tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35727111161028500042023-11-16T00:00:04.186-08:00Wyckoff Community Garden & Farmer's Market@ the Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum, 5816 Clarendon Road, Brooklyn NY 11203Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572711116102850004.post-75873656975238464212009-08-27T13:15:00.000-07:002009-08-27T13:16:39.435-07:00Changes in Programs and StaffI am sad to announce that as of February 2008 I will no longer be the Farm Director and Caretaker for the Wyckoff Farm Museum. I am also sad to announce that the former Farm programs including the Youth Entrepreneur Program and the Farmers Market have been canceled for the next season. The Community Demonstration Garden will continue as construction allows, but will be changing its focus away from providing food for people in the neighborhood and teaching organic urban gardening. I hope that these programs will resume in the future and look forward to the Wyckoff Farm developing its relationship with the community and becoming a beacon in the effort to provide healthy and sustainable food to all New Yorkers.<br /><br />Please see the official Wyckoff House & Association website for updates<br /><a href="http://www.WyckoffAssociation.org">www.WyckoffAssociation.org</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572711116102850004.post-67389440021888893982007-11-08T14:00:00.000-08:002007-11-08T14:01:56.628-08:00<table style="border-collapse:collapse;"><tr><td colspan="2"><embed src="http://apps.rockyou.com/rockyou.swf?instanceid=79721778&ver=102906" quality="high" salign="lt" width="256" height="191" wmode="transparent" name="rockyou" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"/></td></tr><tr><td style="font-size:0px;background-color:#fff; padding:1px;font-size:0px; filter:alpha(opacity=60);-moz-opacity:.60;opacity:.60;" align="left"><img src="http://apps.rockyou.com/dot.gif?w=SS&d=1B0D7&c=1&id=79721778&=.gif"><a target="_BLANK" href="http://www.rockyou.com/?type=slideshow&refid=79721778"><img style="border:0px;" src="http://apps.rockyou.com/images/tail_logo.gif"></a></td><td style="background-color:#fff; padding:1px;font-size:0px; filter:alpha(opacity=60);-moz-opacity:.60;opacity:.60;" align="right"><a style="padding-right:0px;" target="_BLANK" href="http://www.rockyou.com/slideshow_create.php?refid=79721778&source=cyo"><img style="border:0px;" src="http://apps.rockyou.com/images/tail_create.gif"></a><a style="padding-right:0px;" target="_BLANK" href="http://www.rockyou.com/show_my_gallery.php?instanceid=79721778"><img style="border:0px;" src="http://apps.rockyou.com/images/tail_view.gif"></a></td></tr></table>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572711116102850004.post-16309025648030592212007-10-26T07:59:00.000-07:002008-12-09T00:54:30.091-08:00Eating Good in the Hood: Wyckoff Intern Speaks on Panel at the Globesity Festival.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDdUnTKWZtlSOcWEuKkFNXBRRA0MoiQukf4Z6VT1p4ZULFq8DvNLXFa170us6U9D51yFYUeJ-vPJ9KP39jcZunlSjNlHT38aEHGsGpl9efIUEAwWG8PbapK1Du2eDFiuG70owZM0mvFZM/s1600-h/eating+good+in+the+hood+october+2007+the+panel.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDdUnTKWZtlSOcWEuKkFNXBRRA0MoiQukf4Z6VT1p4ZULFq8DvNLXFa170us6U9D51yFYUeJ-vPJ9KP39jcZunlSjNlHT38aEHGsGpl9efIUEAwWG8PbapK1Du2eDFiuG70owZM0mvFZM/s400/eating+good+in+the+hood+october+2007+the+panel.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5125662533648482386" /></a><br />On Thursday October 25th, Wyckoff Youth Entrepreneurship Intern <span style="font-weight:bold;">Jensine Lagombra </span>spoke on a panel at the <a href="http://theglobesityfestival.org/">Globesity Festival</a> titled“Eating Good in the Hood”. The panel discussion addressed issues of access to healthy food in urban areas of NYC. The panelist discussed both short and long terms solutions to food insecurity in our communities, from community run and organized farmers markets, making healthy food available in bodegas, community gardens, gardening and food education and getting healthy local food distributed in food pantries. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNtBl7P8PN7vDx7-OgvvCAbyRb0tGYpMZgIfgBcXx8nfodThPmTDyIZE_-EV-eKiO2IrQu5JZ1s2z14IQBV6ByiQv5oY1b86HxpjJUgCAdH4h3ShO8ikh-EdWg_8adnCMntraKoni3GKw/s1600-h/eating+good+in+the+hood+october+2007+karen+speaks.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNtBl7P8PN7vDx7-OgvvCAbyRb0tGYpMZgIfgBcXx8nfodThPmTDyIZE_-EV-eKiO2IrQu5JZ1s2z14IQBV6ByiQv5oY1b86HxpjJUgCAdH4h3ShO8ikh-EdWg_8adnCMntraKoni3GKw/s200/eating+good+in+the+hood+october+2007+karen+speaks.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5125662799936454754" /></a>The panel was moderated by Hillary Baum of the New York City <a href="http://http://baumforum.org/nycfood.htm">Food System Network</a>. In addition to Jensine other panelist included the amazing women working in food justice in New York City including, Karen Washington of <a href="http://www.lafamiliaverde.org/">La Familia Verde</a> in the Bronx, Donya A. Williams, Program Coordinator for the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s <a href="http://www.eatingliberally.org/tags/healthy_bodegas">Healthy Bodegas Initiative</a>, Lizzie Ayer Farm Director and Caretaker for the Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum in Brooklyn and Cara Fraver, <a href="http://www.justfood.org/">Just Food</a>, Fresh Food For All Program Coordinator. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFPXeuyaIxaZ4JFMBzyxy9F3-0fS64z_RkDHM4Im8JX8LFHhYLBIoSWbw57c9NAbf3RtNuHPeuPn5jwoyFOQ3g1VxeQFw0tcgq5pSc6CB-YCyKncc345gkUb5r_GfZ_j8MsxZroLRtPqg/s1600-h/eating+good+in+the+hood+october+2007+jensines+speech.