Category: Environment

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Better Ways To Feed Communities in Brooklyn and Beyond

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The Census Bureau estimates that poverty afflicts at least 13% of the country, including one in five people in Brooklyn. Income impacts nutritional health throughout life, and poor nutrition, especially prevalent in low-income neighborhoods, is a direct cause of heart disease and diabetes. Now, the slow food, urban farming and organic movements act as catalysts for a healthier America. Here are the policy changes, present and future, necessary for a healthier Brooklyn and beyond.

September 14, 2010 City Politics, Classic, Environment, Food
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Finding New Solutions for Farming Local Food

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Perhaps no recent trend in the local food movement has received more positive attention than urban farming. In particular, rooftop and even wall gardening have been lauded as ways to utilize precious space while providing residents with fresh local produce and Brooklyn is home to several locally famous urban farms. In this segment of the Eco-Apartheid series, we’ll examine how city residents can gain better access to affordable fresh fruits and vegetables with innovative solutions.

July 21, 2010 City Politics, Classic, Environment, Food
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The Food Paradox: How Obesity Commingles With Hunger in Brooklyn

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Brooklyn neighborhoods like Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brownsville and East New York exemplify a surprising food paradox: in the U.S., obesity can commingle with hunger.

June 15, 2010 City Politics, Classic, Environment, State Politics
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Breaking Brooklyn’s Eco-Apartheid

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An astounding 1.4 million New Yorkers live in households that have trouble putting food on the table. This new series will address hunger and healthy food solutions done locally to address hunger and obesity right in our backyard.

May 20, 2010 City Politics, Classic, Environment
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Meeting on Bedford Bike Lanes Ends in Detente

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It can be said that the latest culture war between North Brooklyn’s Hipster and Hasidim factions has gotten a bit out of hand, this time in person. Read more about this meeting of the minds, after the jump.

January 25, 2010 Boroughing, City Politics, Classic, Environment, Multi/Media, The People, Video
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The Future of Urban Agriculture in a Bushwick Microcosm

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The Secret Garden – its actual name – is part of the Linden-Bushwick Community Garden, is one of hundreds of community gardens in Brooklyn that has the potential to nourish its community both nutritionally and mentally.

September 22, 2009 Boroughing, City Politics, Classic, Environment, Food, Real Estate, The Locals
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Can’t We All Just Get Along? Ten Rules for Road Safety

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In light of the increasing number of newly painted bike lanes, and the cars who like to defile them, we’ve created a list of new road rules for everyone to help prevent catastrophic crashes between bikes and cars.

September 15, 2009 Classic, Culture, Environment, The Locals, The People
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Lee Mandell, Loft Farmer, Advocates a Hydroponic Future

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Lee Mandell is devoted to growing produce that tastes good in his loft farm in Bushwick. Named Boswyck Farms after the neighborhood’s former moniker, Mr. Mandell’s agricultural mission extends well beyond his attention to the palate. He is a hydroponic farmer, sustaining his plants by using systems of circulating water, rather than soil, to disperse nutrients to their roots. Could this be the future of urban life?

July 22, 2009 Classic, Culture, Environment, Food, Real Estate, The Locals
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BTB in Forbes

Get tips on surviving the working world in [insert your cultural field here] and how to spin it off into your own thing. Read the Forbes interview on entrepreneurship and new media with founding editor Nicole Brydson.

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