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Urban Agriculture Strikes A Win With Espinal And Adam’s Collective Charter

Urban Agriculture Strikes A Win With Espinal And Adam’s Collective Charter

Brooklyn elected officials announced a new joint sponsored legislation to expand urban agriculture and maintain community shared space at Ashford Street Abundant Garden.

Council Member Espinal Launches Largest NYC Site for Urban Agriculture

Council Member Espinal Launches Largest NYC Site for Urban Agriculture

The website was launched with the help of Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams.

Espinal Pushes for Development of Comprehensive Urban Agricultural Plan to Aid Community Health

Espinal Pushes for Development of Comprehensive Urban Agricultural Plan to Aid Community Health

On June 11, the New York City Council’s Committee on Land Use held a hearing on Council Member Rafael Espinal’s bill calling for the development of an urban agricultural plan.

Want to Talk Urban Farming? Join Council Member Espinal Tonight

Want to Talk Urban Farming? Join Council Member Espinal Tonight

Council Member Espinal is hosting a town hall to support the future of urban farming in NYC.

This Bushwick Program Could Turn You Into An Urban Farmer. Apply Now!

This Bushwick Program Could Turn You Into An Urban Farmer. Apply Now!

It’s no secret that Brooklynites take their food seriously, and Bushwick is no different

BKROT Makes Composting Easy, Supports Bushwick’s Urban Farms

BKROT Makes Composting Easy, Supports Bushwick’s Urban Farms

As good Brooklynites, we here at Bushwick Daily are familiar with the virtues of composting our food scraps

Community Gardens Are Reopening, and They Need Dedicated Volunteers

Community Gardens Are Reopening, and They Need Dedicated Volunteers

Look up and support your local community garden in providing sustenance and critical green space.

The Bitter Fight for Brooklyn’s City Council Seat is Complicated by Coronavirus

The Bitter Fight for Brooklyn’s City Council Seat is Complicated by Coronavirus

The COVID-19 pandemic has delayed the election for Rafael Espinal’s seat until June but the candidates are still running and “politics is still alive and well in Brooklyn”

Councilmember Rafael Espinal Announces Brooklyn Borough President Run

Councilmember Rafael Espinal Announces Brooklyn Borough President Run

Bushwick Councilman Espinal Takes Steps to Support Environmental Legislation

Bushwick Councilman Espinal Takes Steps to Support Environmental Legislation

Rafael Espinal has vowed to act against a national move away from environmental progress. Take a look at his proposed legislation.

Bushwick’s Magically Singular Harvest Festival ¡Calabazafest! is Coming To Maria Hernandez Park!

Bushwick’s Magically Singular Harvest Festival ¡Calabazafest! is Coming To Maria Hernandez Park!

The 7th annual ¡Calabazafest! will take place next weekend on Sunday, October 30.

Activist Gospel Group ‘Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir’ to Perform at EcoStation Benefit This Thursday

Activist Gospel Group ‘Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir’ to Perform at EcoStation Benefit This Thursday

Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir are bringing their unique brand of activist gospel performance to Lot 45 (411 Troutman St, Bushwick) this coming Thursday in a benefit for EcoStation:NY

Bushwick’s “El Garden” Could Be Razed to Create New Housing. Sign the Petition to Save It

Bushwick’s “El Garden” Could Be Razed to Create New Housing. Sign the Petition to Save It

Increasing affordable housing and creating community green space are both laudable goals to pursue in the ongoing evolution of NYC’s neighborhoods, but a recent decision from city hall to invite developers to turn community gardens across the city into construction sites for new affordable housing seems to pit the two objectives against each other

Bushwick Microcosms: Top Art Picks for the Summer Tide

Bushwick Microcosms: Top Art Picks for the Summer Tide

Bushwick galleries are kicking up the pace as we enter into the mid-summer scape. While the rest of the art world may be on vacation (oh we’re not jealous of the sand, surf and sun they’re experiencing—okay maybe we are…) we are experiencing more commotion from the current set. Bushwick’s summer kids are in a sort of microcosm—a […]

Farm-In-The-Sky Kickstarter Seeks to Bring a Rooftop Farm to Bushwick

Farm-In-The-Sky Kickstarter Seeks to Bring a Rooftop Farm to Bushwick

Bushwick non-profit Ecostation:NY has launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for a community-oriented rooftop farm

5 Reasons to Get Out to Bushwick Farmers’ Market This Season

5 Reasons to Get Out to Bushwick Farmers’ Market This Season

Bushwick Farmers’ Market is back! Our local purveyor of farm-fresh produce returns Saturday, May 31 to its flagship location in Maria Hernandez Park

Winter Solstice Feast Tonight!

Winter Solstice Feast Tonight!

 

Bushwick in December: The Most Fun Things To Do List

Bushwick in December: The Most Fun Things To Do List

By Katarina Hybenova, Maria Gotay & Lauren Piper

Skating Rink Will Pop Up at Brooklyn Fire Proof This Saturday

Skating Rink Will Pop Up at Brooklyn Fire Proof This Saturday

 

Amid a Pandemic, MOFAD Is Mapping A Nation’s Table

Amid a Pandemic, MOFAD Is Mapping A Nation’s Table

While the museum’s show on the African food diaspora remains delayed, it still wants to put culinary history on a map

Espinal’s Bill Requiring Green Roofs on New NYC Buildings Was Passed

Espinal’s Bill Requiring Green Roofs on New NYC Buildings Was Passed

Another win for the environment!

New York Climate and Community Protection Act Will Invest into Low-Income and Communities of Color

New York Climate and Community Protection Act Will Invest into Low-Income and Communities of Color

The proposed legislation has been hailed as one of the most progressive climate change policies.

New York’s Largest and Only Outdoor Aquaponics Farm is in Bushwick

New York’s Largest and Only Outdoor Aquaponics Farm is in Bushwick

Local Co-op Invited the Community to Dance for Social Justice

Local Co-op Invited the Community to Dance for Social Justice

The Brooklyn Packers, a Brooklyn-based food cooperative, invited everyone to party in the name of justice at Bushwick Starr.

Community Wellness Fair is Coming to Maria Hernandez Park this Saturday

Community Wellness Fair is Coming to Maria Hernandez Park this Saturday

Aside from living in Bushwick, many of us commute to work in the city and to other parts of Brooklyn, spending large chunks of our day standing smashed up against a subway window, working for companies with strict deadlines that have us grinning with clenched teeth.  Now that I have you all riled up, allow me […]

Tonight: Kombucha Bellinis, Hibiscus Margaritas and You for a Cause

Tonight: Kombucha Bellinis, Hibiscus Margaritas and You for a Cause

It’s Thursday night, folks, and we’re hearing the weekend is going to be lovely

Beyond the Kale: Thai Chili, Cricket Flour and Other Bushwick Coop TEDx Treats

Beyond the Kale: Thai Chili, Cricket Flour and Other Bushwick Coop TEDx Treats

If you’ve ever shopped at the Bushwick Food Coop, you know that no trip to its tiny storefront at The Loom would be complete without at least one conversation about food

#NoBSBOS Guide: Best Outdoor Events

#NoBSBOS Guide: Best Outdoor Events

Sunshine, friends, bikes, trucks, lots of booze and art everywhere! Bushwick Open Studios weekend might easily be proclaimed as the time of the year to spend out in the open