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFPXeuyaIxaZ4JFMBzyxy9F3-0fS64z_RkDHM4Im8JX8LFHhYLBIoSWbw57c9NAbf3RtNuHPeuPn5jwoyFOQ3g1VxeQFw0tcgq5pSc6CB-YCyKncc345gkUb5r_GfZ_j8MsxZroLRtPqg/s200/eating+good+in+the+hood+october+2007+jensines+speech.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5125663113469067378" /></a><br />For more info on the Globesity Festival see <a href="http://theglobesityfestival.org/">http://theglobesityfestival.org/</a><br /><br />The GLOBESITY FESTIVAL is razor sharp performance, comedy, education, celebration and collaboration. With Theatre as our laboratory, we are cooking & cutting up ingredients for SOLUTIONS. GLOBESITY is the over consumption of all natural elements that create and sustain life on Earth – some of the most vital and visible being water, minerals, oil, and FOOD. Our approach to food and sustenance is destroying our personal and social health. Our Earth and our Bodies cannot sustain the beastly grind of consumption. This beast is Globesity. It has been named. Now is the hour of confrontation.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572711116102850004.post-47112875849473989282007-10-26T07:53:00.000-07:002008-12-09T00:54:30.247-08:00Jensine Lagombra Speaks at the Globesity Festival 10/25/07<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3sRkig53_HGa9ZOPo2qK7H_5HonxurN_1otHC-pe7tcThyphenhyphenHlEnE6iGlLCEP7GNUgQk8a92sSwWNlAo-aT88pZwXh_giW6ZgEhD_Mx-8umOH0tpDx5L4dVR_xF2RxbbjPQQSPsG77Aspk/s1600-h/eating+good+in+the+hood+october+2007+jensine+2.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3sRkig53_HGa9ZOPo2qK7H_5HonxurN_1otHC-pe7tcThyphenhyphenHlEnE6iGlLCEP7GNUgQk8a92sSwWNlAo-aT88pZwXh_giW6ZgEhD_Mx-8umOH0tpDx5L4dVR_xF2RxbbjPQQSPsG77Aspk/s200/eating+good+in+the+hood+october+2007+jensine+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5125659162099154946" /></a><br />I’m an intern at the Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum, along with four other interns: Keneka, Tyler, Denzel and Luther. The internship program teaches leadership and entrepreneurship, such as learning how to do a business plan, money management, marketing skills and communication skills, as well as learning how to advertise.<br /><br />The project of an internship is the opportunity to gather experiences and to learn how to interact with the world of different age categories that is around you. Entrepreneurship is the strategy in which you learn to do something (like create a product) and sell it, with your name on the label; I made tomato sauce, which was a best seller, using produce from the garden; with this experience I learned how to can food, which has to be done in a certified kitchen, and I found out I have a talent. My co-workers also made their own value-added products: salsa, hot sauce and jam.<br /><br />I also learned how to identify plants, do companion planting, season extension, food security, container gardening (which deals with harvesting), weeding, planting, mulching, compost, watering (irrigation system), food storage, deadheading, creating beds, medicinal herbs for your physical health, and many more. My favorite task is harvesting tomatoes, and the task I dislike is weeding – but hey I still do it!<br /><br />What I learned from my co-workers that happen to either be a friend or became a friend is teamwork, a good work ethic, taking turns, helping one another and having fun. (I love when we joke around and chase each other because it’s never boring.)<br />At the end of the week, we have a farmer’s market on Sunday (the best day out of our work days). The market’s purpose is to show that anyone can access locally grown fresh food. It’s better tasting than your average supermarket vegetables and fruits. We also have workshops to teach you how to grow your own food and extend the season for your fruits and vegetables.<br /><br />The market taught me how to weigh produce by the pound, how to calculate money faster, how to be patient, have fun hearing people tell jokes, tell stories and teach people what I know, especially children. It also teaches regular people about food choices and eating healthier.<br /><br />I have been working at the Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum for two years. It’s located in Brooklyn, where its surroundings are factories, a few restaurants, gas stations, tire shops, landfills and two schools (one public and one Catholic). There’s not much of a community focus.Working at Wyckoff created a fundamental base which helped me eat healthier than what I ate before. It gave me the options of eating more fruits and vegetables such as carrots, tomatoes, watermelon, cucumbers, broccoli, peas, beans, radishes, eggplants and beets, rather than eating fast food, which I’ve cut down on since I’ve been working at Wyckoff. I also stopped drinking soda and prefer to drink Red Jacket Apple Cider, which is made locally and organically.<br /><br />All the experiences working here affect my individual life in learning how to adapt to more food choices that are healthy and organic. Making meals with corn, green beans, carrots and beets, I’ve come to love them.<br /><br />I enjoy being a part of the Wyckoff community and staff because I have met friends that could be lifelong, and also working here made me realize that I don’t need to spend $200 in food. Instead I just have to pay $1.20 for a seed packet and those seeds will produce bushes or rows of produce for months. How cool is that! I’ll have the satisfaction that I know where it came from, it doesn’t have chemicals that are harmful to me, and I don’t have to pay for a bag of produce every week. I’m grateful that I made that choice, and you will be, too.