Edible Brooklyn

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brooklyngrange

Brooklyn Grange Apiary Project on Kickstarter

Comment | April 5, 2012 | By

Brooklyn Grange may have single handedly propelled the rooftop farming movement into headlines, creating a tipping point of sorts for urban agriculture. And now the folks behind rooftop fresh lettuce have set out to alter the ecosystem once again, this time by saving some fellow plant lovers–the bees!

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Chicken Coops

Williams-Sonoma Launches Agrarian Line

Comment | April 2, 2012 | By

At Edible nothing warms our hearts like somebody learning to grow their own tomatoes or make their own ricotta. We’re all about empowering home cooks to take control of their food, both where it comes from and how it’s made. So when Williams-Sonoma told us they’d be launching a new line this April to help customers take their food from seed to table, we couldn’t have been more pleased.

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Meadow Butter

Better Butter and the Commodity Dairy Market: A Q&A with Madison County Agricultural Development

Comment | March 26, 2012 | By

Our brand new Dairy Issue includes a profile of Kriemhild Dairy’s incredible Meadow Butter, made by a cooperative of four farmers who raise their cows on excellent pasture.The group current sells their milk to the commodity market, but turns some of the cream into this nutty, rich and golden yellow boutique butter, now available at specialty food shops in the borough.

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