King Farm| WEEK 17 of CSA!|Farm Archive

Wow we are already on week 17 of our CSA this season! I cant believe it!

King Farm| What is that Beautiful Purple Bean?!|Farm Archive

Hyacinth Bean or Lablab pureus, or as more commonly known in Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago as the SIEM BEAN!

The next year Molly planted them for the fantastic orchid searching flowers! I had forgotten about them as a culinary delight until certainly one of our awesome instructors Nirvani Bissessar became strolling round someday and requested for some, commenting that they have been a staple in Guyana.

... And so now we percentage them with you.

Make certain you cook dinner the beans nicely, and trade the water too. If they're below-cooked they can be toxic. The whole plant is fit for human consumption, the leaves may be cooked like spinach or eaten uncooked, and the roots can also be chopped up or pureed.

King Farm| FARMRAISER! This Thursday Nov 7th|Farm Archive

BK Farmyards Annual Fall Benefit

BK Farmyards celebrates The Youth Farm at the High School for Public Service.

Good Enough to Eat!

Food, Music and Drinks

November seventh 2013

7:30-10pm

Delicious liquids and meals from the quality neighborhood and sustainable restaurants, breweries and vineyards, raffles of vast delights, stay acoustic music, wonderful hobnobbing and real farmers in clean clothes!

The chandeliers will be flickering kindly, the last of the fall flowers adorning, the warmth of history held by the old Mansion's walls as the air grows crisp...  It will be a Brooklyn night to remember.

at the beautiful 375 Stuyvesant Mansion home of the Freebrook Academy  in Bed Stuy, Brooklyn

Food & Desserts from:

Blue Marble,Seersucker, SCRATCH bread,Bread Love,Nightengale 9,Communal Table...

Drinks from:

Jimmys No. 43. 61 Local,Kombucha Brooklyn,Industry City....

All funds will support the Youth Farm at the High School for Public Service.

BUY TICKETS HERE

Thanks to the many restaurants and businesses partnering to make this event amazing, more to come!

King Farm| Donate and Help Spread the Love! |Farm Archive

Support farm based education in Brooklyn! Spread the Word!

DONATE TODAY!

The Youth Farm serves as an outdoor classroom for students at the High School for Public Service. We want to provide this opportunity to all 5 schools at Wingate Campus. The Farm provides a welcoming space for hands on and interdisciplinary education. Classes on the farm engage students who struggle with the methods and structure of classroom education, and specifically serves to help those students who most need extra support to be engaged and interested in school. On the Youth Farm students engage their brains and bodies in completely different ways then indoor lessons. With such a diverse range of topics and styles of engagement possible, the sky is the limit.

With such a diverse range of topics and styles of engagement possible, the sky is the limit. Here are some examples of classes:

·         Gym classes that engage the mind as well as the body through soil preparation, compost turning and incorporation

·         Science lessons that are hands on and bring science to life through plant and ecological observation

·         Nutrition lessons involving picking, preparing and eating where students can taste, see and discuss the value of nutritious food choices

·         Art classes that beautify the neighborhood through outdoor sign and mural painting

The Youth Farm’s School Liaison will meet with teachers from all Wingate schools and help them to alter their current curriculum to incorporate hands on, farm-based learning to meet academic goals.

As a result of your support,  hundreds of new students from 6th to 12th grade will have classes on the farm. Our goal is for these lessons to make the learning process joyful and eye-opening for students, showing them meaningful learning can happen outside the classroom through direct experience.

King Farm| Newsletter #20|Farm Archive

I cant believe it! Newsletter #20!!

Check it out for a few important records on big adjustments on the farm....

Dear CSA Members,

If you haven’t yet given to our online fundraising IOBYcampaign,there is still time! Your membership in the first all grown in Brooklyn CSAs to date demonstrates your commitment to organic sustainable food and to funding our education programs to make our farm a springboard for many urban projects going forward. It is our hope that Wingate campus graduates of today become the urban farmers of tomorrow. That is where you come in.