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572711116102850004.post-2608278711410941802007-09-12T06:22:00.000-07:002008-12-09T00:54:30.482-08:00Youth Products Now Available for Sale!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhSizDK9RFcvluMhcENekqHjm7Zhlu__KlwbB1795u7hGw8efH21kdHO-FeNixg694UYrDaakC8IYWBPwRluG_H6WyJ0rrj-AdCMDli-XZgizCnFHqUZbpTPWLahcF75ghXkGoHalej-s/s1600-h/Neka+hot+10.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhSizDK9RFcvluMhcENekqHjm7Zhlu__KlwbB1795u7hGw8efH21kdHO-FeNixg694UYrDaakC8IYWBPwRluG_H6WyJ0rrj-AdCMDli-XZgizCnFHqUZbpTPWLahcF75ghXkGoHalej-s/s200/Neka+hot+10.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109310144833571362" /></a><br />We are very excited to announce the new line of Wyckoff Farm youth made and designed value added products! Our youth interns have been busy all year growing the plants, perfecting the recipes, making marketing plans, canning their items and now they are ready to hit the road. Please stop by our market this week, as these items will not last long! <br /><br />Neka’s Original Jamaican Hot Sauce, available in 5 or 10 oz bottles in Super Hot and Not that Hot. <br /><br />Wyckoff Famous Latin flavor Tomato Sauce, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wyckofffarm/1366419362/">Jensi’s Homemade Style.</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wyckofffarm/1366415970/">Denzel’s Salstastic Salsa</a>,A New York Tradition Since 2007!<br />And<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wyckofffarm/1365522337/in/photostream/">Strawberry & Red Currant Jam,</a> History Never Tasted Better!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1154/1365522337_a822d1acf3_o.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px;" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1154/1365522337_a822d1acf3_o.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572711116102850004.post-48527881382995625932007-09-05T07:28:00.000-07:002008-12-09T00:54:30.592-08:00Wyckoff in NY Magazine!<span style="font-style:italic;">please note our upcoming canning workshop is on September 9th, NOT 9/12</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkBKiJrdF6kxvi4H8f28H64tgaPdLqTyTpT-2Dpgr7wkF9s6qePBk-D55OYNKe2ruMR2wR5RM6AU-AFG6DdG9myMXQNtHAoK9kdHoAGFtWEv7O3bFEJkwalH1HvqxxwPaUtgmY2nQu-cA/s1600-h/Wyckoff+Market+with+Simca.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkBKiJrdF6kxvi4H8f28H64tgaPdLqTyTpT-2Dpgr7wkF9s6qePBk-D55OYNKe2ruMR2wR5RM6AU-AFG6DdG9myMXQNtHAoK9kdHoAGFtWEv7O3bFEJkwalH1HvqxxwPaUtgmY2nQu-cA/s200/Wyckoff+Market+with+Simca.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106727935123745874" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="http://nymag.com/family/kids/36449/">Preservation Haul</a><br />Locavores revive home canning</span>.</span><br /> <span style="font-style:italic;">* By Alexandra Zissu</span><br />http://nymag.com/family/kids/36449/<br />When September brings mounds of Greenmarket produce, you end up with more good stuff than you can possibly eat. Hence the rediscovery of home canning and pickling, recently coming back into vogue thanks to the popularity of the local-food movement and books like Barbara Kingsolver’s Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. Families in need of guidance will find it at a food-preservation workshop at Brooklyn’s Wyckoff Farmhouse Farmers’ Market on September 12. There, they will also find enough organic local produce (nearly all grown on-site and harvested by neighborhood youth, although fruit, juice, and free-range organic eggs hail from two upstate farms) to line the pantry until next spring. “We demonstrate canning fresh vegetables from our garden. We do some tomato sauce, some pickles,” explains farm director Lizzie Ayer, who has a weakness for beets pickled with nutmeg, cinnamon, vinegar, and sugar. (Canning is preferable to freezing for New Yorkers with small fridges but slightly more shelf space.) If the canners’ helpers tire of the demo, let them inspect the garden to see the vegetables in situ and maybe pick a berry or two. This is an especially excellent activity for picky eaters. “I’ve had kids who think food comes from the grocery store, and they pick cherry tomatoes until they get sick from eating so many,” says Ayer. “If you can get them to participate in the growing or harvesting of produce, they will eat it, hands down.” Even if they don’t, they’ll be learning. “Anything that encourages kids to spend time with parents talking about healthy eating is beneficial.” Remind them of that when they’re up to their necks in pulp.<br /><br />9/12, food-preparation demonstration 1–3 p.m., farmers’ market 1–4 p.m. Wyckoff Farmhouse Farmers’ Market, M. Fidler-Wyckoff Park, 5816 Clarendon Rd., East Flatbush, Brooklyn (wyckoffassociation.org or 718-629-5400); free demo, produce varies.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572711116102850004.post-82640015881221631272007-08-07T13:11:00.000-07:002008-12-09T00:54:30.743-08:00This Sunday, 9/9 Farmers Market, Canning Demonstration & Volunteer Day!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB8zcU80t4XHrllGTkCXzCf6qzKDtni9NrF4wYX9Uvs3Mxt6ljW3lhn_J5wLpj5HdVIQHQFkp2cVQFjP7czpm8GxM7_sfEVMDCqi4p6AjQHC_lwh8vxZ5-HJ6mfbeWlOWYR2ySTmTFv3k/s1600-h/internswatching+canning.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB8zcU80t4XHrllGTkCXzCf6qzKDtni9NrF4wYX9Uvs3Mxt6ljW3lhn_J5wLpj5HdVIQHQFkp2cVQFjP7czpm8GxM7_sfEVMDCqi4p6AjQHC_lwh8vxZ5-HJ6mfbeWlOWYR2ySTmTFv3k/s200/internswatching+canning.