educational tool to teach residents how to grow fresh vegetables, herbs and fruits at an affordable cost as well as provide access to fresh produce and plants. The…
http://grist.org/food/let-them-eat-kale-in-harlem-a-farm-share-for-the-people/ By Claire Thompson “…The folks behind Harlem-based Corbin Hill Farm don’t see sustainably grown local produce as a passing craze for the foodie elite; on the contrary, they’re figuring out a way to make it accessible to low-income communities on a large scale. “Founder and longtime Harlem resident Dennis Derryck has long been aware…
Aquaponics being taught in Vietnamese community | The Louisiana Weekly. ” The students’ aim is turning brown poop into green money. So far, they have spent three days in a classroom studying the theory and application buy replica bags of their endeavor: Aquaponics. It’s a process of combining farming fish that help grow plants, which…
“….we could have just created a farm project to just create income, but they were like no, we also need to create a farm project that will enhance subsistence use, that will also increase food access for low-income people, you know, so we can trade and barter. These extra aspects of it, you know. Things…
http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2012/04/one-thing-missing-urban-farms-farmers/1834/ “They’re growing like weeds, but often growing only weeds. Urban gardens and farms are appearing in backyards, schools and empty lots in cities all over the country. But people with the actual know-how and willingness to tend them – in other words, farmers – are far less abundant… “…What these neglected gardens need, [Dan…
Aquaponic Modular Production Systems from NOLA has shared an informative handout explaining the difference between aquaponics, aeroponics, and hydroponics. They are designing and building some innovative projects at Hollygrove Market & farm, Mary Queen of Vietnam CDC, and other sites in NOLA. NOF cheap cialis without prescription FN, in collaboration with the Recirculating Farms Coalition…
NOFFN Grow Mo Betta -ESY NOLA -Summer 2012, a set by canadian viagra SarahRath on Flickr. Edible School Yard NOLA & NOFFN offered a a workshop on school gardens covering: – Tour of the Edible Schoolyard & History of the Program – Five Senses Tour – Introduction to sensory learning – Starting a school garden…
School Gardens @ ESY NOLA Saturday, July 28th, 2012 10 AM – 12 PM Samuel J. Green Charter School 2319 Valance St., New Orleans 70115 [ map ] Please join NOFFN & the Edible School Yard NOLA this weekend in a workshop on school gardens. This Saturday’s workshop will cover: Tour of the Edible Schoolyard…
On 04/01/12 a group of neighborhood folks and volunteers planted an another new part of the NOLA Edible Forest — an urban orchard on a donated plot at the buy viagra without prescription corner of Columbus and buy cialis online no prescription N. Derbigny in the 7th Ward that will be part of the Columbus…
The NOLA Edible Forest is also growing in City Park at the Grow Dat Youth Farm As part of the NCAA Final Four week, Tulane University and the NCAA helped plant a new fruit orchard for Grow Dat Youth Farm, a community project that teaches high school students from diverse backgrounds how to grow and…
