Farming: a Brooklyn Growth Industry

Community gardens and rooftop farms across Brooklyn are producing -- and selling -- a bountiful harvest of fruits and vegetables. Urban farming not only offers a healthy, alternative source of produce, but a viable business model.

On Tuesday, September 25 from 6 – 7:30 PM, the Brooklyn Public Library will host Farming: A Growing Industry in Brooklyn, a panel discussion in the Trustees Room at the Central Library, 10 Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn.

Find out what it takes to establish an agricultural business in the city.

The panel will include:

• Roland Chouloute, deputy director of GreenThumb Community Gardens;
• Brian Coleman, CEO of Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center; 
• Annie Novak, co-founder of the Eagle Street Rooftop Farm and director of Growing Chefs; and
• Anastasia Cole Plakias, co-founder and director of communications at the Brooklyn Grange.

Joan Bartolomeo, President of the Brooklyn Economic Development Corporation, moderates.

Click here to register, or call 718.623.7000 (option 4).