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106421386127961154" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">This Sunday at the Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Farmers Market 1-4pm<br /><br />Canning & Food Demonstration 1-3pm<br /><br />Garden Volunteer Day 11am-4pm</span><br /><br />Our youth host the <span style="font-weight:bold;">Wyckoff Farmers Market</span>, selling produce, herbs and fruit grown right here on site by them, as well as a variety of other local products including eggs, juices, baked goods and more. The Market accepts cash, checks, EBT and Senior & WIC FMNP coupons. Please stop by to purchase some healthy food and support local youth!<br /><br />This Sunday we will also be teaching how <span style="font-weight:bold;">Canning and Food Preservation</span>, learn how to preserve fresh produce to savor all year long. Also feel free to come on over to the garden to lend a hand. Bring work clothes, a water bottle and gloves if you have them.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572711116102850004.post-25163803695517399432007-07-30T08:19:00.001-07:002007-07-30T08:40:59.039-07:00<table style="border-collapse:collapse;"><tr><td colspan="2"><embed src="http://apps.rockyou.com/rockyou.swf?instanceid=69889658&ver=102906" quality="high" salign="lt" width="426" height="320" wmode="transparent" name="rockyou" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed></td></tr><tr><td style="font-size:0px;background-color:#fff; padding:1px;font-size:0px; filter:alpha(opacity=60);-moz-opacity:.60;opacity:.60;" align="left"><img src="http://apps.rockyou.com/dot.gif?w=SS&d=11D2F&c=1&id=69889658&=.gif"><a target="_BLANK" href="http://www.rockyou.com/?type=slideshow&refid=69889658"><img style="border:0px;" src="http://apps.rockyou.com/images/tail_logo.gif"></a></td><td style="background-color:#fff; padding:1px;font-size:0px; filter:alpha(opacity=60);-moz-opacity:.60;opacity:.60;" align="right"><a style="padding-right:0px;" target="_BLANK" href="http://www.rockyou.com/slideshow_create.php?refid=69889658&source=cyo"><img style="border:0px;" src="http://apps.rockyou.com/images/tail_create.gif"></a><a style="padding-right:0px;" target="_BLANK" href="http://www.rockyou.com/show_my_gallery.php?instanceid=69889658"><img style="border:0px;" src="http://apps.rockyou.com/images/tail_view.gif"></a></td></tr></table>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572711116102850004.post-41570697242317517472007-07-25T07:38:00.000-07:002008-12-09T00:54:31.575-08:00This Sunday, 7/29 Farmers Market, Garden Workshop, Cooking Demo & Volunteer Day!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOELG-6WmRWt0xVdW7BktL0vi2d6y_5dQAJKgaHRaY6hDq4_oO_00Im8YBSWaVdLvVovNT6yfTcmYsW4mav5BQicdzOJ7jKt8EndKwoHMvfrIhjex-j2TAktnqbzo3lPvStgw1g8wSPnM/s1600-h/Wyckoff+Market+with+Simca+webpage.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOELG-6WmRWt0xVdW7BktL0vi2d6y_5dQAJKgaHRaY6hDq4_oO_00Im8YBSWaVdLvVovNT6yfTcmYsW4mav5BQicdzOJ7jKt8EndKwoHMvfrIhjex-j2TAktnqbzo3lPvStgw1g8wSPnM/s200/Wyckoff+Market+with+Simca+webpage.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091150692711246610" /></a><br />Sundays are a busy day on the farm! </span><br />Our youth host the <span style="font-weight:bold;">Wyckoff Farmers Market</span>, selling produce, herbs and fruit grown right here on site by them, as well as a variety of other local products including eggs, juices, baked goods and more. The Market accepts cash, checks, EBT and Senior & WIC FMNP coupons. Please stop by to purchase some healthy food and support local youth!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCqysfYuid1nSg8ya5vcvFO4D4klwBjXvzlaNhzkQEP5GrN_rDJ-lZ0gEIv_kxWAaij_s7VHKWaVAvmGyc6qaz90WnAihlNhNsD6lnd3-ce7CeLLwYPt236jp7XB4pyWgzqVu24hRpHxQ/s1600-h/Farm+Stand+9.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCqysfYuid1nSg8ya5vcvFO4D4klwBjXvzlaNhzkQEP5GrN_rDJ-lZ0gEIv_kxWAaij_s7VHKWaVAvmGyc6qaz90WnAihlNhNsD6lnd3-ce7CeLLwYPt236jp7XB4pyWgzqVu24hRpHxQ/s200/Farm+Stand+9.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091151289711700786" /></a><br />We also host <span style="font-weight:bold;">Free Garden Workshops</span> at the market on topics picked out by the community, as well as demonstrations on cooking with fresh produce available at the markets (with tasting of course!). The workshops are hands on and kid friendly. This week we have a workshop on container gardening and in two Sundays, August 12th we will be teaching food preservation and canning, right in time for harvest season. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpaM2_9EBKBoumCltS8YGmfRLqPu4i7hKxeqn16e-3DN9N6jQ4pSuPlCjLH3bopivnuCnJYJdktYMLbevHwPUJ_kpQ1uRKi25Cx_cfHNc-NQ3JzrVUuNBxDnGJjJom70Pi6K-lDo6q74A/s1600-h/staketomatoes.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpaM2_9EBKBoumCltS8YGmfRLqPu4i7hKxeqn16e-3DN9N6jQ4pSuPlCjLH3bopivnuCnJYJdktYMLbevHwPUJ_kpQ1uRKi25Cx_cfHNc-NQ3JzrVUuNBxDnGJjJom70Pi6K-lDo6q74A/s200/staketomatoes.