The Youth Farm has successfully provided a welcoming space for hands-on and interdisciplinary education to the students enrolled in The High School for Public Service since2009. Stepping outside of the traditional classroom environment and onto the farm engages the students minds and bodies in completely new and stimulating ways than is possible in an indoor setting. The farm landscape fosters curiosity and allows for more flexibility with a wide array of students who excel at learning in non-traditional ways. It is our mission that we reach as many young people as possible!

We need to make bigger our applications to the alternative faculties that incorporate the Wingate Campus that may enlarge our reach to over 1200 college students!

There is a countless array of topics and varieties of engagement emerge as feasible on the farm:

• Science lessons come to life through plant and ecological observation
• Nutrition lessons start at soil nutrient quality: students pick, prepare and eat delicious food. They can taste test for themselves and discuss what nutrition means to them.
• Art classes beautify the neighborhood with outdoor signs and mural paintings. Sketching classes can inspire the next great artists of the 21st century.
• Gym classes work all muscles (including the brain!) while cultivating soil and turning compost

DONATE TODAY!Amounts small and large are welcome. It all adds up!

Please give and let your friends and families know what is important to you by sharing it on your favorite social networks. If you can’t afford to give, please consider sharing ourcampaign  via email, Facebook, Twitter or by any other means you can.

Thanks and wish to look you at the farm soon!

P.S.

Here are a few examples to percentage on Facebook:

I help farm-primarily based schooling in Brooklyn!

Please assist by contributing to The Youths Farm Online Fundraising IOBY Campaign.

Https://ioby.Org/mission/boom-pleasure-mastering-through-farm-primarily based-training-wingate-campus-colleges

And check out their awesome video!

King Farm| URBAN FARM TRAINING PROGRAM|Farm Archive

Find out greater about the program HERE

Join us for an Info Session w/ Farm Manager Molly Culver Wednesday Dec 4th at61 Local  6:30-8:30 pm

Or email molly(at) bkfarmyards(dot) com for more information.

Whether you are a teacher seeking to boom your gardening abilities or an urbanite looking to input the field of agriculture and food justice, this training will carry your abilities to the subsequent degree and connect you to in addition opportunities.

Applications can be due February 1st, 2014! Applications coming quickly.

ABOUT THE PROGRAM:

Our software gives adults the chance to revel in what it takes to farm and explore a profession in natural agriculture via palms-on schooling on a 1 acre diversified farm. As an apprentice at the Youth Farm you will benefit many treasured developing abilties important for cultivating a wide variety of veggies and vegetation suitable to our location. Through this extensive 20-hr in line with week dedication, you will gain the precious revel in of nurturing plants and soil day after day and benefit a feel for the bodily and mental power required to run a small farming operation that produces high quality vegetables, beautiful vegetation, and a rich and harmonious community area. As in a rural farm apprenticeship, we view time spent doing palms-on farm work because the maximum essential factor of turning into skilled in natural agriculture. In order to farm, you have to farm!

King Farm| Info Session on Urban Farm Training Program|Farm Archive

Join us for an Information Session

w/ Farm Manager Molly Culver

Thursday Dec 12th ,

6:30-eight:30 pm

@ 61 Local, 61 Bergen st. BK, NY

Whether you are a teacher looking to boom your gardening competencies or an urbanite trying to input the sphere of agriculture and meals justice, this schooling will bring your skills to the next stage and join you to in addition possibilities.

Find out more about the program HERE

ABOUT THE PROGRAM:Our program offers adults the chance to experience what it takes to farm and explore a career in organic agriculture through hands-on training on a 1 acre diversified farm. As an apprentice at the Youth Farm you will gain many valuable growing skills necessary for cultivating a wide variety of vegetables and flowers appropriate to our region. Through this intensive 20-hr per week commitment, you will gain the invaluable experience of nurturing crops and soil day to day and gain a sense for the physical and mental energy required to run a small farming operation that produces high quality vegetables, beautiful flowers, and a rich and harmonious community space. As in a rural farm apprenticeship, we view time spent doing hands-on farm work as the most important component of becoming skilled in organic agriculture. In order to farm, you have to farm!