Wednesday, January 31, 2007

In a band? Know a skill? Can tell jokes?


Do you want to perform or host a special event or workshop at the Wyckoff Farmer’s Market this summer? You should, cause it would be awesome! The Wyckoff Farmers Market provides a site for the sale and purchase of local healthy foods and a place for the community to meet for education, entertainment and leisure.

When: Any Sunday from 12-4 this summer,
from June 6th-October 14th.
Where: at our amazing park and garden,
5816 Clarendon rd. East Flatbush, Brooklyn
Who: You! Bands, storytellers, puppeteers,
herbalists, gardeners, comedians, you!
Interested, want to find out more: Farm@wyckoffassociation.org

The Market takes place at the M. Fidler-Wyckoff Park, which hold the Wyckoff Farm House, New York’s oldest structure, first designated Landmark, and a National Historic Landmark. Our market sells local produce grown in the Wyckoff Community Demonstration Garden as well as by several other local farmers. The market is staffed by youth participating in our Young Entrepreneur Program.

The mission of the Wyckoff Farm program is to cultivate a sustainable local food system and a vibrant healthy community by extending our museum educational programs into the Wyckoff M. Fiddler Park. We aim to make the Wyckoff M Fiddler Park into a dynamic community center demonstrating and fostering sustainable living. The Community Demonstration Garden brings to life the site's agrarian history and actively engages the local community in the Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum through its weekly farmers market, youth internship program, and garden workshop series. We aim to offer long and short-term solutions to bettering our local food system by modeling successful urban agriculture and demonstration of the latest in sustainable, organic gardening technique.

Flickr Site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/50609161@N00/
Website: www.wyckoffassociation.org
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/wyckofffarmandmarket

Possible compensation.

Thursday, January 25, 2007

New Winter Youth Intern: Jensine Lagombra



We welcome our new winter youth intern, Jensine Lagombra to our staff! Jensine participated in our community youth intern program this past summer, helping to grow, harvest and sell organic produce on site, and wowed us with her charisma and mastery of horticultural skills. She is a junior at Nazareth High school, and quite the jock, playing almost every sport. Over the winter she will help us to maintain the gardens and house, as well as planning for the upcoming season farm program and activities. We are honored to have her!