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091150821560265506" /></a><br />In addition to all that every Sunday we have <span style="font-weight:bold;">Community Volunteer Days</span> in the Garden, come and pitch in and get your hands dirty in our garden. Bring work clothes, a water bottle and gloves if you have them. <br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Farmers Market 1-4pm<br /><br />Free Garden Workshop & Cooking Demonstration 1-3pm<br /><br />Garden Volunteer Day 11am-4pm</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572711116102850004.post-30702673390385816732007-06-27T13:28:00.000-07:002007-07-25T10:33:04.594-07:00Volunteer Opportunities @ the Wyckoff FarmThe Wyckoff Farm programs are in full swing this summer, with new veggies and berries popping up every day. We have lots of ways to get involved, with volunteer opportunities for every skill set and interest. Please see our list of current volunteer opportunities below, and if you have something else you really want to help out with let us know about that. Please contact the Wyckoff Farm Director, Lizzie Ayer, 718-629-5400 or email Farm@WyckoffAssociaiton.org<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Garden:</span><br />Want to play in the dirt? We need volunteers to come and help us in our garden, from weeding, mulching to making signs and bean poles. Come out for one of our set dates, or let us know if you want to come out on regular basis at another time. We can also schedule specific dates if you have a group who wants to volunteer. <br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Tuesday Volunteer Days</span><br />Come volunteer in our community demonstration garden, every other Tuesday from 10am-2pm with our Youth Entrepreneurs. (7/3, 7/17, 7/31, 8/14, 8/28). We need help weeding, planting mulching and harvesting all summer long and into the fall. <br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Thursday Workshop & Volunteer Days</span><br />Please join us for a quick hands on lesson on organic gardening techniques, and then apply what you’ve learned in our garden. Thursday evenings from 4-7pm June 24th, July 26th and August 28th. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Market: </span><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Market Helper</span><br />Want to help the Wyckoff Farmers Market? We would love some help during out market, tracking attendance passing out flyers in our neighborhood and general help with set up and taking down. Our market runs every Sunday from 1-4 pm, with clean up usually taking till about 4:30. You could come early and help us set up the market and pass out flyers, and hang out and have fun with us during the market. Our market is very chill, always with people hanging around, kids playing in the park and of course snacking on fresh produce. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Outreach & Publicity:</span><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Artist Needed Graphic Design & Artistic Endeavors:</span><br />Like making flyers, designing ads, drawing veggies or making logos? We need some general graphic design work, helping us create flyers and posters and designing ads for local newspapers. We also are looking for a new logo for our market and garden, have some ideas? We are also interested in help with making signs to put around our garden, labels for veggies and information on the plantings. Contact Lizzie Ayer at 718-629-5400, or email Farm@wyckoffAssociation.org<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Writers needed</span><br />Can you write short articles, press releases, or even haikus? We are looking for someone to write about our programs and gardens to submit to local papers, blogs etc. We also need press releases to send out and stories about our gardens for our blog, www.WyckoffFarm.BlogSpot.com<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Outreach & PR</span><br />We are looking for someone to help us get the word out about our garden and Farmer’s Market, from putting up flyers to faxing local community calendars to adding our events to city wide email lists. Come chill in our hood and put flyers around.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572711116102850004.post-24666306300843246472007-06-20T12:15:00.000-07:002008-12-09T00:54:31.714-08:00Farmer's Market, Every Sunday 1-4pmJune 24th: Cooking in Season & Container Gardening!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIliGpA_OWhfRfhLdnWUh-972LJe7loImQiqlNtCugb86x8vvRPsTTv3g5dVqGBypoVv38wOPVk8AmPV9bIgdYRtxjEUyYn-gu2E11ZA5brZwI4uxgqAhDzXvCpHwyGsRXzA-596LpncU/s1600-h/2007marketflyerworkshop07-09+copy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIliGpA_OWhfRfhLdnWUh-972LJe7loImQiqlNtCugb86x8vvRPsTTv3g5dVqGBypoVv38wOPVk8AmPV9bIgdYRtxjEUyYn-gu2E11ZA5brZwI4uxgqAhDzXvCpHwyGsRXzA-596LpncU/s400/2007marketflyerworkshop07-09+copy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5078227915982725618" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572711116102850004.post-57525146190901980972007-06-20T08:01:00.000-07:002007-06-20T08:04:06.496-07:00Farmer’s Market Opening Celebration! Plus Cooking Fresh & Container Gardening!<span style="font-style:italic;">Sunday, June 24, 2007 1-4PM</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Farmer's Market First Day!</span><br />Fresh, local, healthy foods for sale in the M Fidler Wyckoff Park, with rotating workshops and demonstrations on gardening topics. Join us this week for our first Market of the year, selling fresh organic food grown onsite by local high school students. <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />Cooking Fresh & Container Gardening Free Workshops</span><br />We will be cooking at the market, using fresh produce available at the market! Come by to learn some new recipes and a delicious treat! Also, Johanna Willins, Herbal Garden of East New York will be giving a workshop on easy container planting, 1-3pm. <br /><br />Wyckoff Farmers Market and Garden, 5816 Clarendon Road, (at the corner of Ralph ave, next to Footprints Cafe) East Flatbush, Brooklyn<br /><br />Directions: Take the #2 or 5 train to Newkirk Ave., B8 bus to Ralph, then walk one block south. Or take the A/C or #3/4 train to Utica Ave., B46 bus to Clarendon, then walk 8 blocks east<br /> <br />Call Lizzie Ayer for more information: 718.629.5400Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572711116102850004.post-43320109564718856452007-06-20T07:16:00.000-07:002007-06-20T07:17:22.648-07:00<table style="border-collapse:collapse;"><tr><td colspan="2"><embed src="http://apps.rockyou.com/rockyou.swf?instanceid=69889658&ver=102906" quality="high" salign="lt" width="426" height="320" wmode="transparent" name="rockyou" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed></td></tr><tr><td style="font-size:0px;background-color:#fff; padding:1px;font-size:0px; filter:alpha(opacity=60);-moz-opacity:.60;opacity:.60;" align="left"><img src="http://apps.rockyou.com/dot.gif?w=SS&d=F237&c=1&id=69889658&=.gif"><a target="_BLANK" href="http://www.rockyou.com/?type=slideshow&refid=69889658"><img style="border:0px;" src="http://apps.rockyou.com/images/tail_logo.gif"></a></td><td style="background-color:#fff; padding:1px;font-size:0px; filter:alpha(opacity=60);-moz-opacity:.60;opacity:.60;" align="right"><a style="padding-right:0px;" target="_BLANK" href="http://www.rockyou.com/slideshow_create.php?refid=69889658&source=cyo"><img style="border:0px;" src="http://apps.rockyou.com/images/tail_create.gif"></a><a style="padding-right:0px;" target="_BLANK" href="http://www.rockyou.com/show_my_gallery.php?instanceid=69889658"><img style="border:0px;" src="http://apps.rockyou.com/images/tail_view.gif"></a></td></tr></table>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572711116102850004.post-14534212644511048262007-06-12T06:32:00.000-07:002007-06-12T06:34:45.696-07:00Volunteer Day this Sunday! Plus Composting Workshop 12-4pmPlease join us, this Sunday for a fun work day in the Wyckoff Community Demonstration Garden. The Volunteer day will kick off with a workshop on composting with Just Food’s trainer Eric Thomann from Backyard Garden/TwigCraft. We will then focus on using what we have learned to fix up our compost system and build some new garden beds. <br /><br />Workdays are kid friendly. RSVP is suggested but not necessary. Bring clothes that can get dirty, a water bottle and gloves if you have them. Also please bring a bag to take home some garden fresh produce! <br /><br />Please email Farm@WyckoffAssociation.org, or call 718-629-5400, for more information. <br /><br />Please note that heavy rain will cancel this event. <br /><br />Directions: take the #2 or 5 train to Newkirk Ave., B8 bus to Ralph, then walk one block south Or take the A/C or #3/4 train to Utica Ave., B46 bus to Clarendon, then walk 8 blocks eastUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572711116102850004.post-67430690696026295092007-05-22T07:31:00.000-07:002007-05-22T18:45:03.741-07:00see whats growing!<table style="border-collapse:collapse;"><tr><td colspan="2"><embed src="http://apps.rockyou.com/rockyou.swf?instanceid=69889658&ver=102906" quality="high" salign="lt" width="426" height="320" wmode="transparent" name="rockyou" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed></td></tr><tr><td style="font-size:0px;background-color:#fff; padding:1px;font-size:0px; filter:alpha(opacity=60);-moz-opacity:.60;opacity:.60;" align="left"><img src="http://apps.rockyou.com/dot.gif?w=SS&d=CBEF&c=1&id=69889658"><a target="_BLANK" href="http://www.rockyou.com/?type=slideshow&refid=69889658"><img style="border:0px;" src="http://apps.rockyou.com/images/tail_logo.gif"></a></td><td style="background-color:#fff; padding:1px;font-size:0px; filter:alpha(opacity=60);-moz-opacity:.60;opacity:.60;" align="right"><a style="padding-right:0px;" target="_BLANK" href="http://www.rockyou.com/slideshow_create.php?refid=69889658&source=cyo"><img style="border:0px;" src="http://apps.rockyou.com/images/tail_create.gif"></a><a style="padding-right:0px;" target="_BLANK" href="http://www.rockyou.com/show_my_gallery.php?instanceid=69889658"><img style="border:0px;" src="http://apps.rockyou.com/images/tail_view.gif"></a></td></tr></table>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572711116102850004.post-37900508869141950832007-05-21T14:15:00.000-07:002007-05-21T14:25:58.339-07:00Upcoming Volunteer Garden Work Days Sunday June 3rd & 17th<span style="font-style:italic;">looking to volunteer?</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Please join us at one of our upcoming workdays. Workdays are kid friendly. RSVP is suggested but not necessary. Bring clothes that can get dirty, a water bottle and gloves if you have them. </span><br /> <br />Sunday, June 3, 12-4pm<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Garden Workday: Garden Design and Maintenance </span> <br />Please join us for a fun and educational workday in our Community Demonstration Garden. Learn how different garden designs facilitate different gardening uses and goals, as well as basic organic maintenance. <br /><br />Sunday, June 17, 12-4pm<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Garden Workday: Composting for healthy soil.</span><br />Please join us for a fun and educational workday in our Community Demonstration Garden. Learn about the base of a healthy garden, healthy and fertile soil. Lean about composting basics and different systems.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572711116102850004.post-90293574154636180312007-05-21T13:48:00.000-07:002007-05-21T14:11:16.246-07:00Summer Garden Workshop Series<span style="font-style:italic;">back by popular demand...</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Please join us every Sunday at the Wyckoff Farmers Market, for a fun, educational hands-on garden based workshop. All Workshops are from 1-3pm and are FREE! </span><br />June 24th: Cooking Fresh & Container Planting<br />July 1st: Garden Workshop: Cooking Fresh <br />July 8th: Food Preservation & Cooking Fresh<br />July 15th: Cooking Fresh <br />July 22nd: Medicinal Herbs <br />July 29th: Container Planting <br />August 5th: Cooking Fresh <br />August 12th: Food Preservation <br />August 19th: Cooking Fresh <br />August 26th: Organic Planting Techniques <br />September 2nd: Cooking Fresh <br />September 9th: Food Preservation <br />September 16th: Cooking Fresh <br />September 23rd: Medicinal Herbs <br />September 30th: Extending your growing season <br />October 7th: Cooking Fresh <br />October 14th: Food PreservationUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572711116102850004.post-3138150637132581972007-03-13T09:06:00.001-07:002007-03-13T09:06:45.933-07:00<table style="border-collapse:collapse;"><tr><td colspan="2"><embed src="http://apps.rockyou.com/rockyou.swf?instanceid=59703505&ver=102906" quality="high" salign="lt" width="426" height="320" wmode="transparent" name="rockyou" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"/></td></tr><tr><td style="font-size:0px;background-color:#fff; padding:1px;font-size:0px; filter:alpha(opacity=60);-moz-opacity:.60;opacity:.60;" align="left"><img src="http://apps.rockyou.com/dot/SS/7A4B-2.gif"><a href="http://www.rockyou.com?type=slideshow&refid=59703505"><img style="border:0px;" src="http://apps.rockyou.com/images/tail_logo.gif"></a></td><td style="background-color:#fff; padding:1px;font-size:0px; filter:alpha(opacity=60);-moz-opacity:.60;opacity:.60;" align="right"><a style="padding-right:0px;" target="_BLANK" href="http://www.rockyou.com/slideshow-create.php?refid=59703505"><img style="border:0px;" src="http://apps.rockyou.com/images/tail_create.gif"></a><a style="padding-right:0px;" target="_BLANK" href="http://www.rockyou.com/show_my_gallery.php?instanceid=59703505"><img style="border:0px;" src="http://apps.rockyou.com/images/tail_view.gif"></a></td></tr></table>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572711116102850004.post-84045511432005022552007-03-08T08:46:00.000-08:002008-12-09T00:54:31.854-08:00Compost Festival March 25th<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3fbLnjvDNpcc4GLMd925pUXu_JdZP_a3A5A9gS5c9lG5OsIiU7sszGX3V7ogvNSggECrlJpfPbH1JEWBInGfNeuG1aFC8JjksogzBHZbvHRO1p2SOeOc-_HMQdchyPGsTzgAaRW5Hsx0/s1600-h/compost+festival+copy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3fbLnjvDNpcc4GLMd925pUXu_JdZP_a3A5A9gS5c9lG5OsIiU7sszGX3V7ogvNSggECrlJpfPbH1JEWBInGfNeuG1aFC8JjksogzBHZbvHRO1p2SOeOc-_HMQdchyPGsTzgAaRW5Hsx0/s400/compost+festival+copy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5039598323073496818" /></a><br />our first volunteer day of the season, we will be spreading compost and laying out our new garden! Please come and play in the dirt with us! Call 718-629-5400 for more informationUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572711116102850004.post-67453008439434787832007-02-08T08:10:00.000-08:002008-12-09T00:54:32.164-08:00looking for a fun summer job?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjzfDb2lENCFGEaWfPT27GE1DlD4OsWpV6Q40cPxdEqPeYgQCmq0G_iUPuNzDVLMqEIQU8epFE3gIxHsphRQRir9x3R8k4dKJ7GBlPpZMUnnDaZJXMV9uXiJYaQuVJgsQBLQKljlKqSG8/s1600-h/2007YEP_color.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjzfDb2lENCFGEaWfPT27GE1DlD4OsWpV6Q40cPxdEqPeYgQCmq0G_iUPuNzDVLMqEIQU8epFE3gIxHsphRQRir9x3R8k4dKJ7GBlPpZMUnnDaZJXMV9uXiJYaQuVJgsQBLQKljlKqSG8/s320/2007YEP_color.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5029198796763955826" /></a><br />how about a job right down the street, learning how to run a buisness and working outside?<br /><br />Internships Available at the Wyckoff Farm...<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS PROGRAM</span><br /><br />QUALIFICATIONS<br />Local high school student (9th, 10th & 11th grade) living in reasonable proximity to the Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum. Dependable, hard-working, able to do physical labor, and willing to get dirty. Able to work after school & Sundays throughout the summer.<br /><br />RESPONSIBILITIES<br />• Gardening: Assist the Wyckoff Farm Director in all aspects of planting, maintaining, and harvesting the market garden. Involves physical labor working outside.<br /><br />•Marketing: Help staff run and promote the weekly farmer's market held on site every Sunday from June to October.<br /><br />•Entrepreneurship: Learn both gardening and entrepreneur skills with hands-on education. Develop your own business. Create, sell and market a garden based value-added product!<br /><br />•Community Service: Contribute to this vital program, providing fresh produce and education to the local community.<br /><br />LOOKS GOOD FOR COLLEGE APPLICATIONS!<br />starting at $7.15/hr, plus product bonus!<br /><br />HOW TO APPLY<br />Call the Wyckoff Farm, (718) 629-5400 and ask for Lizzie<br />or email farm@wyckoffassociation.org to set up an interviewUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572711116102850004.post-20201970029436697742007-01-31T14:54:00.000-08:002008-12-09T00:54:32.367-08:00In a band? Know a skill? Can tell jokes?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8FpkfNqNq_5SdjBsDNA590WxDWqwMPFd4dAYvhIoYPZKKO_gjCQr6RBLGgxKjLkhkvqhboBRLo-cKE6Uh30b3ryiqwJwPGVHIEBJguK9FW68kM9MUXGquhLI-qTVQgG9a3ALpqYgUub4/s1600-h/zoe+kristasha+mckinley+phil.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8FpkfNqNq_5SdjBsDNA590WxDWqwMPFd4dAYvhIoYPZKKO_gjCQr6RBLGgxKjLkhkvqhboBRLo-cKE6Uh30b3ryiqwJwPGVHIEBJguK9FW68kM9MUXGquhLI-qTVQgG9a3ALpqYgUub4/s320/zoe+kristasha+mckinley+phil.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5026334005357471906" /></a><br />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. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">When:</span> Any Sunday from 12-4 this summer, <br />from June 6th-October 14th. <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Where:</span> at our amazing park and garden, <br />5816 Clarendon rd. East Flatbush, Brooklyn<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Who:</span> You! Bands, storytellers, puppeteers, <br />herbalists, gardeners, comedians, you!<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Interested,</span> want to find out more: Farm@wyckoffassociation.org<br /><br />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. <br /><br />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. <br /><br />Flickr Site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/50609161@N00/<br />Website: www.wyckoffassociation.org<br />MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/wyckofffarmandmarket <br /><br />Possible compensation.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572711116102850004.post-40432003113536926022007-01-25T07:56:00.000-08:002008-12-09T00:54:32.533-08:00New Winter Youth Intern: Jensine Lagombra<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV2Je2NWJFj2B-U3BrTwpx0FIfDXE69i69RX-hXkPuTQQkTZ-ACGWZnb6gyVTvbiAlaHSJxNx6JzgQ3hAea6CU1qUZPCPgeDnMlO5i9Lk7Y0GqOSY2l7ss1lzF2bhrhMNQEtAjCspTUSM/s1600-h/jensine1.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV2Je2NWJFj2B-U3BrTwpx0FIfDXE69i69RX-hXkPuTQQkTZ-ACGWZnb6gyVTvbiAlaHSJxNx6JzgQ3hAea6CU1qUZPCPgeDnMlO5i9Lk7Y0GqOSY2l7ss1lzF2bhrhMNQEtAjCspTUSM/s320/jensine1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5023998028479752322" /></a><br /><br />We welcome our new winter youth intern, <span style="font-weight:bold;">Jensine Lagombra </span>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!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572711116102850004.post-40326638786569375032006-12-15T13:28:00.000-08:002008-12-09T00:54:32.620-08:00Growing through the Winter!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAKM8XczfigbQAdZPwqsv2qGCWONq_iSGFngBDa3Ssqz8C6yEnmBr0gJi-ER0E2lZZT03OhRlLVhSZDlDoX2e-zFvrMdmE0Qm7egomhnu5XMEt-g2Wf_pjto381764NCwvfThVt_TS6Lw/s1600-h/denzel+Lionel.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAKM8XczfigbQAdZPwqsv2qGCWONq_iSGFngBDa3Ssqz8C6yEnmBr0gJi-ER0E2lZZT03OhRlLVhSZDlDoX2e-zFvrMdmE0Qm7egomhnu5XMEt-g2Wf_pjto381764NCwvfThVt_TS6Lw/s320/denzel+Lionel.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5008872827034417922" /></a><br />New Cold Frame Debut! This year we a proud to debut our new cold frames which allow us to extend the season a little longer, and start a little earlier. Currently we are growing mixed salad greens and chard. The cold frames are made out of PVC pipes and paint tarps, a cheap and easy construction method, costing about $40 a frame and taking a couple hours to build. We plan on building more in the spring and jumping into the warm weather with a bang. Come and stop by to see them and taste our delicious greens. <br /><br />Plus we are pretty sure the back in the day the Wyckoff Farm was covered in cold frames, growing produce to be sold at market through December.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572711116102850004.post-36181978579452019722006-12-15T07:50:00.000-08:002008-12-09T00:54:32.747-08:00New Farm Director<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrFRwBfdNTGyNckDpxmSM-YGpJGaPOGG9NcpcLGP1QUa7gYR_Q7DiOUmvi6R0UaZ9qb8n0FZo37z8PTBvTmWPbPCJFCQuOPgArDwW8hIPDGyMJq_RxUMqk9zgUCJPN0zy74EE7qp6M1tU/s1600-h/Lizzienew.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrFRwBfdNTGyNckDpxmSM-YGpJGaPOGG9NcpcLGP1QUa7gYR_Q7DiOUmvi6R0UaZ9qb8n0FZo37z8PTBvTmWPbPCJFCQuOPgArDwW8hIPDGyMJq_RxUMqk9zgUCJPN0zy74EE7qp6M1tU/s200/Lizzienew.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5008781687828396658" /></a><br />The Wyckoff Community Demonstration Garden welcomes our New Farm Director, Lizzie Ayer! Lizzie is coming to us from frosty Michigan, where she worked as the New Garden Development Coordinator for Growing Hope, a community gardening organization based in Ypsilanti, MI. This is her first time in the big city, and she is excited to work on making the garden a truly community space, with lots of fun and educational events. Please stop by to say hi, and tell her what you would like to see happen at the garden in the following year. <br /><br />A little bit about her: she loves spending time playing in the dirt with kids and eating delicious fresh veggies. Outside of work she spends her time riding her bike, sewing, reading about alternative economics, and trying to make new friends.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572711116102850004.post-46790965376116600442006-12-15T07:24:00.001-08:002007-02-22T16:05:23.302-08:00<embed src="http://apps.rockyou.com/rockyou.swf?instanceid=47013068&ver=102906" quality="high" salign="lt" width="426" height="320" wmode="transparent" name="rockyou" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"/><br><a target="_BLANK" href="http://www.rockyou.com/slideshow-create.php?refid=47013068"><img title="RockYou slideshow" src="http://apps.rockyou.com/images/logo-mini.gif" border="0"></a> | <a target="_BLANK" alt="Comment, Add to Favorite" href="http://www.rockyou.com/show_my_gallery.php?instanceid=47013068">View Show</a> | <a target="_BLANK" href="http://www.rockyou.com/slideshow-create.php?refid=47013068">Create Your Own</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0